The Adaptive Resource Management Subcomittee (ARM WG) held a meeting to discuss red knot stopover population estimates and red knot threshold calibration for the 2014 ARM model. In addition, the ARM WG discussed horseshoe crab abundance data issues which included lack of data for 2012, lack of funding for the 2013 survey and possible solutions to these issues. The meeting concluded by outlining the schedule for the 2014 ARM optimized harvest output and briefly discussing other issues.
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 Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee and Spot Plan Review Team held a conference call to review the 2012 Trigger Exercise results (using data from 2011), the South Atlantic State-Federal Board’s request from the August 2012 ASMFC meeting, and a plan to carry out an up of the triggers with 2012 data.
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Report on the Federal Specifications and the Reopening of the Southern New England-Mid-Atlantic Winter Flounder Fishery
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The Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee (HSC TC), Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC), Shorebird Advisory Panel (Shorebird AP), Adaptive Resource Management Subcommittee (ARM Subcommittee) and Horseshoe Crab Stock Assessment Subcommittee (HSC SAS) met to review and discuss the Delaware Bay Egg Survey. The call began with an overview of the issue followed by a discussion concerning the usefulness of the survey in relation to shorebird and horseshoe crab management in New Jersey and along the Atlantic Coast. Following these discussions, a plan was laid out to move forward with the review of the survey in the future.
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The Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee had a conference call to review and discuss the importation of Asian horseshoe crabs for bait on the East Coast of the United States. The meeting began with an overview of the issue, followed by a discussion of each state’s status. The TC discussed various concerns with the importation of Asian horseshoe crabs. Following these discussions, the TC discussed possible solutions or avenues to address the problem.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee met by conference call on January 25, 2013 to discuss three items of relevance to the Management Board for its February 2013 meeting. These include: 1. Stock status determination relative to the new biomass reference points adopted under Amendment 2 2. Funding request for data entry of historic tagging data to be used in the 2014 benchmark stock assessment 3. Development of fixed gear abundance indices as required under Amendment 2
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2013 Summer Flounder Recreational Fishery Proposals
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee had a conference call to review New Jersey data regarding smooth dogfish fin: carcass ratios and make a recommendation of which fin: carcass ratio to include in Draft Addendum II. The meeting began with an overview of the issue, followed by a review of the data from New Jersey. The TC discussed the data before moving on to the issue of the status of North Carolina’s data. Following these discussions, the TC discussed the repercussions of having different federal and state ratios.
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