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Horseshoe Crab Board Approves Addendum IX
The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved Addendum IX to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Horseshoe Crabs. The Addendum allows the Board to set specifications for male-only harvest. It also establishes a method for managing male-only harvest limits during multi-year specifications periods, reestablishes seasonal harvest restrictions, and clarifies policy related to harvest caps for…
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Sciaenids Board Initiates Draft Addendum II to Address Red Drum Stock and Management Concerns
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ASMFC Presents 2025 Annual Awards of Excellence
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American Lobster Board Approves Addendum XXXII to Repeal Addendum XXVII Gauge and Escape Vent Measures
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March/April 2025 issue
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MAFMC and ASMFC Approve Changes to Process for Setting Recreational Management Measures for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish
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Atlantic Herring Area 1A Days Out Meeting on May 13
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American Lobster Board Releases Draft Addendum XXXII for Public Comment
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ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section and Advisory Panel to Meet May 1: Section to Consider Approval of Amendment 4
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American Lobster Board Approves for Public Comment Draft Addendum XXXII to Repeal Gauge and Escape Vent Measures of Addendum XXVII
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ASMFC Releases 2024 Annual Report
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Ecological Reference Points Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop Scheduled for March 3 – 6, 2025
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