Scup Commercial Quota Management
Management Measures and Pending Actions
A list of proposed regulatory changes or management actions currently under consideration by the Commission.
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Draft Amendment 3 now focuses on total allowable catch allocation programs, gear requirements, and other measures to improve management of the northern shrimp fishery and resource. This Draft Amendment would replace Amendment 2 and Addendum I to the Northern Shrimp FMP.
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Benchmark Assessment Finds Resource Not Overfished & Overfishing Not Occurring
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Response to Southern New England stock decline
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Coastwide Standard for Claw Landings and Bycatch Definition
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Bar Harbor, ME – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved the harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay origin. Under the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 Delaware Bay male horseshoe crabs and zero female horseshoe crabs for the 2017 season. Based on the allocation mechanism established in Addendum VII, the following quotas were set for the states of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, which harvest horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay origin: Delaware Bay Origin Horseshoe Crab Quota (no. of crabs) Total Quota** State Male Only Male Only Delaware…
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