Update on the Implementation of Recommended Research and Monitoring Needs; Draft Addendum II to the Horseshoe Crab FMP; Establishment of Protocols for Managing the Use of Horseshoe Crabs by the Biomedical Industry
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 Technical Committee (TC) met on Monday, April 12th, 2021 to follow up on discussion from their March 25th meeting. The TC reviewed relevant data and provided guidance to the Plan Development Team (PDT) on developing a trigger mechanism to automatically implement management measures to increase biological resiliency in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank lobster stock (GOM/GBK) through Draft Addendum XXVII.
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The Atlantic Sturgeon Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on March 23, 2021, to discuss ageing of Atlantic sturgeon.
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The Technical Committee (TC) met on Thursday, March 25th, 2021 to discuss and provide input to the Plan Development Team (PDT) on the development of Draft Addendum XXVII on resiliency in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank stock (GOM/GBK).
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) received two proposals, one for summer flounder and one for black sea bass, from New Jersey (NJ) and Massachusetts (MA) respectively, to modify their recreational fisheries in 2021 under conservation equivalency (CE). The proposals detail how states would make small season modifications to allow for weekend openings in May. Additionally, the TC received a proposal from Virginia to participate in the February 2021 recreational fishery for black sea bass. Virginia’s proposal details how the state will account for their harvest during the February 2021 fishery by adjusting measures later…
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The Winter Flounder Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to review the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) stock assessments, New England Fishery Management Council recommendations for federal specifications, and commercial and recreational fishery trends and to discuss whether adjustments to state water specifications should be made for the 2021 fishing year.
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Atlantic croaker are managed under Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker (2005) and Addendum I (2011), Addendum II (2014), and Addendum III (2020).
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