The Advisory Panel commented that the goal should be specific to females (spawning stock biomass). It would be helpful to people if we simply said that we are focusing on spawning stock biomass for rebuilding.
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 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Menhaden Management Board met in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, October 29th to discuss the: Commercial Landings Data for 2002 and 2003 to date, The 2003 Stock Assessment, and the SEDAR Peer Review of the 2003 Stock Assessment.
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Recommendations on the Development of Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Winter Flounder
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Staff updated the AP on Amendment 4, Addendum IV and recent Board discussions on the most restrictive rule. Bob Glenn, TC Chair, updated the group on the model used for evaluation of the v-notching criteria. Staff updated the AP on the revised operating procedures that formalize the relationship between the LCMT and the states.
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To review and choose management options posed in draft Amendment #4 for the Weakfish Management Board’s consideration at its next meeting on November 20th.
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Review and Comment on State Proposals to Meet F40%SSB
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The Atlantic Menhaden Advisory Panel (AP) convened for the first time on January 9, 2002, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Advisors were joined by the Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee for the morning session to review the progress on the multispecies assessment project and to hear the technical committee’s responses to the charges from the management board.
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