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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Summer Meeting
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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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The American Lobster Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on April 10, 2026 to review and provide input on a proposal to modify the lobster fishery season closure in LCMA 5, as tasked by the Board at its February 2026 meeting.
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From the Commissioner Manual
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The American Lobster 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; Tuesday, February 3, 2026, and was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chair Renee Zobel.
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At the October 2025 meeting of the ASMFC Lobster Board (Board), the Board tasked the Technical Committee (TC) with an analysis “to estimate the benefits to the GOM/GBK fishery that would have resulted from implementing the minimum gauge size increases under Addendum XXVII that were ultimately repealed.”
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A summary of all the board meetings, press releases and motions from the 2026 Spring Meeting.
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ASMFC Approved Vessel Tracking Devices and Contact Information
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Spring Meeting
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Combined supplemental materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Spring Meeting
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum II on Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery for Public Comment (J. Boyle); Review Technical Committee Report on Board Task: Impacts of Changing Environmental Conditions (C. Craig); Review Committee on Economics and Social Sciences Report on Board Task: Economics Impacts from Changes in Total Allowable Catch (A. Scheld, T. Scott); Update on…
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