Committee Summaries and Reports to the Board
Detailed analyses and recommendations from technical committees, including working groups, sub-committees, plan development teams, and plan review teams, on specific scientific and management issues related to fisheries.
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to discuss the following items: 1) 2017 update of existing Shad and River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plans, 2) review the Nemasket River Sustainable Fishery Management Plan, and 3) provide a spring 2016 update on run counts and harvest from each state.
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ARM Framework Optimal Harvest Recommendation for 2017 Fishing Year; Review draft Addenda VIII for Board Review; Review horseshoe crab surveys for report and summary to Board; Update from US Fish and Wildlife on Red Knot ESA Listing Response; Draft Alternative Bait Trials Proposal.
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the Board directed the Technical Committee to investigate the impacts of a number of variables to shed light on the large differences between actual harvest and those estimated for the ocean and Bay recreational fisheries. Enclosed is the Technical Committee report evaluating the performance of Addendum IV regulatory measures in 2015.
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During their September 27th ‐28th meeting in Gloucester, MA, the American Lobster Technical Committee (TC) discussed ways to analyze the effects of season closures and trip limits on egg production in Southern New England (SNE). This discussion was prompted by a request from the Plan Development Team (PDT), who was interested in learning more about the potential impacts of these management tools on the stock.
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At the August 2016 meeting, the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board (Board) requested the Technical Committee (TC) provide information on recent recruitment trends in the fishery. Given that recruitment trends are derived from the Beaufort Assessment Model and can only be updated during a stock assessment, the TC decided to investigate juvenile abundance indices (JAIs) as a proxy for recruitment.
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The Tautog Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) held a joint conference call to develop a standardized protocol for the short‐term projections that will be done as part of the assessment update. In addition, the group also discussed some questions regarding ASAP input data and model configuration, and reviewed the update report outline.
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