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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 Jonah Crab Advisory Panel (AP) met on Thursday, December 14 to review the recently completed benchmark stock assessment for Jonah crab, and provide input on possible market and economic indicators for the fishery.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) met jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass AP on December 4, 2023. The objectives of this meeting were to: ● Review the Monitoring Committee’s recommendations for 2024-2025 recreational management measures for summer flounder and scup and 2024 recreational management measures for black sea bass, and to provide Advisory Panel input on these measures, ● Receive a brief update on the Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda, and ● Receive an update on the evaluation of…
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Accounting for Redistributed Relinquished Quota
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Review 2023 Traffic Light Analysis and Discuss Future of Data Updates (K. Drew); Review Management Strategy Evaluation Work Group Discussions;Technical Committee Report on Wake-Up Index (K. Drew); Review of Possible Management Approaches (C. Tuohy)
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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.
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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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