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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Objective: Review the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries’ proposal to implement a 10% bycatch allowance, with a 1,000 lb cap, for weakfish in lieu of the 100 lb trip limit prescribed in Addendum IV to Amendment 4, and develop technical advice for the Management Board.
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At the request of the South Atlantic State-Federal Fisheries Management Board, the Spot Plan Review Team (PRT) prepared this fourth annual report on trends in available fishery-dependent and fishery-independent indices of relative spot abundance through 2009.
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The Technical Committee (TC) met on April 6th primarily to review the benchmark stock assessment peer review conclusions and recommendations. The TC also reviewed North Carolina’s quota transfer request. The meeting was held at the Renaissance Inn by the Philadelphia Airport.
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Technical Committee Report on Recruitment Failure in Southern New England Lobster Stock — April 2010
The Southern New England stock (SNE) is critically depleted and well below the minimum threshold abundance (25th percentile) (Figure 1). Abundance indices are at or near time series lows (ASMFC 2009) and this condition has persisted (ASMFC 2006).
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Technical Committee Report to the ASMFC South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) convened via phone conference to review the State of Florida’s Request for Conservation Equivalency for Section 4.2.4 Recreational Minimum Size Limits of Fisheries Management Report No. 46 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks, as it Applies to Blacktip Sharks.
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