This Addendum modifies the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks (FMP) to establish state shares for smoothhound sharks (smooth dogfish) and modify the existing at-sea processing regulations for smoothhound sharks.
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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In August 2012, the Winter Flounder Management Board initiated the development of an addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for winter flounder to consider changing commercial trip limits and recreational measures through a an annual specification process for the Gulf of Maine and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic winter flounder fisheries.
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May 20 – 23, 2013 in Alexandria, VA
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Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden was approved in December 2012. Amendment 2 enables the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board to set aside 1% of the overall total allowable catch (TAC) for episodic events (Section 4.2.1.8). Episodic events are times and areas where Atlantic menhaden are available in more abundance than they normally occur. The set aside is designed to enable increased harvest of Atlantic menhaden during episodic events.
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The Advisory Panel (AP) met on April 30, 2013 in Portland, ME. The two main agenda items were (1) discuss recommendations for the 2013/2014 season; and (2) discuss next steps for northern shrimp management.
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The Adaptive Resource Management Subcomittee (ARM WG) held a meeting to discuss red knot stopover population estimates and red knot threshold calibration for the 2014 ARM model. In addition, the ARM WG discussed horseshoe crab abundance data issues which included lack of data for 2012, lack of funding for the 2013 survey and possible solutions to these issues. The meeting concluded by outlining the schedule for the 2014 ARM optimized harvest output and briefly discussing other issues.
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