The Black Sea Bass Recreational Working Group (Rec WG) met via conference call to discuss the proposed options in Draft Addendum XXX and make recommendations regarding the options to be included in the document for public comment. The following is a summary of the Rec WG’s discussion and subsequent revisions to the Draft Addendum. Please note that bolded sections in the following summary indicate revisions made to the Draft Addendum XXX document based on the Rec WG’s recommendations.
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 American Lobster Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on June 28th to review the Addendum XXV proposals submitted by LCMTs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to achieve a 5% increase in egg production.
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to review the draft river herring stock assessment update.
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At the May 2017 Coastal Sharks Management Board meeting, the final rule for federal Amendment 5b was presented by NOAA Fisheries Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Division. Amendment 5b implements a range of management measures to prevent overfishing and rebuild overfished dusky sharks. These measures are based on the 2016 dusky shark stock assessment update that determined dusky sharks are overfished and experiencing overfishing. The Board was asked to consider cooperative research with NOAA Fisheries to improve estimates of dusky (and other) sharks caught in state water fisheries. The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to discuss.
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The Stock Assessment Subcommittee met to discuss preliminary results of trend analyses and emerging issues. SAS members agreed with a April 7th deadline for circulating preliminary results of all trend analyses to the full SAS.
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