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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Draft Addendum VI and Nantucket Shoals/Georges Bank Spawning Study
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The Adaptive Resource Management Working Group (ARM WG) held a conference call to discuss options to estimate horseshoe crab abundance in the Delaware Bay and to prepare for the ARM model harvest outputs for 2014.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee was tasked by the Management Board (M-13-057) with reviewing a survey proposal titled A comprehensive aerial survey design: comparing biomass estimates of Atlantic menhaden captured within and outside the normal fishery range and the implications for improved management of this resource and authored by Dr. James Sulikowski, Dr. Alexia Morgan, and Ms. Amy Carlson from the University of New England. A brief summary of the TC’s review and detailed responses to each Term of Reference are provided.
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This memorandum serves as a report on the use of the traffic light approach the South Atlantic State/Federal Management Board requested the Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee (TC) develop during the 2012 August Board meeting.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to discuss possible impacts to state fisheries if dusky sharks and/or great hammerhead sharks are listed under the Endangered Species Act. The TC also reviewed the recent North Carolina study concerning smoothhound fin-to-carcass ratios.
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