The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Casco Bay Hall of the Holiday Inn By the Bay, Portland, Maine, on June 6, 2000, and was called to order at 1:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Gordon C. Colvin.
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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Move to recommend to the Section that specific options for an overfishing definition should be included in the Public Information Document; Move to recommend to the Section that socio-economic issues be included in the Public Information Document.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Casco Bay Hall of the Holiday Inn By the Bay, Portland, Maine, June 7, 2000, and was called to order at 3:25 P.M. o’clock by Vice-Chairman Niels E. Moore.
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Addendum I sets forth changes to the harvest level threshold for horseshoe crab bait fisheries pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Fishery Management Plan, and establishes de minimis criteria for those states with a limited horseshoe crab bait fishery. State implementation of Addendum 1 is scheduled for May 1, 2000.
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