Total Abundance, Female Spawning Stock Biomass and Recruitment Remain High
Press Releases
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Section Tentatively Sets 2007 Fishing Season for Same Duration
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Stable Abundance for Georges Bank & Most of Gulf of Maine Low Stock Abundance & Recruitment for Southern New England, Decreased Abundance & Recruitment for Area 514 (MA Bay and Stellwagen Bank)
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Stock Assessment Slated for Peer Review in 2006
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Galloway, NJ– The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker. The Amendment revises the plan’s management goals and objectives, and establishes biological reference points (i.e., biomass and fishing mortality targets and thresholds) to manage the croaker resource (see table below). The Amendment also revises the management of Atlantic croaker to a regional basis (a Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic component). Amendment 1 Biological References Points and 2002 Estimates FISHING MORTALITY RATE SPAWNING STOCK BIOMASS 2002 ESTIMATES 0.11 201 million pounds (91,000 mt) TARGET 0.29 63.8 million pounds (28,932 mt)…
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Galloway, NJ – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board has approved establishment of a multi-jurisdictional effort control program for Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 (state and federal waters off of Massachusetts and Rhode Island), through adoption of Addendum VII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The Addendum requires Area 2 jurisdictions to cap effort (traps fished) at or near recent levels and maintains a minimum size limit of 3 3/8”. Initial trap allocations will be determined in 2006 for implementation in 2007. This action responds to advice of the Technical Committee regarding stock decline,…
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Galloway, NJ – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board authorized development of an addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Horseshoe Crab to reduce or eliminate harvest of Delaware Bay horseshoe crabs. The Draft Addendum will propose a two-year harvest moratorium in New Jersey and Delaware, with an exemption for harvest for biomedical use. It will also present options to restrict harvest of horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay origin in jurisdictions outside of the Bay. The proposed action responds to public concern regarding the horseshoe populations and their ecological role in the Delaware Bay. While there are a…
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Galloway, NJ – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board approved specifications for the 2006/2007 fishing year, setting a four million pound annual quota with trip limits of 600 pounds in quota periods one (May 1 to October 31) and two (November 1 to April 30). The specifications are limited to one fishing year to allow for the incorporation of the results from the upcoming 2006 benchmark assessment. The Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee recommended a two million pound bycatch cap for fishing years 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. As a result of their deliberations, the Board decided to maintain…
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Philadelphia, PA – The Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met this week to finalize the total allowable landings (TAL) limits for bluefish, scup and black sea bass, and establish 2006 commercial management measures for the respective fisheries. The TALs are provided below in millions of pounds. Species 2004 TAL 2005 TAL 2006 TAL Bluefish 31.9 30.8 24.8 Black Sea Bass 8.0 8.2 8.0 Scup 16.5 16.5 16.27 The 2006 black sea bass quota decreased slightly from 8.2 million pounds in 2005 to 8.0 million pounds, due to a decrease in the survey index used to evaluate the…
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