Coastal Sharks Technical Committee Review of Smooth Dogfish Year Round Processing At Sea Request — June 2012

The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to review a request by New Jersey commercial fishermen to allow the removal of all smooth dogfish fins at sea at all times of the year. Section 2.3.1 of Addendum I, Smooth Dogfish Processing at Sea, allows commercial fishermen to completely remove all smooth dogfish…