The workgroup met to compile, organize, and critically evaluate all available fishery dependent data, fishery independent data, and life history information that will be used to conduct the 2008-2009 weakfish stock assessment. At the conclusion of the workshop, the workgroup discussed possible approaches for conducting the assessment.
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 following are responses of the Technical Committee to questions regarding slot limits for summer flounder posed to them at a meeting held in NH on June 24, 2008. The questions were designed to explore the biological and management implications of a slot limit in the coast wide recreational summer flounder fishery.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Suite of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2008, and was called to order at 9:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Brian Culhane.
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Recent declining trends in spot landings have raised some concern about the long-term health of the stock. In the absence of a coast wide stock assessment, the South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board requested that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Spot Plan Review Team compile and summarize catch per unit effort (CPUE) data for spot in 2007.
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The Shad and River Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2008, and was called to order at 4:45 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Paul Diodati.
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 7, 2008, and was called to order at 4:15 o’clock by Chairman Robert H. Boyles, Jr.
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