The TC, PDT and SAS held a joint conference call to discuss the technical methods and the results of the harvest reduction and spawning stock biomass projection analysis; a Board task assigned at the October meeting. The following is an overview of the analyses results, as well as an overview of the follow‐up items to calculate the recreational reductions.
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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Consider specifications for the 2017 fishing year
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The Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, January 31, 2017, and was called to order at 9:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Adam Nowalsky.
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The Atlantic Herring Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, January 31, 2017, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman G. Ritchie White.
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The Stock Assessment Subcommittee met to review the data that has been submitted by states, discuss SCAA models for Massachusetts and North Carolina, review the prior calculations for Z reference points and divide the river herring trend analyses tasks.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC or Commission) Northern Shrimp Section (section) and Advisory Panel (AP) met separately to review the 2016 Stock Status Report for Gulf of Maine (GOM) Northern Shrimp and set specifications for the 2017 fishing season.
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