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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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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Review Work on the Juvenile Abundance Indices Task from the Management Board. Review Work on the Poaching Estimates Task from the Management Board. Review New Jersey Proposal for Alternative Management.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) convened via phone conference to make recommendations for coastal sharks specifications in 2010+. The Interstate Fisheries Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks allows the Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks Management Board (Board) to set a quota for smooth dogfish only and possession limits for the Large Coastal (LCS), Small Coastal (SCS), Pelagic and Smooth Dogfish Species Groups for up to 5 years. The FMP specifies that the TC will review the best available data and make quota and possession limit recommendations to the Board prior to specifications being set.
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The Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) met by conference call in December and January to develop and approve the attached reports responding to the Management Board’s five tasks from November 2009.
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The Board and Council met in December of 2009 to establish the 2010 recreational management program. At this meeting, the Board and Council agreed that the states would implement conservational equivalent measures rather than implement a coastwide management program.
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Specification Recommendations for May 2010 – April 2011 Spiny Dogfish Fishing Season
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