The lobster TC believes the proposed conservation equivalency change in the Massachusetts Vnotch definition from zero tolerance to 1/8″ inch with or without setal hairs could result in an increase in fishing mortality in Area 514 (Massachusetts Bay)
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 TC reviewed proposals from Maine and Massachusetts that requested the data requirement of dealers reporting NMFS statistical area fished be collected in alternate methods.
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The Technical Committee (TC) met on January 17th to review recent research, monitoring, and landings in anticipation of a Management Board discussion about starting a new addendum. Several researchers from the Virginia Tech Horseshoe Crab Research Center presented updates on their work.
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The Weakfish Stock Assessment Subcommittee met for two days with the following objectives: review an independent project to improve weakfish stock assessment, update the assessment timeline, draft Terms of Reference, review the updated catch-at-age and survey indices, discuss the measure of central tendency for trawl surveys, review model updates and analyses, update the stock tracking measures for the Board if necessary, and assign responsibilities.
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NOAA Fisheries Service’s Northeast Regional Office contracted the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) to host a workshop on Atlantic sturgeon research protocols in response to the results from the Atlantic sturgeon status review and potential listing of the species.
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While mangers have traditionally relied on analytical methods to help them make informed choices on a singlespecies basis, few analytical tools are available to evaluate decisions at the ecosystem level. The Expanded Multispecies Virtual Population Analysis (MSVPA-X) was conceived to support to fisheries management decisions made in a multispecies context.
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The purpose of the call was to finalize recommendations to the Shad and River Herring Management Board prior to the Annual Meeting.
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This report summarizes the discussions and recommendations from a joint meeting of the ASMFC’s Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee (TC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee (MC) that was held on September 19, 2007 and two three-hour conference calls on October 2, 2007 and October 4, 2007.
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The Red Drum Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to discuss the following items related to the upcoming stock assessment: data collection method, data background collection, updates on addressing data deficiencies, and the assessment timeline. The TC last met 5/24/07.
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