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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2023 American Lobster Data Update and Addendum XXVII Trigger Index Update
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Overall, indicators show mixed signs of stability and declines since the assessment.
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The TC met via conference call on September 29, 2023 to receive an update on the 2024 River Herring Benchmark Stock Assessment and provide feedback for the habitat model to be used in the assessment. Additionally, the TC met to review planned changes to Maryland’s fishery dependent and independent surveys.
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Cobia Technical Committee Recommendation for State Recreational Management Measures — September 2023
The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on September 9 and September 19, 2023, to discuss 2021-2022 state recreational harvest target evaluations, the impacts of keeping status quo recreational management measures in 2024, and recent trends in state and regional recreational cobia landings.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee (TC) met jointly via webinar on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 to discuss use of the Recreational Demand Model (RDM) in setting future recreational management measures for these three species. The primary objective of this meeting was for the MC/TC to decide on the years of data to inform the catch-per-trip assumptions for the upcoming specifications cycle. The group also reviewed how the RDM accounts for uncertainty and variability in…
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The Commission’s Tautog Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on Friday, August 11th, in response to a task from the Management Board to evaluate the feasibility of using the smaller version of the current commercial tag and any tag that has not been previously tested that may meet the goals and objectives of the tagging program.
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Recommendation for 2024-2026 Total Harvest Quota for Atlantic Cobia
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