The Tautog Technical Committee held a conference call this morning to discuss state reduction proposals required in Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Tautog. The Addendum requires states to submit proposals to achieve a fishing mortality rate F = 0.20 (28.6% reduction), by April 6, 2007.
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 main agenda items for the Technical Committee (TC) meeting were: 1) reviewing Maryland’s estimate of the 2006 spring trophy fishery harvest (p.2) and a proposal to eliminate the quota for the spring trophy fishery (p.3); 2) reviewing a proposal from North Carolina to increase the AS/RR TAC by 50,000 pounds (p.5); 3) receiving a progress update from the Tagging Subcommittee (p.7); 4) receiving a progress update from the Stock Assessment Subcommittee (p.11); 5) and approving the Terms of Reference and timeline for the 2007 benchmark stock assessment (p.13).
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The Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee met on August 29, 2006 in Raleigh, NC. The major items on the agenda for the TC to address were: 1) review data and analyses required for assessing the triggers in Amendment 1; 2) determine which material would be presented to the South Atlantic Board at the Annual meeting, scheduled for late October 2006; and 3) determine future work for improving the triggers.
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The Red Drum Technical Committee last met in 2002. The main items on the agenda for this meeting were: 1) planning for the 2009 stock assessment; 2) discussion of a potential 2007 red drum summit; 3) review of South Carolina and Georgia red drum programs; and 4) discussion of the pending red drum longline survey.
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The first meeting of the Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) began with a presentation of the 2006 Large Coastal Shark stock assessment by Julie Neer. Of the 22 LCS species managed by NMFS, 11 are prohibited and sandbar and blacktip sharks are assessed separately leaving a total of nine species comprising the LCS assessment.
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