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
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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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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Southern New England Lobster Working Group Possible Action — Report on Future Management of the Stock (M. Ware); Consider Lobster Draft Addendum XXVI and Jonah Crab Addendum III for Public Comment, if available Possible Action — Technical Committee Report on Harvester Reporting and Biological Sampling (K. Reardon); State and Federal Inconsistencies in LCMA 4 Season Closure (M. Ware) Possible Action; Consider Postponed Motion to Address Inconsistencies (Move to (1), allow LCMA 4 fishermen the ability to continue fishing fixed lobster gear for other legal species such as Jonah crab, during the closed period and (2), exempt closed seasons from the most…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia; August 1, 2017 and was called to order at 3:30 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Dave Borden.
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The Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 3, 2017, and was called to order at 2:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Adam Nowalsky.
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