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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Draft Addendum VI and Nantucket Shoals/Georges Bank Spawning Study
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The Adaptive Resource Management Working Group (ARM WG) held a conference call to discuss options to estimate horseshoe crab abundance in the Delaware Bay and to prepare for the ARM model harvest outputs for 2014.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee was tasked by the Management Board (M-13-057) with reviewing a survey proposal titled A comprehensive aerial survey design: comparing biomass estimates of Atlantic menhaden captured within and outside the normal fishery range and the implications for improved management of this resource and authored by Dr. James Sulikowski, Dr. Alexia Morgan, and Ms. Amy Carlson from the University of New England. A brief summary of the TC’s review and detailed responses to each Term of Reference are provided.
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