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.
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 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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The Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee (TC) met by conference call on November 21 and 29, 2012 to discuss biological implications of the options outlined in Draft Amendment 2 to the Menhaden FMP. In addition, the TC addressed Board assigned tasks of identifying appropriate biological sample size and implications for overall reproductive potential from various harvest allocation strategies.
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This report summarizes the recommendations and discussions from a joint meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee (TC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee (MC).
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee met, via conference call, on Monday, October 15, 2012, to review the proposed rule from NOAA’s Highly Migratory Species on 2013 specifications for the coastal shark fishery.
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Report to the Atlantic Herring Section: Potential issues and considerations with Georges Bank/Nantucket Shoals off shore spawning area
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The Northern Shrimp Technical Committee (NSTC) met via conference call on September 11, 2012 to make modeling decisions for the new stock assessment model being developed, plan for upcoming NSTC related meetings, and elect a new NSTC chair.
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