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 Atlantic Herring Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 13, 2007, and was called to order at 5:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Eric Smith.
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The Striped Bass Advisory Panel (AP) convened by means of a conference call on July 18th, 2007 to comment on the conservation equivalency proposal from Rhode Island for a lower minimum size limit in the commercial trap fishery.
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Amendment 2 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan (FMP) requires that the Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee meet annually to review the best available biological and fisheries data and make recommendations regarding the commercial quota and other management measures. This memorandum summarizes fisheries data for summer flounder and details the staff position on the 2008 total allowable landings level (TAL) and management measures for the commercial fishery.
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The Tautog Advisory Panel Convened via a phone conference at 4:00 pm on July 11, 2007. There was one participant. Chris Vonderweidt began the meeting with an overview of Draft Addendum V for Public Comment which had been mailed to the AP prior to the meeting. Other members were phoned at a later date to get further input. There was no consensus among AP members.
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Coastal Sharks Technical Committee Recommendations on Interstate Fishery Management Plan — June 2007
The following are consensus recommendations from Coastal Shark Technical Committee members who attended a three-day meeting from June 25 – 26, 2007 in Raleigh North Carolina. The TC convened to develop technically rigorous options for the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Sharks and give feedback on the various options contained in the plan.
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Meeting Overview The Technical Committee (TC) met by conference call to review a conservation equivalency proposal from Rhode Island for the commercial trap fishery, and to discuss a suggestion to ask the Management Board to send a letter requesting that Wave 1 sampling be placed as a priority for improving the MRFSS survey.
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The meeting of the American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Washington Ballroom of the Radisson Hotel Old Towne, Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, and was called to order at 1:15 o’clock, p.m., by Chairman John I. Nelson Jr.
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