The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) convened via phone conference to give recommendations for smooth dogfish quota and possession limits; small coastal sharks (SCS) possession limits; large coastal sharks (LCS) possession limits; and pelagic sharks possession limits.
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 2 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan (FMP) requires that the Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee meet annually to review the best available biological and fisheries data and make recommendations regarding total allowable landings (TAL) and associated management measures.
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The workgroup met to compile, organize, and critically evaluate all available fishery dependent data, fishery independent data, and life history information that will be used to conduct the 2008-2009 weakfish stock assessment. At the conclusion of the workshop, the workgroup discussed possible approaches for conducting the assessment.
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The following are responses of the Technical Committee to questions regarding slot limits for summer flounder posed to them at a meeting held in NH on June 24, 2008. The questions were designed to explore the biological and management implications of a slot limit in the coast wide recreational summer flounder fishery.
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Recent declining trends in spot landings have raised some concern about the long-term health of the stock. In the absence of a coast wide stock assessment, the South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board requested that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Spot Plan Review Team compile and summarize catch per unit effort (CPUE) data for spot in 2007.
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The TC convened to give feedback on the various options contained in the Final Draft Interstate Fisheries Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for federal Amendment 2 to the Consolidated HMS FMP was presented to the TC at the beginning of the meeting allowing them to consider how the various management options would relate to new federal regulations.
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The Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to address three main issues: 1) committee leadership and membership, 2) a task from the Striped Bass Management Board (Board) to update the biological reference points as recommended by the peer review panel for the 2007 stock assessment, and 3) an update on the otolith collection program. Des Kahn also added a discussion on the peer review panel and Commission publications.
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The Lobster Technical Committee (TC) evaluated the Connecticut proposal to extend the v-notch program evaluation date by one month and to include “shorts and eggers” in the v-notched calculations.
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