Draft Addendum Proposes State Flexibility in Achieving Required Reductions
Management Measures and Pending Actions
A list of proposed regulatory changes or management actions currently under consideration by the Commission.
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Addendum to Control Expansion of the Fishery
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Addendum Establishes Stock Rebuilding Program
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Section Tentatively Commits to a 2008 Fishing Season for Same Duration
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ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Board Revises 2006/2007 Quota and Sets Specifications for 2007/2008 Fishing Year
Atlantic Beach, NC – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board approved changes to 2006/2007 quota and trip limits, and set specifications for the 2007/2008 fishing year. The Board modified the 2006/2007 fishing year (May 1, 2006 – April 30, 2007) specifications by increasing the quota to six million pounds, with 58% of […]
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Atlantic Beach, NC – The Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section today voted to reduce the amount of herring available to the fishery for 2007-2009 in Area 1A, an inshore region off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The total allowable catch for Area 1A is now set at 50,000 metric tons. The Section committed […]
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Tautog Management Board approved the development of Draft Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Tautog. The Draft Addendum will propose the establishment of new biological reference points (target and threshold limits for biomass and fishing mortality) to define stock rebuilding goals. This action is taken in response […]
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board approved sending forward for public comment Draft Addendum IX to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The Draft Addendum proposes to establish a conservation tax under the Area 2 trap transfer program established by Addendum VII. Approved in November 2005, Addendum […]
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section approved Technical Addendum I to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring. The Technical Addendum clarifies the zero tolerance spawning provision of Amendment 2 by prohibiting vessels to fish for, take, land, or possess herring from or within a […]
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