The Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Subcommittee and the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) met via conference call to review the most recent population estimates for horseshoe crabs and red knots, the results of the ARM for 2022, and supporting horseshoe crab and red knot data sets.
Technical Committee Reports and Summaries
Detailed analyses and recommendations from technical committees, including working groups, sub-committees, plan development teams, and plan review teams, on specific scientific and management issues related to fisheries.
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The TC made recommendations on proposed options for Draft Addendum XXVII related to the trigger mechanism for implementing a change to management measures, the trigger levels, and the management measures that should be considered. The subsequent sections of the memo provide additional information on the analyses performed and rationale for each set of recommendations.
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Alternate minimum and maximum sizes as management options for Lobster Management Areas in the Gulf of Maine
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The Plan Development Team (PDT) met to continue the development of Draft Addendum XXVII on biological resiliency in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank (GOM/GBK) Stock.
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Over the last few years the American Lobster Management Board (Board) has continually expressed interest in implementing requirements to collect high resolution spatial and temporal effort data in the federal lobster and Jonah crab fisheries, and has supported efforts to investigate systems and technology for collecting these data. At its May 2021 meeting, the Board agreed to create a technical work group including representatives from NOAA Fisheries, state and federal law enforcement, and members of the Board to identify objectives, technological solutions, and system characteristics for vessel tracking devices in the federal lobster and Jonah crab fisheries. The work group,…
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The Commission’s Tautog Technical Committee (TC) met virtually on Wednesday July 7, 2021 to review information regarding the 2020 commercial harvest tagging program. An email from NY DEC describing numerous issues with the tag in general was distributed prior to the meeting.
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The Board subsequently directed the TC to develop this technical guidance document to ensure that implementation of the Amendment 2 and 3 requirements related to the issues outlined above is consistent with the TC recommendations.
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