The following memo contains the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee Review of the Black Sea Bass and Scup State Proposals for the 2015 recreational fishery.
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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Prepared for Draft Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan
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One of the options contained in the amendment is the possible opening of part or all of Closed Area II (CAII) on Georges Bank to mobile gear. This task is similar to a task in 2012, which examined a lift in the prohibition on mobile gear in Closed Area II. The TC convened a call on December 29, 2014 to discuss possible consequences to lobster of opening the closed area to mobile gear. Below is a summary of their discussions.
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The ASMFC Northern Shrimp Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call with northern shrimp industry members on December 16, 2014 to clarify recommendations for obtaining winter research samples from the trap fishery. The ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section (Section) requested this review to determine how the TC’s recommendations for obtaining trap-caught samples in the November 12, 2014 memorandum compare with options suggested during the Section’s December 16, 2014 conference call.
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Decision Tree for standardization of state surveys for Assessment Indices (J. McNamee)
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The Winter Flounder Techncial Committeee (TC) met via conference call to review recent trends in survey indices for the Southern New England /Mid-Atlantic (SNE-MA) and the recent operational assessment for Gulf of Maine (GOM) stocks. The TC discussed specifications for the 2015 fishing season relative to updated information for both stocks.
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Based on the analysis presented, the required reduction by LCMA, with the exception of LCMA 6 (CT evaluation only), were either not achieved or were achieved mainly as a result of declining stock abundance / effort.
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