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 Next Steps for Management of the Southern New England American Lobster Stock Possible Action; Motion to begin a new addendum to address the declining lobster stock conditions in Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA); Discuss Next Steps for Management of Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank American Lobster Stock (P. Keliher) Possible Action; Draft Addendum I to the Jonah Crab FMP for Final Approval Final Action; Discuss Need to Create a Coastwide Standard for Claw Landings in the Jonah Crab Fishery Possible Action; Update on New England Fishery Management Council Deep Sea Coral Habitat Amendment and ASMFC Survey to Area 3 Fishermen (M.…
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May 2-5, 2016 in Alexandria, VA
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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 4, 2016, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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