Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee Report on Recommendations for Draft Amendment 2 — December 2012

The Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee (TC) met by conference call on November 21 and 29, 2012 to discuss biological implications of the options outlined in Draft Amendment 2 to the Menhaden FMP. In addition, the TC addressed Board assigned tasks of identifying appropriate biological sample size and implications for overall reproductive potential from various harvest…