American Lobster Technical Committee Recommendations for Development of Draft Addendum XXVII on Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Resiliency — September 2021

The TC made recommendations on proposed options for Draft Addendum XXVII related to the trigger mechanism for implementing a change to management measures, the trigger levels, and the management measures that should be considered. The subsequent sections of the memo provide additional information on the analyses performed and rationale for each set of recommendations.