The Winter Flounder Techncial Committeee (TC) met via conference call to review recent trends in survey indices for the Southern New England /Mid-Atlantic (SNE-MA) and the recent operational assessment for Gulf of Maine (GOM) stocks. The TC discussed specifications for the 2015 fishing season relative to updated information for both stocks.
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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Based on the analysis presented, the required reduction by LCMA, with the exception of LCMA 6 (CT evaluation only), were either not achieved or were achieved mainly as a result of declining stock abundance / effort.
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In preparation for the 2014 benchmark stock assessment, the Atlantic menhaden Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) have held seven joint webinars and four in-person meetings to date. This fifth progress report memorandum contains a summary from the first three three webinars. The primary goal of these webinars was to finalize data preparations and preliminary analyses in advance of the Assessment Workshop.
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The following memo contains the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee Review of the Summer Flounder Regional Proposals and Black Sea Bass State Proposals for the 2014 recreational fishery.
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