Executive Order 14008 Section 216 (c) Directs NOAA to Collect Recommendations on How to Make Fisheries, Including Aquaculture, and Protected Resources more Resilient to Climate Change, Including Changes in Management and Conservation Measures, and Improvements in Science, Monitoring, and Cooperating Research
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 Panels of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly via webinar on April 27, 2021 to review the Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment Public Comment Summary and provide recommendations on the alternatives being considered in the amendment.
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The Advisory Panels of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) met jointly via webinar on March 23, 2021 to review the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment Public Comment Summary and provide recommendations on the alternatives being considered in the amendment.
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The Shad and River Herring Advisory Panel (AP) met twice via webinar on Monday, October 26, 2020 to review the results of the 2020 American Shad Benchmark Assessment, and on January 15, 2021 to review the Technical Committee (TC) recommendations for improving shad stocks.
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The Winter Flounder Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call to review the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) stock assessments, provide recommendations for 2021 specifications for state waters, and to comment on any other current fishery management issues of concern to them.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Bluefish Advisory Panel (AP) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission’s) Bluefish AP via webinar on November 12, 2020. The objectives of this meeting were to review and provide feedback on staff recommendations for 2021 recreational measures for bluefish.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass AP via webinar on November 10, 2020. The objectives of this meeting were to review and provide feedback on staff recommendations for 2021 recreational measures for these three species.
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The Shad and River Herring Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call and webinar on Monday, October 26th, 2020 to review the results of the 2020 American Shad Benchmark Assessment and the preliminary Technical Committee (TC) recommendations for improving shad stocks.
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