The American Lobster Board convened Lobster Conservation Management Teams (LCMT) in Areas 2-6 to recommend methods of exploitation reduction consistent with the options in Draft Addendum XVII.
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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Members of the Law Enforcement Committee (LEC) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission would like to offer comments regarding management options in Draft Addendum VII to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Horseshoe Crabs that were prepared for public comment in November 2011.
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The Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on January 10, 2012, to review the Draft Addendum VII to the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) met to review the 21st Southeast Data and Review Workshop (SEDAR 21) assessment of dusky, sandbar, and blacknose shark stocks and make management recommendations to the Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks Management Board (Board) based on the assessment results. The meeting began with a review of current ASMFC and federal regulations that apply to these species followed by presentations of each assessment. The TC discussed the results and technical merits of each assessment before moving to management recommendations. Following the assessment review, NMFS Division of Highly Migratory Species (HMS) staff presented the TC with…
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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.
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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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