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 Board initiated Addendum XXI to scale the Southern New England (SNE) fishery to the size of the resource. The management measures in the Addendum are designed to allow for flexibility in the movement of traps as the consolidation program for Lobster Conservation Management Areas (Areas) 2 and 3 to address latent effort (unfished allocation) are implemented.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 5, 2014, and was called to order at 9:20 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Daniel McKiernan.
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This Addendum establishes the use of the Traffic Light Approach (Caddy and Mahon, 1995; Caddy, 1998, 1999) with precautionary management framework in the management of spot. The management framework utilizing the Traffic Light Approach replaces the management triggers as stipulated in the Omnibus Amendment.
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This Addendum establishes the use of the Traffic Light Approach (Caddy and Mahon, 1995; Caddy, 1998, 1999) as a precautionary management framework in the management of Atlantic croaker.
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This Addendum was initiated by the Habitat Committee in 2012 in order to update the habitat section of the current American Lobster FMP, which was approved in 1997. It is intended to provide supporting information on American lobster habitat needs and concerns and does not impact current regulatory measures.
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August 5-7, 2014, in Alexandria, VA
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