The objective of this Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP) is to allow a reopening of the recreational river herring fishery in the Nemasket River, located within the towns of Middleborough and Lakeville, Massachusetts. This 2022 SFMP is an update of the original SFMP prepared cooperatively by Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the Middleborough-Lakeville Herring Fishery Commission (Herring Commission) and approved by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) in 2016.
Fishery Management Plans
Comprehensive plans detailing the strategies and regulations for managing specific fishery resources, aimed at ensuring their sustainability and productivity.
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This alternative management plan for American Shad and Blueback Herring in Florida addresses American Shad management outside of the St. Johns River System and Blueback Herring in all state waters.
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The purpose of Georgia’s alternative management plan for river herring is to allow waters to remain open. This plan is submitted to fulfill requirements of Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring (River Herring Management).
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The purpose of Georgia’s sustainable fisheries management plan (SFMP) for American shad is to allow the continuation of existing American shad fisheries in Georgia rivers where it has been determined continuation of fishing will not adversely impact the Atlantic Coast American shad stock. The plan fulfills requirements of Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring (American Shad Management). Georgia’s current shad SFMP was initially accepted in October 2017 and updated in July 2020.
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This Alternative Management Plan for American Shad & Blueback Herring in Florida addresses American Shad management outside of the St. Johns River System and Blueback Herring in all state waters.
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In response to the continued poor condition of the northern shrimp stock, Amendment 4 modifies the first objective of the FMP to recognize the influence of environmental conditions on stock productivity and lengthens the amount of time the Northern Shrimp Section can set a moratorium from one year to up to five years. The Section can call a meeting at any time to review information relative to the fishery and the resource and initiate management action if necessary. Amendment 4 also adds management triggers to the FMP as part of the annual stock monitoring process. Finally, Amendment 4 adds the…
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This addendum repeals all gauge and escape vent size measures from Addendum XXVII. Measures related to the v-notch possession definition and the issuance of trap tags are maintained.
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This 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 Maryland and Virginia.
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Spiny Dogfish Addendum VII & Technical Addendum I – Commercial Management: Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch
This addendum establishes equivalent overnight soak restrictions to those enacted in Spiny Dogfish Framework Adjustment 6 for harvesters that possess state spiny dogfish permits but do not possess a federal spiny dogfish permit.
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