The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Room of the Quality Hotel and Conference Center, Arlington, Virginia, and was called to order at 9:20 o’clock a.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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Addendum II also clarifies several components of Amendment 3, such as updating the egg production rebuilding schedule and reconvening LCMTs to develop recommendations for area management based on the recent stock assessment.
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In order to remain consistent with the goals and objectives set forth in Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Sturgeon, uphold the enforceability of the FMP, and to minimize the risks to wild stocks the following terms, limitations, enforcement and reporting requirements have been established as standard requirements to be met in order for the ASMFC Sturgeon Management Board to grant an exemption to the moratorium on possession and harvest of Atlantic Sturgeon for the purposes of importation of non-Indigenous Atlantic Sturgeon and the development of private aquaculture facilities resulting in interstate/intrastate commerce.
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Addendum 1 will include documentation supporting exemption requests for the purposes of 1) importation of non-Indigenous Atlantic Sturgeon and/or 2) the development of private aquaculture facilities. In addition, Addendum 1 shall specify terms, limitations, enforcement and reporting requirements for each exception to the harvest and possession moratoria as outlined in Section 4 of the FMP.
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