The Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (TC) met September 5, 2012 in the ASMFC office in Arlington, Virginia to discuss the harvest output recommendation from the Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Subcommittee.
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 tasked the Technical Committee (TC) to review the Massachusetts proposal that proposed the following changes to the Gulf of Maine (GOM) winter flounder fishery: (1) opening the recreational closed seasons to open year round and (2) increasing the commercial trip limit to 500lbs.
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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, Alexandria, Virginia, August 7, 2012, and was called to order at 10:35 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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At the February 2012 ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board Meeting in Alexandria, VA, the Board passed a motion initiating the development of an addendum to incorporate recommendations by the Interstate Watershed Task Force (IWTF) and ASMFC Law Enforcement Committee (LEC) on reducing illegal harvest of striped bass. Provisions of this addendum will be implemented prior to the start of the 2013 fishing year.
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The most recent transferability rules were established in addenda XII and XIV. This addendum proposed to modify some of those rules as well as establish additional guidelines. Proposed changes to current regulations are noted in section 3 of this document.
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