The PDT has developed draft management options to be considered for public comment, which include options that would modify the minimum and maximum gauge sizes of Lobster Conservation and Management Areas (LCMAs) within the stock.
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 Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar to discuss the timeline and data needs for the 2022 Stock Assessment Update to the 2020 single-species benchmark.
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Amendment 3 to the Shad and River Herring FMP requires all states and jurisdictions to submit a habitat plan for American shad.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on Monday, October 25, 2021 to receive a presentation on two statistical recreational harvest and catch projection models, discuss general approaches for developing 2022 recreational measures, and review updates on the Harvest Control Rule Addendum/Framework.
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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.
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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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