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In June 2015, the Commission convened a Stock Assessment Review Panel comprised of scientists with expertise in stock assessment methods, length-based modeling, commercial fisheries sampling and fishery-independent surveys, and lobster life history and ecology.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May4, 2015, and was called to order at 2:30 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Daniel McKiernan.
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The Board initiated this Addendum to align Commission and federal regulations concerning the management of the American lobster. Addendum XXIV modifies the conservation tax on full business transfers, the increments of trap transfer, and the transfer options of dual permit holders to match those of NOAA Fisheries.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 4, 2015, and was called to order at 11:20 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Dan McKiernan.
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Review and Consider Approval of Draft Addendum XXIV for Public Comment (M. Hawk) Action; Review and Consider LCMA 5 Request for a Review of the Season Closure Approved in October 2014 (T. O’Connell) Final Action; Review Maine Pilot Trap Tag Project (P. Keliher) Action; Update Progress on Draft Jonah Crab Interstate Fishery Management Plan (M.…
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One of the options contained in the amendment is the possible opening of part or all of Closed Area II (CAII) on Georges Bank to mobile gear. This task is similar to a task in 2012, which examined a lift in the prohibition on mobile gear in Closed Area II. The TC convened a call…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Grand Ballroom of The Mystic Hilton, Mystic, Connecticut, October 28, 2014, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Dan McKiernan.
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Review of Cancer Crab Public Information Document. Draft Cancer Crab Fishery Management Plan (D. McKiernan) Possible Action. Review of Recommendations on Trap Transfer Regulations (D. McKiernan); Review of Changes to Federal Large Whale Take Reduction Plan and Impacts to Outer Cape Cod Haul-out (D. McKiernan); Review of Vertical Line Gear Markings (D. McKiernan). Update on…
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The Board initiated Addendum XXI to scale the Southern New England (SNE) fishery to the size of the resource. The management measures in the Addendum are designed to allow for flexibility in the movement of traps as the consolidation program for Lobster Conservation Management Areas (Areas) 2 and 3 to address latent effort (unfished allocation)…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 5, 2014, and was called to order at 9:20 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Daniel McKiernan.
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