Arlington, VA – New England states of Maine through Massachusetts have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on the Public Hearing Document for Draft Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring. The dates, times, and locations of the scheduled hearings are attached. Draft Amendment 3 was initiated to propose management measures in Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) which reflect changes in the stock structure, integrate recent data into management decisions, and respond to changes in the fishery. The Public Hearing Document proposes (1) alternatives to the spawning monitoring program (protocol, default start dates, area…
Meetings Announcements
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will conduct a River Herring Data Collection Standardization Workshop on November 18‐20, 2015 in Linthicum, MD. The Workshop will bring together researchers from state and federal marine fishery agencies, Tribal Nations, and Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans to evaluate current fishery‐independent surveys for river herring and develop recommendations to standardize survey methodologies as well as data collected by these surveys for use in future stock assessments. Workshop participants will also consider some fishery‐dependent sampling that collect river herring along the Atlantic coast. Standardization of river herring data collection methods and…
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ASMFC Schedules Atlantic Menhaden Ecosystem Management Objectives Workshop for August 31‐September 1
Arlington, VA – Based on the findings of the 2015 Atlantic Menhaden Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review, the Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board initiated Draft Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan. The Draft Amendment will consider changes to the management program including the development of ecological reference points that reflect Atlantic menhaden’s role as a forage species. To aid in the development of these reference points, the Commission has established a multi‐disciplinary working group to identify potential ecosystem goals and objectives for Board review and consideration. The working group contains a broad range of representation including, Commissioners, advisors,…
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section will meet via conference call on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. to consider withdrawing Draft Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan from public consideration and review in order to further develop the proposed spawning protection measures. Draft Amendment 3, which is currently out for public comment, addresses three major issues: spawning protection measures, fixed gear set‐aside provisions, and requirements to empty fish holds. After additional review of the Draft Amendment, some Section members expressed concern the document does not adequately address spawning protection in the Eastern Gulf…
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States Schedule Hearings
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Weakfish Stock Assessment Workshop will be conducted July 27 – 30, 2015 at the Commission’s offices at 1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200A‐N, Arlington, VA. The assessment will evaluate the health of the weakfish stock and inform the management of this species. The Commission’s stock assessment process and meetings are open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data, when the public will be asked to leave the room. The Commission welcomes the submission of alternative analyses and models for consideration in the weakfish benchmark stock assessment. To…
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Arlington, VA – The Scup Northeast Regional Data and Stock Assessment Workshop will be conducted April 20‐24, 2015 at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The assessment will evaluate the health of the scup population and inform the management of this species. The Workshop is open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data, when the public will be asked to leave the room. For data sets, alternative analyses, and models to be considered at the workshops, the data must be sent in with accompanying methods description to Mark Terceiro (mark.terceiro@noaa.gov) by March…
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Red Drum Stock Assessment Workshop will be conducted March 17‐20, 2015 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Brownstone‐University, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. The assessment will evaluate the health of red drum and inform the management of this species. The Commission’s stock assessment process and meetings are open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data, when the public will be asked to leave the room. The Commission welcomes the submission of alternative analyses and models for consideration in the red drum benchmark stock assessment. For alternative analyses…
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Arlington, VA – The states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for Draft Amendment 3 for Northern Shrimp for public comment. The details of those hearings are attached. The Draft Amendment was initiated to consider establishing a limited entry program for the northern shrimp fishery for use in the future if and when the stock recovers and the fishery is re‐opened. While the fishery is managed through a total allowable catch and defined season, it remains an open access fishery and has experienced significant fluctuations in…
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