The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on September 13 and September 25, 2024 to discuss methods for calculating recreational management measures for the Northern Region to meet its harvest target. This memorandum outlines those methods and resulting management options for the Northern Region for implementation in 2025.
Fisheries Management
The Interstate Fisheries Management Program (ISFMP) serves as the core of decision-making, where species management boards establish regulations to conserve fishery resources, supported by an active participation framework. The ISFMP Policy Board oversees this, monitoring stock performance and policy implementation with representation from all member states and several federal agencies.
-
-
The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on September 13 and September 25, 2024 to discuss the Addendum II confidence interval approach as tasked by the Board in August 2024. The Board asked for TC discussion on the potential application of the confidence interval approach to the regional allocation framework, and to consider other confidence interval levels in addition to the 95% confidence intervals specified in Addendum II.
-
This paper evaluates the approval of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter , which introduces recombinant reagents as alternatives to Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) and Tachypleus Amebocyte Lysate (TAL) for bacterial endotoxins testing (BET).
-
The 2023 Black Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment determined the Atlantic coast stock was not overfished nor experiencing overfishing in the terminal year of the assessment (2020). However, the assessment acknowledged lack of contrast in black drum data sets coupled with high uncertainty in model-based estimates. To this end, the Black Drum Technical Committee (TC) recommended close monitoring of empirical stock indicators annually between stock assessments to identify any concerning trends in a timely manner.
-
Consider The Approval Of Draft Addendum VII For Public Comment On The Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch Reduction Measures. Consider Revising 2024/2025 Fishing Year Quota.
-
Consider 2024 Red Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment And Peer Review Report. Risk And Uncertainty Tool Inputs For Red Drum. Consider Annual Update To Black Drum Indicators. Consider Black Drum And Spotted Seatrout Fmp Plan Reviews And State Compliance Reports For The 2023 Fishing Year
-
Discuss Recommendations on Inputs to the Risk and Uncertainty Tool for Red Drum
-
Consider Stakeholder Workshop Report on Delaware Bay Management Objectives. Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Abundance Estimates and Model Results From the Adaptive Resource management Framework. Set 2025 Specifications. Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports For the 2023 Fishing Year.
-
Consider management response to stock projections
Get Hooked on ASMFC News
Dive into the latest updates and catch all the important news by joining our newsletter mailing list. Stay in the loop with meeting agendas, fisheries management news, and more.