Addendum Revises BRD Requirements
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 Addendum Proposes State Flexibility in Achieving Required Reductions
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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 the quota allocated to states from Maine through Connecticut and 42% allocated to New York through North Carolina. States were given the prerogative to set their own trip limits. For the 2007/2008 fishing year (May 1, 2007 – April 30, 2008), the Board approved a…
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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 to review stock status annually to determine if quota adjustments are necessary. The specifications are consistent with those recommended by the New England Fishery Management Council to NOAA’s Northeast Regional Administrator in late September 2006. The table below outlines the Commission’s final herring specifications for…
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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 to the findings and recommendations of the 2006 peer-reviewed stock assessment, as well as those of the recently updated virtual population analysis (VPA). Both assessments indicate the tautog resource continues to be at low biomass levels. Since the mid-1980s tautog has undergone a substantial decrease…
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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 VII established a multi-state effort control program for Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 (Southern New England), including a trap transferability program that is currently under development. This program will allow Area 2 lobstermen to increase or decrease the number of traps they fish as long…
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