The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Tuesday, May 4, 2021, and was called to order at 2:15 p.m. by Chair Spud Woodward.
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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Consider the 2020 Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River Atlantic Striped Bass Stock Assessment Action; Presentation of Stock Assessment and Peer Review Panel Report (L. Lee, C. Godwin); Technical Committee Report (K. Sullivan); Consider Acceptance of Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report for Management Use; Public Comment Summary to Draft Amendment 7 Public Information Document; Public Comment Summary (E. Franke); Advisory Panel Report (E. Franke); Draft Amendment 7 (D. Borden) Action; Provide Guidance to the Plan Development Team for Draft Amendment 7
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Review Technical Committee Progress on Board Tasks (B. Neilan); Consider Technical Guidance Document for Implementation of Amendments 2 and 3 to the Shad and River Herring Fishery Management Plan Action; Update on Methods to Evaluate Bycatch in Mixed-stock Fisheries in State Waters; Consider Technical Committee Recommendations on Addressing Fish Passage Performance Action; Consider Approval of Shad Habitat Plan Updates Action; Review Technical Committee Recommendations (B. Neilan)
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Consider Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for the 2020 Fishing Year (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action; Discuss Revisiting the Commercial Quota Provisions of Amendment 3 (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action; Review Data Needs for Spatially Explicit Management of Atlantic Menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay (J. Newhard)
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Review 2020 Commercial Yellow Eel Landings (K. Rootes-Murdy); Advisory Panel Report (M. DeLucia); Progress Update on 2022 American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment (K. Anstead)
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Consider Technical Committee Recommendation on Management Strategy Evaluation Options for Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank and Southern New England American Lobster Fisheries (K. Reardon) Possible Action; Update on Development of Draft Addendum XXVII on Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Resiliency (C. Starks); Provide Guidance to Plan Development Team on Draft Management Options; Discuss Vessel Tracking for the Lobster Fishery (C. Starks) Possible Action; Update on Tracking Projects (A. Webb, W. DeVoe)
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The Sciaenid Management Board met to review and approve the spot annual Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Review, state compliance reports, and de minimis requests and to consider approval of spot and croaker state implementation plans.
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The Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board met to consider recommendations from the Circle Hook Ad Hoc Committee regarding a definition of bait and method of fishing that would require the use of circle hooks, as well as consider how to handle incidental catch of striped bass when targeting other species with non-circle hooks.
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