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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Winter Meeting will be May 5 – 8, 2025 at The Westin Crystal City.
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Review Technical Committee Report on New York Study of Alternative Commercial Tags; Progress Update on the 2025 Tautog Stock Assessment Update; Elect Chair
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The Commission’s Tautog Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) met via conference call on Wednesday, March 18th to discuss changes or issues with 2021-2023 assessment data, review the state-by-state ageing structures and updates since the last assessment, and review the results from the NY study on potential alternative commercial tags.
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The Commission’s Tautog Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on Wednesday, January 8th to review the timeline, state and regional data needs, and SAS membership for the 2025 stock assessment update.
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The Tautog Management Board (Board) met to provide feedback on the risk and uncertainty decision tool for tautog.
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Updated 2024
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The Habitat Committee drafted text descriptions of FHOC for each Commission-managed species drawing on information from the current description of FHOC in the FMPs, species fact sheets, other ASMFC publications, and current literature.
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