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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Review and Discuss 2018 Commissioner Survey Results (D. Tompkins); Review Draft Strategic Plan for 2019-2023 (R. Beal)
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Progress Update on the Menhaden Single-Species and Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Stock Assessments; Review Synthesis of Scientific Findings of Atlantic Menhaden’s Role in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem (K. Drew); Consider Postponed Motion from the August 2018 Board Meeting (N. Meserve) Action — Postponed Motion: “Move the Atlantic Menhaden Board recommend to the ISFMP Policy Board that the Commonwealth of Virginia be found out of compliance for not fully and effectively implementing and enforcing Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan if the State does not implement the following measure from section 4.3.7 (Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap) of…
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Review Preliminary ASMFC Stock Assessment Summary (M. Celestino); Discuss Next Steps for Striped Bass Management (M. Armstrong) Possible Action; Consider Providing Comment to NOAA Fisheries Regarding Proposed Measures to Lift the Ban on Recreational Fishing in the Federal Block Island Sound Transit Zone (M. Armstrong); Review Maryland’s Conservation Equivalency Effectiveness Report of 2018 Recreational Measures for the Chesapeake Bay Summer and Fall Fishery (M. Luisi); Review Changes to Virginia’s Striped Bass Monitoring Program (N. Lengyel) Action
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