The Atlantic Striped Bass 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; Wednesday, May 1, 2024, and was called to order at 1:15 p.m. by Chair Megan Ware.
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board members from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts set the effort control measures for the 2024 Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) fishery for June 1 – September 30.
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Review Action by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils (MAFMC and NEFMC) to Reduce Sturgeon Bycatch and Consider Complementary Action; Review MAFMC and NEFMC Final Action (K. Cisneros); Review Consistency of Federal and State Management of Spiny Dogfish (J. Boyle)
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Progress Update on Ongoing Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Actions (K. Brewster-Geisz); Consider Implementing Complementary State Waters Measures to Prohibit Retention of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks (C. Starks)
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Consider Addendum VI on Maine Glass Eel Quota for Final Approval Final Action; Review Options and Public Comment Summary (C. Starks); Advisory Panel Report (M. Feigenbaum); Consider Approval of Addendum VI; Consider Addendum VII on Yellow Eel Yellow Eel Coastwide Cap and Monitoring for Final Approval Final Action; Review Options and Public Comment Summary (C. Starks); Advisory Panel Report (M. Feigenbaum); Consider Approval of Addendum VII
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Consider Revised Addendum II State Implementation Plans; Overview of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Potomac River Fisheries Commission Plan Revisions (K. Kuhn, M. Luisi, I. Braun-Ricks); Consider Approval of State Implementation Plans; Presentation of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Release Mortality Study (M. Armstrong); Discuss Recreational Release Mortality Workgroup Task; Overview of Past Board Discussion (E. Franke); Consider Tasking for Recreational Release Mortality Workgroup; Review and Populate Advisory Panel Membership (T. Berger)
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