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Update on North Atlantic Right Whale Court Cases; Review Annual Data Update of American Lobster Indices (K. Reardon); Consider Next Steps on Draft Addendum XXVII on Increasing Protection of Spawning Stock Biomass of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Stock (C. Starks) Possible Action; Update from Work Group on Implementation of Addendum XXIX on Electronic Vessel…
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This is the second Data Update and provides an update of last year’s review with the addition of 2021 data. Indicator status (negative, neutral, or positive – see table below) was determined relative to the percentiles of the stock assessment time series (i.e., data set start year through 2018).
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) is seeking applications for type approval of electronic vessel tracking devices (devices) for federally permitted American lobster and Jonah crab fishing vessels. Specifically, the Commission will approve a list of vendor(s)/device(s) in which state agencies and the Commission can order in bulk, or fishing industry…
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Update on Judge James Boasberg Ruling in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in Center for Biologival Diversity versus Secretary Raimondo and the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (C. Lynch). Discuss Implications of Proposed Measures of Draft Addendum XXVII on Increasing Protection of Spawning Stock Biomass of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Stock (J.…
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Review and Discuss ASMFC Species: Trackers in the American Lobster Fishery. Atlantic Herring: Update on Regulation Changes in Federal Waters.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board approved Addendum XXIX to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for American Lobster and Addendum IV to the Jonah Crab FMP. The Addenda establish electronic tracking requirements for federally-permitted vessels in the American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries, with the goal of collecting…
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This document responds to questions raised during the public hearings on American Lobster Addendum XXIX and Jonah Crab Addendum IV (henceforth referred to as the Addenda).
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The Addenda establish electronic tracking requirements for federally permitted vessels in the American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries, with the goal of collecting high resolution spatial and temporal effort data to support a number of ongoing efforts.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Thursday, March 31, 2022, and was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Chair Jason McNamee.
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