Meeting Summaries and Reports
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Executive Committee Report (D. McKiernan); Review and Discuss 2025 Commissioner Survey Results (A. Law); Update from the Declared Interests and Voting Privileges Work Group (R. Beal); NOAA HMS Update on Recent Coastal Shark Actions (K. Brewster-Geisz); Consider Habitat Management Series Report on Atlantic States Shell Recycling (S. Kaalstad) Final Action; Review Noncompliance Findings (If Necessary)
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Stock Assessment Subcommittee Memo: Request for Board Guidance on Biological Reference Points and Spatial Management; Charting A Course for Striped Bass: Science and Regulatory Innovation for Offshore Aquaculture; Public Comment
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Winter Meeting will be February 3-5, 2026 at The Westin Crystal City.
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Spring Meeting
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Consider Annual Data Updates (T. Pugh, C. Truesdale); Jonah Crab Offshore Southern New England Indicators; American Lobster Indicators and Recruit Index for Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank (GOM/GBK) Stock; Technical Committee Report on Board Tasks (T. Pugh) Possible Action; Guidance on Management Strategy Evaluation for GOM/GBK; GOM/GBK Fishery Projections with Original Addendum XXVII Gauge Increases; American…
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Executive Committee Report (D. McKiernan); Review and Discuss 2025 Commissioner Survey Results (A. Law); Update from the Declared Interests and Voting Privileges Work Group (R. Beal); NOAA HMS Update on Recent Coastal Shark Actions (K. Brewster-Geisz); Consider Habitat Management Series Report on Atlantic States Shell Recycling (S. Kaalstad) Final Action; Review Noncompliance Findings (If Necessary)
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Discuss Spiny Dogfish Accountability Measures Possible Action, Review Actions by NEFMC and MAFMC on the Spiny Dogfish Accountability Measures Framework (J. Didden), Consider Complementary Commission Action (J. Boyle); Set Specifications for 2026/2027 and 2027/2028 Fishing Years (J. Boyle); Elect Vice-Chair
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Progress Update on Development of Draft Addendum II for Public Comment (J. Boyle); Advisory Panel Report on 2025 Single-Species and Ecological Reference Points Stock Assessments (M. Lapp); Progress Update on Technical Committee Tasking on Changing Environmental Conditions (C. Craig)
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Review and Consider Approval of 2027 Atlantic Cobia Stock Assessment Terms of Reference (A. Giuliano); Review Next Steps and Timeline for Atlantic Cobia Management; Presentation of Specification Setting Process, Recreational Management Measures, and Confidence Interval Approach (E. Franke); Provide Guidance to Cobia Technical Committee on Upcoming Tasks If Needed; Consider Approval of Atlantic Cobia FMP…
Other Initiatives
Recreational Data Collection
Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) collects recreational fishing data through various surveys to support stock assessments and sustainable management. Data is accessible online and aids in informed fisheries policies.
Fisheries Focus Newsletters
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January/February 2026 issue
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November/December 2025 issue
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July/August 2025 issue
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May/June 2025 issue
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March/April 2025 issue
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November/December 2024 issue
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July/August 2024 issue
Species Profile — Atlantic Herring. ACCSP is excited to announce the launch of SciFish.
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