1) Update on the Summer Survey Work Group; 2) Review data from the Maine & New Hampshire inshore trawl survey, NEFSC 2018 fall survey, and the NEFSC summer survey tow calibrations; 3) Determine criteria for running a full stock assessment model versus performing a traffic light analysis; and 4) Setting tasks and timelines for completing the stock status report.
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 Board made the following motion: “Move to task the TC with providing the Board with a report that shows the reductions in harvest needed to reduce F to F threshold (0.24) and F target (0.197) and also providing one example of recreational bag and size limit combination (if necessary, seasonal restrictions) needed to achieve these conditions a) on the coast and b) in the Chesapeake Bay and report back to the Board in May.”
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In order to streamline implementation of Addendum VI measures, the Atlantic Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on October 10, 2019 to establish criteria for the development of conservation equivalency proposals with Draft Addendum VI.
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call and webinar to address two items: 1) Review and provide a recommendation on Maine’s proposal to modify their river herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP); and 2) Concerning the October 2017 Board task regarding improvements to Amendments 2 and 3, review the TC task group’s recommendations for resolving identified harvest and monitoring inconsistencies with the Fishery Management Plan (FMP), and discuss next steps for completing the task.
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The Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Subcommittee (SC) met on September 11, 2019, in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting’s goals were to define the value used for horseshoe crab abundance in the ARM Framework, discuss how to incorporate horseshoe crab population estimates from the Catch Multiple Survey Analysis (CMSA) model used in the 2019 benchmark stock assessment into the ARM Framework, discuss other potential revisions to the ARM Framework, compile a set of recommendations based on these discussions for consideration by the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC)
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Presentation on Atlantic shortfin mako shark Amendment 11 and new regulations
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to review progress and discuss next steps on the October 2017 Board task regarding improvements to Amendments 2 and 3.
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