The Striped Bass Advisory Panel (AP) met with three main objectives: 1) review the results of the 2007 stock assessment; 2) develop management advice for the Board; and 3) elect a new chair and vice-chair. The AP first attended the Management Board’s meeting to hear the presentation of the 2007 stock assessment results and the peer review panel’s response. The AP’s own meeting started with an opportunity for the AP members to ask questions regarding the stock assessment. The resulting discussion contained these questions and answers and also concerns and ideas brought forward by the AP members. A list of…
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 TC reviewed proposals from Maine and Massachusetts that requested the data requirement of dealers reporting NMFS statistical area fished be collected in alternate methods.
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The Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Suite of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 5, 2008, and was called to order at 1:15 o’clock p.m. by Chairman David Pierce.
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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, February 5, 2008, and was called to order at 2:30 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, Alexandria, Virginia, February 7, 2008, and was called to order at 12:50 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert H. Boyles, Jr.
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