At its November meeting, the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved a new fishing mortality threshold (F15%MSP = 1.32) and target (F30%MSP = 0.62). The Board requested the Technical Committee explore methods to account for the uncertainty in the terminal year fishing mortality estimate (F2008) as it relates to achieving the new fishing mortality reference points. The Board also requested the Technical Committee explore landing scenarios to achieve the new fishing mortality threshold immediately and the new fishing mortality target over a range of 1 to 5 years.
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 requested that the Technical Committee (TC) explore methods to account for the uncertainty in the terminal year fishing mortality estimate (F2008) as it relates to achieving the new fishing mortality reference points. The Board also requested that the Technical Committee explore landings scenarios to achieve 1) the new fishing mortality threshold immediately, and 2) the new fishing mortality target over a range of 1 to 5 years.
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The Shorebird Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call on November 30, 2011, to review the Draft Addendum VII to the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan. The AP agreed that the best option for management of the horseshoe crab bait fishery was to move forward with implementing the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, Option 3.
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The Horseshoe Crab Biomedical ad-hoc Working Group (WG) met on October 3 to discuss the biomedical process and begin building a biomedical best management practices document, as tasked by the Horseshoe Crab Management Board at its August 4, 2011 meeting.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to: 1) review a Massachusetts de minimis proposal, 2) recommend coastal sharks specifications for 2012+, and 3) elect a Vice-Chair. The TC recommends approval of the de minimis proposal and a 33-fish large coastal sharks (LCS) possession limit for 2012
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Specification Recommendations for May 2012 – April 2013 Spiny Dogfish Fishing Season
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Review and discussion of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Amendment 14 (Am14) alternatives to address shad and river herring (SRH) catch in the squid, mackerel, and butterfish (SMB) fisheries, and to discuss increased coordination between the Councils and the Commission.
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