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.
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This Addendum postpones the gauge and escape vent size changes in sections 3.1 and 3.2 of Addendum XXVII for an additional six months to July 1, 2025. The Addendum does not postpone regulations prohibiting the issuance of 10% additional trap tags in Areas 1 and 3 above the trap limit or allocation.
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The Tautog Management Board (Board) met to provide feedback on the risk and uncertainty decision tool for tautog.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board members from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts met September 19 via webinar to set effort control measures for the 2024 Area 1A fishery for Season 2 (October 1 – December 31).
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The TC met via webinar on September 23, 2024, to review updates to the Sustainable Fishery Management Plans (SFMPs) for river herring from New Hampshire and Maine, as well as updates to the SFMPs for American shad from Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Maine and New Hampshire updates also included proposals to change and reopen their fisheries, respectively.
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This memo describes the 2025 harvest recommendation for Delaware Bay Region horseshoe crabs using the methods from the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework (ASMFC 2022a).
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The Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee met jointly to discuss the 2024 stock assessment update and associated Board tasks regarding measures to achieve stock rebuilding, no targeting closures, recreational release mortality, and evaluating additional methods to support future size-bag-season analyses.
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The Northern Shrimp Section (Section) met in Portland, Maine to review the public comment summary and Advisory Panel (AP) input on the Public Information Document (PID) for Draft Aendment4, provide direction to the Northern Shrimp Plan Development Team (PDT) on the development of Draft Amendment 4, and review AP and Technical Committee (TC) discussions regarding an industry-based research program.
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