At the May 2012 Lobster Board meeting the TC was tasked with looking at the effects of bottom tending mobile gear on lobster in response to management actions that could lift a prohibition on this type of gear in Closed Area II on Georges Bank.
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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Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker directs the Atlantic Croaker Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SASC) to conduct a benchmark stock assessment every five years (ASMFC 2005). In each non-assessment year, the Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee (TC) is required to conduct a set of “trigger” exercises to review Atlantic croaker data. The first trigger is the only hard trigger which, if activated, initiates an assessment in a non-assessment year. If the TC notices substantial changes in one or more of the remaining triggers, the TC can also request that a stock assessment be conducted.
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The Spot Plan Review Team met June 20-21, 2012, and reviewed the Spot Management Triggers, as included in the Omnibus Amendment, for the 2011 fishing year. Although the Maryland Chesapeake Bay Seine Survey Index fell below the 10th percentile, the management trigger was not tripped, as none of the other four trigger indices fell below the 10th percentile.
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Objective: To address the ASMFC Weakfish Management Board tasks to (1) begin developing stock indicators for possible management use as the weakfish stocks begin to recover and (2) review trends in gear- and area-specific weakfish landings, 2007-2011.
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From Jeffrey Brust, Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee Chairman
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In addition to updating the model with new data, the following minor but necessary configuration changes were made to the 2012 base run: weight-at-age estimates for weakfish were revised and several striped bass indices were removed from the striped bass XSA.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to review a request by New Jersey commercial fishermen to allow the removal of all smooth dogfish fins at sea at all times of the year. Section 2.3.1 of Addendum I, Smooth Dogfish Processing at Sea, allows commercial fishermen to completely remove all smooth dogfish fins at sea from March – June with a max 5% fin to carcass ratio; the dorsal fin and tail must remain attached naturally to the carcass from July – February. The Board initially discussed this request during their meeting in May, 2012 but requested…
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