Advisory Panel Agendas and Summaries
Summaries of input and recommendations from advisory panels consisting of stakeholders, including fishermen, industry representatives, and conservationists.
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The Advisory Panel met via conference call on January 26, 2012 to make recommendation to the Board on the Draft Public Information Document for Amendment 2 the ISFMP for Atlantic Menhaden.
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The Horseshoe Crab Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call on November 29, 2011, to review the Draft Addendum VII to the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan. The AP agreed that the best option for management of the horseshoe crab bait fishery was to move forward with implementing the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, Option 3, as it provides a sound, scientifically-based recommendation for harvest of horseshoe crabs while still considering the needs of the red knots.
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The Shorebird Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call on November 30, 2011, to review the Draft Addendum VII to the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan. The AP agreed that the best option for management of the horseshoe crab bait fishery was to move forward with implementing the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, Option 3.
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The Advisory Panel met on October 25, 2011 in Baltimore, MD to make recommendation to the Board on Draft Addendum V.
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The Advisory Panel convened via conference call on July 29th to review and provide feedback on two documents: 1) MAFMC Amendment 14 Management Options; and 2) Increasing Coordination between Councils and Commission. Kate Taylor recapped the AP’s previous recommendations on ocean bycatch (developed during Amendment 2 and Amendment 3) and then provided the AP with an overview of the alternative sets contained in the current draft of Mid-Atlantic Council’s Amendment 14 Discussion Document.
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The Advisory Panel (AP) met on June 7, 2011 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The two main agenda items were (1) review public comment regarding the Public Information Document (PID) for Amendment 2 to the FMP for Northern Shrimp; and (2) make recommendations to the Section on management options appropriate for the northern shrimp fishery.
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The ASMFC Shorebird Advisory Panel (AP) met on May 3, 2011 in Wilmington, DE. Previously, the Horseshoe Crab Management Board reviewed the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) report on the proposed allocation model for the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Harvest output. The Board requested further stakeholder input on the DBETC report and the allocation model from the Advisory Panels to the Board, both the Shorebird and the Horseshoe Crab APs. This report responds to the Board’s request and summarizes the Shorebird AP’s discussions regarding the recommendations of the DBETC and the allocation process at the May 3, 2011 meeting.
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