Under Addendum II to the Interstate Coastal Sharks FMP, the coastwide Atlantic smooth dogfish quota is allocated into state shares. Rollover of unused state shares is not permitted because it could result in overages of the federal coastwide quota.
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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This memorandum serves as notification of the results of the electronic ballot to set the 2024 specifications for the coastal shark fishery.
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At its November 28, 2023 meeting, the American Eel Plan Development Team (PDT) discussed the mandatory American eel harvester trip level catch and effort monitoring program required under Addendum I. Specifically, the PDT is considering whether or not to include options in the current draft addendum related to discontinuing this requirement. This memo requests the American Eel TC review the fishery-dependent catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) harvester level reporting requirement in Addendum I, discuss state data collection programs, and provide a recommendation to the PDT regarding continuing this requirement.
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