The Biomedical Best Management Practices Work Group (BMP WG) met on March 13th via webinar to continue addressing the Board task to review and update the Biomedical BMPs. The WG reviewed a draft document including the recommended modifications to the BMPs.
Committee Summaries and Reports to the Board
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 Bluefish Monitoring Committee (MC) and the Bluefish Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on Friday, March 24, to develop potential methods for applying a buffer between sector specific annual catch limits (ACLs) and annual catch targets (ACTs) to account for management uncertainty. The MC and TC reviewed buffer examples in other fisheries, recent bluefish overages by sector, discussed methods for buffer calculation, and discussed information that would be helpful for inclusion in the staff memo for specifications.
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The TC/SAS recommended that the 2024 assessment for sturgeon be an update instead of a full benchmark. • The TC/SAS approved the assessment schedule (Table 1) with the assessment update completed and presented to the Board in August 2024.
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Proposed 2023 Regional Recreational Management Measures for Scup and Black Sea Bass
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The TC met via conference call on January 19, 2023 to review an update to the North Carolina Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP) for American shad and to consider a proposal from New Hampshire to reopen its river herring fishery.
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In November 2022, the Horseshoe Crab Management Board formed a work group to review and update the best management practices (BMPs) for handling biomedical catch, which were originally developed in 2011. The work group (WG) includes technical committee and advisory panel members with expertise in horseshoe crab biology, ecology, and biomedical processing.
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The Winter Flounder Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar to review the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) stock assessments, commercial and recreational fishery trends, and federal specifications for fishing years 2023-2025 approved by New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC).
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The Red Drum Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) met via webinar on November 29, 2022 to review the draft Terms of Reference (TOR) and timeline for the upcoming 2024 benchmark stock assessment, as well as continue their discussion of the American Saltwater Guide Association’s offer to collect red drum data using an app.
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