The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Tuesday, May 3, 2022, and was called to order at 12:45 p.m. by Chair Robert E. Beal.
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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To look at potential effects of losing information from the Summer Survey in the near term, the Northern Shrimp Technical Committee (NSTC) compared the results from the current northern shrimp stock assessment model that used different configurations of input data that included truncating the Summer Survey from 2018-2021.
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Review Board Task on Biomedical Mortality Threshold and Best Management Practices, Discussion on Methods for Biologically Based Biomedical Threshold, and Discussion on BMPs for Biomedical Crabs
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The Atlantic Striped Bass Advisory Panel (AP) met via webinar on April 11 and April 20, 2022 to discuss AP recommendations on the options proposed in Striped Bass Draft Amendment 7. During the first webinar on April 11, AP members discussed preferred options for management triggers, recreational release mortality, and the rebuilding plan. During the second webinar on April 20, AP members discussed preferred options for conservation equivalency.
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The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on March 23, 2022 to discuss the quota block timeframe for cobia and to discuss future specification development and the timeline for the next cobia stock assessment.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Thursday, March 31, 2022, and was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Chair Jason McNamee.
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