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 goal of Amendment 1 is to manage the northern shrimp fishery in a manner that is biologically, economically, and socially sound, while protecting the resource, its users, and opportunities for participation by all stakeholders.
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The Northern Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) met on October 25, 2004, in Portland, Maine. It met to review the shrimp stock assessment and to develop a recommendation for the Northern Shrimp Section for the 2005 shrimp season.
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The Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee met with the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils’ Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee on September 24, 2004 in Manchester, New Hampshire to set the specifications for the 2005-2006 fishing year. The Monitoring and Technical Committees reviewed the most recent information on the status of the stock prior to recommending the annual quota and possession limits for the 2005-2006 fishing year.
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The Shrimp Advisory Panel met at the Casco Bay Ferry Terminal in Portland, Maine, on September 28, 2004. The Panel met to discuss the 2004 fishing season, 2003 assessment, and recommendations made at the Sea Grant workshops held last spring.
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