Consider Draft Addendum XXX for Board for Public Comment (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Review Preliminary 2017 Recreational Harvest Estimates through Wave 4, if available (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider 2017 Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance Reports (K. Rootes-Murdy, C. Starks) Action; Consider Potential 2018 Wave 1 Opening of the Black Sea Bass Recreational Fishery (M. Luisi) Possible Action
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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2017 Atlantic Sturgeon Benchmark Assessment (L. Lee); Presentation of Peer Review Panel Report (J. Ballenger); Review Status of Incidental Take Permits for Atlantic Sturgeon (M. Appelman); Update on the Progress of the Endangered Species Act 5-year Status Review and Development of Recovery Targets (L. Lankshear)
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2017 American Eel Stock Assessment Update (J. Brust); Consider Management Response to Stock Assessment Update (J. Clark) Possible; Consider 2018 Glass Eel Quota for Maine (J. Clark) Possible Final Action; American Eel Allocation Working Group Report and Recommendations (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action
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Final Rule for Highly Migratory Species Amendment 5b (Dusky Sharks); Consider Complementary Management Measures (R. Miller) Possible Action; Set 2018 Fishery Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action
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Review Results of Eel and Whelk Bait Practices Survey (R. Sysak); Consider 2018 Benchmark Stock Assessment Terms of Reference (K. Anstead) Action; Set 2018 Harvest Specifications Final Action; Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Indices of Abundance for 2017 Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Model Runs (K. Anstead); Consider 2017 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Schmidtke) Action
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Discuss Shad Stock Assessment Process Recommendations (J. Kipp); Consider Approval of Shad and River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plans (SFMPs) Final Action; Review SFMPs and Technical Committee Memo (B. Chase): Connecticut – Updated Shad SFMP, Potomac River Fisheries Commission – Updated Shad SFMP, North Carolina – Updated Shad SFMP, South Carolina – Updated Shad SFMP, Georgia – Updated Shad SFMP, and Virginia –Bycatch Plan; Consider 2017 Shad and River Herring Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (C. Starks) Action
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Set 2018 Atlantic Herring Specifications for Area 1A (T. Kerns) Final Action; Discuss Role of Section in Research Set Aside Process (R. White); Discuss New England Fishery Management Council Participation in ASMFC Herring Management (T. Kerns) Possible Action
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Set Fishery Specifications for the 2018/2019 Season Final Action; Review Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Recommended 2018 Specifications (M. Appelman); Set 2018/2019 Specifications (D. Borden); Consider 2017 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Appelman) Action
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Amendment 1 for Final Approval (T. Kerns) Final Action; Consider 2017 Tautog Fishery Management Plan Review (for the 2015 and 2016 Fishing Years) and State Compliance Reports (C. Starks) Action
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