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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Staff reviewed the management issues included in addendum VIII
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This is a report of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission pursuant to U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA05NMF4741025.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee met on March 16-17, 2006 in Providence Rhode Island. This meeting was a data workshop in preparation of the 2006 stock assessment. This stock assessment is an update from the 2003 peer reviewed assessment and will not be peer reviewed. It will use similar datasets and methodology as the 2003 assessment, updating the data from 2002 through 2005.
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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 DoubleTree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, February 21, 2006, and was called to order at 1:30 o’clock, p.m., by Chairman John I. Nelson, Jr.
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This addendum seeks to stabilize fishing rules as close to those that existed in 2005, in part, to minimize the drastic reductions facing three states. The approach taken is to allow the three states facing large reductions in their harvest targets to capitalize on harvest opportunities that are foregone by states that choose to maintain their 2005 recreational fishing rules in 2006. In this sense, it is a voluntary program.
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