Meeting Summaries and Reports
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Update on Board Request for Information on Environmental Impacts to Winter Flounder Population Dynamics (R. Balouskus); Review New England Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Specification Process (R. Frede, T. Bauer), Technical Committee Report (R. Balouskus) Possible Action, Potential Impacts of Increasing Bag Limit in Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum II on Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap for Public Comment (J. Boyle) Action; Review Committee on Economics and Social Sciences Report on Board Task, Economic Impacts to Bait Fishery from Changes in Total Allowable Catch (A. Scheld, T. Scott); Consider Guidance to Technical Committee on 2027-2029 Specifications (K. Drew)
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Summer Meeting
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum I for Public Comment; Measures to Address Changes in Stock Status for New Jersey-New York Bight and Delaware-Maryland-Virginia Stock Units (J. Boyle) Action; Review Risk and Uncertainty Decision Tool Scores (K. Drew) Possible Action
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum II on Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap for Public Comment (J. Boyle) Action; Review Committee on Economics and Social Sciences Report on Board Task, Economic Impacts to Bait Fishery from Changes in Total Allowable Catch (A. Scheld, T. Scott); Consider Guidance to Technical Committee on 2027-2029 Specifications (K. Drew)
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Consider 2027 Total Harvest Quota and Recreational Measures for Atlantic Cobia (C. Tuohy, A. Giuliano) Final Action; Progress Update on 2027 Stock Assessment for Atlantic Cobia (A. Giuliano); Consider Approval of Atlantic Cobia FMP Review and State Compliance for the 2025 Fishing Year (E. Franke) Action; Update from South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Spanish…
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Update on Board Request for Information on Environmental Impacts to Winter Flounder Population Dynamics (R. Balouskus); Review New England Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Specification Process (R. Frede, T. Bauer), Technical Committee Report (R. Balouskus) Possible Action, Potential Impacts of Increasing Bag Limit in Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Consider Comments to NOAA Fisheries on its Document: Charting a Course for Striped Bass: Science and Regulatory Innovation for Offshore Aquaculture (E. Franke) Action; Consider Approval of FMP Review and State Compliance for the 2025 Fishing Year (E. Franke) Action; Update on 2027 Benchmark Stock Assessment (K. Drew); Review and Populate Advisory Panel Membership (T.…
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Update on Management Objectives Process Steering Committee Progress (C. Starks); Consider Lobster Conservation Management Team 5 Proposal to Modify Season Closure (J. Clark) Action; Reports from Gulf of Maine States on Industry Surveys and Meetings (C. Wilson, R. Zobel, R. Glenn); Update on Request for Information for Alternative Gear Marking Framework (A. Murphy)
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Summer Meeting
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