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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Discuss Protocol for Identifying Bait Sources (P. Keliher, M. Ware) Possible Action; Consider Approval of 2018 Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance Reports for American Lobster and Jonah Crab (M. Ware); Review NOAA Technical Memo on Right Whale Status and Recovery Challenges (M. Asaro); Report on the October 2018 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team Meeting (M. Asaro, M. Ware) Possible Action; Review American Lobster Addendum XXVII Timeline (M. Ware); Update from the American Lobster Electronic Tracking and Reporting Subcommittees (M. Ware); Review and Populate Jonah Crab Advisory Panel (T. Berger) Action
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to discuss the October 2017 Board task to develop proposed improvements to Amendments 2 and 3.
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Updates on 2017 Board Meeting, Benchmark Stock Assessment, and 2018 ARM Model Results
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At the October 2017 meeting, the Tautog Management Board (Board) tasked the Technical Committee (TC) to investigate the biological sampling needs to support continued regional stock assessments for tautog, and recommend any revisions to the biological sampling requirements. This task resulted from a Plan Review Team concern that in recent years several states were unable to meet the minimum requirement of 200 samples. On June 1 and September 7, 2018 the Tautog TC convened via conference call to address this task.
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