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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Formation of the 2023 work group was prompted by the Board’s recent discussions about biomedical mortality and follows the recommendation to periodically review the BMPs for the continued successful management of the horseshoe crab resource. The work group includes technical committee and advisory panel members with expertise in horseshoe crab biology, ecology, and biomedical processing.
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Rebuilding Projections with 2022 Preliminary Data and Ocean Commercial Quota Utilization Scenarios
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The TC met via conference call on April 3, 2023 to draft a set of questions for TC members to use to survey commercial dealers and harvesters in their respective states about the commercial tagging program. The TC will reconvene in May to discuss the results and develop recommendations to present to the Board at the Summer Meeting.
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The Biomedical Best Management Practices Work Group (BMP WG) met on April 4th via webinar to continue addressing the Board task to review and update the Biomedical BMPs. Staff began the meeting by reviewing the work group ground rules and process for allowing the public to make comments during the meeting. The WG reviewed suggested edits to the draft BMP document it has developed over the last several months.
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The Biomedical Best Management Practices Work Group (BMP WG) met on March 13th via webinar to continue addressing the Board task to review and update the Biomedical BMPs. The WG reviewed a draft document including the recommended modifications to the BMPs.
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The Bluefish Monitoring Committee (MC) and the Bluefish Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on Friday, March 24, to develop potential methods for applying a buffer between sector specific annual catch limits (ACLs) and annual catch targets (ACTs) to account for management uncertainty. The MC and TC reviewed buffer examples in other fisheries, recent bluefish overages by sector, discussed methods for buffer calculation, and discussed information that would be helpful for inclusion in the staff memo for specifications.
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The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, convened via webinar; Thursday, March 2, 2023, and was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Chair Justin Davis.
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