The American Lobster Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call on June 28th to review the Addendum XXV proposals submitted by LCMTs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to achieve a 5% increase in egg production.
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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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to review the draft river herring stock assessment update.
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At the May 2017 Coastal Sharks Management Board meeting, the final rule for federal Amendment 5b was presented by NOAA Fisheries Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Division. Amendment 5b implements a range of management measures to prevent overfishing and rebuild overfished dusky sharks. These measures are based on the 2016 dusky shark stock assessment update that determined dusky sharks are overfished and experiencing overfishing. The Board was asked to consider cooperative research with NOAA Fisheries to improve estimates of dusky (and other) sharks caught in state water fisheries. The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to discuss.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Tautog Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call on June 30, 2017 to discuss the management alternatives in Draft Amendment 1. The following summarizes the comments made by AP members on the call. Due to low attendance the comments made are not representative of the entire Advisory Panel, rather they are individual comments (5 out of 12 AP members were on the call). There was discussion about re-populating the Tautog Advisory Panel.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia; May 8, 2017 and was called to order at 2:55 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Dave Borden.
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This Addendum establishes new start and end dates for the scup commercial quota periods.
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