Meeting Summaries and Reports
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Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee and Adaptive Resource Management Subcommittee Memo: Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Harvest Recommendation for 2026; Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource Management Subcommittee & Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee Meeting Summary September 2025
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LEC Meeting Summary from October 2025; PDT/FMAT Memo: Law Enforcement Committee Discussion Document for Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Sector Separation Amendment
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South Atlantic Advisory Panel Meeting Summary from October 2025
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Executive Committee Report (D. McKiernan); Committee Reports Final Action, Assessment Science Committee (J. Patel), Law Enforcement Committee (K. Blanchard), Habitat Committee (S. Kaalstad), Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (S. Kaalstad); Consider Fishing Year 2026 Coastal Sharks Specifications (C. Starks); 7. Update on North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound Trawl Survey (C. Batsavage); Update on On-Going Stock Assessments,…
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Consider 2025 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment Action, Presentation of Stock Assessment Report (T. Pugh), Presentation of Peer Review Panel Report (T. Miller), Consider Acceptance of Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report for Management Use, Consider Management Response, if necessary; Consider Reports from Gulf of Maine States on Industry Surveys and Meetings (C. Wilson,…
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Consider Approval of 2026 Action Plan; Elect Commission Chair and Vice-Chair Final Action; Consider Noncompliance Recommendations, if necessary Final Action
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Law Enforcement Committee Report on Commercial Tagging Program Ten-Year Review (J. Mercer); Consider Addendum III to Amendment 7 for Final Approval Final Action, Review Options and Public Comment Summary (E. Franke), Advisory Panel Report (E. Bochenek), Consider Final Approval of Addendum III to Amendment 7; Continue to Consider Addendum III to Amendment 7 for Final…
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Consider 2025 Single-Species Assessment Update and Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report Action, Overview of Single-Species Assessment (C. Craig), Overview of Ecological Reference Point Assessment (M. Cieri), Presentation of Peer Review Report (S. Gaichas), Consider Acceptance of 2025 Stock Assessments and Peer Review Report for Management Use, Consider Management Response, If…
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Consider 2025 Tautog Stock Assessment Update (K. Drew) Possible Action, Consider Acceptance of Stock Assessment Update for Management Use, Consider Management Response, if necessary; Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for the 2024 Fishing Year (J. Boyle); Elect Vice-Chair Action
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Set Delaware Bay Bait Harvest Specifications Final Action, Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Abundance Estimates and Model Results from the Adaptive Resource Management Framework (J. Sweka), Set Specifications for the 2026 Fishing Year or Up to Three Years (C. Starks); Update on Stakeholder Engagement Process Planning for Evaluating ARM Reward, Utility, and Harvest Policy…
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