The purpose of SC’s alternative management plan for river herring is to allow waters of the ACE Basin and Savannah River watersheds to remain open for recreation purposes. This plan is submitted to fulfill requirements of Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring (River Herring Management).
Fishery Management Plans
Comprehensive plans detailing the strategies and regulations for managing specific fishery resources, aimed at ensuring their sustainability and productivity.
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The purpose of this sustainable fisheries management plan is to allow existing river herring fisheries that are productive and cause no threat to future stock production and recruitment to remain in place and close all others.
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Amendment 3 requires states and jurisdictions to develop sustainable fishery management plans (SFMPs), which are reviewed by the Technical Committee and approved by the Board, in order to maintain commercial and recreational fisheries beyond January 2013.
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Amendment 3 requires states and jurisdictions to develop sustainable fishery management plans (SFMPs), which are reviewed by the Technical Committee and approved by the Board, in order to maintain commercial and recreational fisheries beyond January 2013.
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Amendment 3 closed all commercial and recreational fishing for American shad along the East Coast starting in January 2013 unless individual states developed an ASMFC approved sustainable fisheries management plan for American shad.
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This alternative management plan for American Shad and Blueback Herring in Florida addresses American Shad management outside of the St. Johns River System and Blueback Herring in all state waters.
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Amendment 3 requires states and jurisdictions to develop sustainable fishery management plans (SFMPs), which are reviewed by the Technical Committee and approved by the Board, in order to maintain commercial and recreational fisheries beyond January 2013.
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Addendum II established the Traffic Light Approach (TLA) as a precautionary management framework to evaluate fishery trends and develop management actions. The TLA was originally developed as a management tool for data-poor fisheries, and its application to spot is described in further detail in Section 2.2.2. Starting in the late 2000s, there were inconsistent signals in the data used to examine the resource. In addition, the 2017 stock assessment was not recommended for management use. The lack of clear information from the TLA and the assessment made it difficult to provide management advice. Addendum III addresses these issues by modifying…
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Addendum III addresses revisions to Management using the Traffic Light Approach.
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