The purpose of this report is to evaluate the current status of Atlantic croaker using the annual Traffic Light Analysis (TLA). Atlantic croaker is managed under Addendum III (2020) which outlines the population characteristics evaluated, management triggers, and management responses.
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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In October 2021, the Board assigned the following task to the Plan Development Team (PDT): review the threshold for biomedical mortality to develop biological based options for the threshold and to develop options for action when the threshold is exceeded; also, review the best management practices (BMPs) for handling biomedical catch and suggest options for updating and implementing BMPs. The PDT tasked the Technical Committee with reviewing available information to address this task and recommending potential methods for developing biologically based options for the biomedical mortality threshold. They also requested the TC review the BMPs and recommend any updates.
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Drs. Mike Wilberg (Chesapeake Biological Laboratory) and Rob Latour (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) are leading a research project to estimate fish abundance and mortality rates in specific regions using a spatial model. The Technical Committee met in May to receive a request from Drs. Wilberg and Latour for spot to be one of the focus species in the project.
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To look at potential effects of losing information from the Summer Survey in the near term, the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee (NSTC) compared the results from the current northern shrimp stock assessment model that used different configurations of input data that included truncating the Summer Survey from 2018-2021.
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Review Board Task on Biomedical Mortality Threshold and Best Management Practices, Discussion on Methods for Biologically Based Biomedical Threshold, and Discussion on BMPs for Biomedical Crabs
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The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on March 23, 2022 to discuss the quota block timeframe for cobia and to discuss future specification development and the timeline for the next cobia stock assessment.
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This memorandum summarizes the Striped Bass Technical Committee’s (TC) analysis and discussion for the Draft Amendment 7 year class task based on TC meetings from June through December 2021. Detailed projection methods and figures for the ocean-only change scenarios (developed September 2021) and Chesapeake Bay/ocean change scenarios (developed December 2021) are enclosed at the end of this memo.
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