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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Technical Addendum #1a is focused solely on the change in the delineation of the Eastern Maine spawning boundary contained in Addendum I and the subsequent problems that arose.
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Topics include Draft Amendment 4 to the Lobster FMP, Draft Addendum III, Law Enforcement Concerns, and a Transferability Workshop.
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Rockport/Camden Room of the Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine, on Monday, October 15, 2001, and was called to order at 10:35 o’clock a.m. by Executive Director John H. Dunnigan.
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The Atlantic Herring Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Rockport/Camden Room of the Samoset Resort, Rockland, Maine, Thursday afternoon, October 18, 2001, and was called to order at 2:35 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Lewis Flagg.
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The Technical Committee (TC) reviewed the annual compliance reports of 2000 spawning stock surveys by participating states. After discussion, the TC unanimously recommended approval of the reports. As part of this review, the TC discussed the requirement for analysis of recreational harvest and effort.
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The Herring Advisory Panel and Mid-Atlantic Council’s Mackerel Advisory Panel met jointly for the following purposes: • to discuss issues and options, and to develop recommendations to the Herring Committee for a limited entry/controlled access program for the herring fishery and the relationship between such a program and the mackerel fishery, and • to develop recommendations to the Herring Committee on Framework 1 to the Herring Fishery Management Plan.
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