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Update on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team Spring Meeting and Recommendations to NOAA Fisheries (C. Coogen); Review Progress on American Lobster Draft Addendum XXVIII (T. Kerns); Report from the American Lobster Bait Working Group (M. Schmidtke); Review Implementation of the Jonah Crab Fishery Management Plan by Delaware and New York (S. Train) Possible…
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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; Monday, April 29, 2019, and was called to order at 1:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Stephen Train.
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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; Tuesday, February 5, 2018, and was called to order at 2:55 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Stephen Train.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board initiated Draft Addendum XXVIII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The Draft Addendum considers reducing the number of vertical lines in the water in response to concerns about the North Atlantic right whale population and the potential impacts of whale…
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Report from the Lobster-Whale Working Group (M. Ware) Possible Action; Report from the Lobster Enforcement Vessel Working Group (R. Beal) Possible Action; Review Implementation of the Jonah Crab Fishery Management Plan for Delaware and New York (S. Train) Possible Action; Progress Update on the 2020 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment (J. Kipp)
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American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop Scheduled for January 28-31, in New Bedford, MA
Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold the American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, 836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA. The stock assessment, which is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2020, will evaluate the health of the Gulf of Maine/Georges…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Terrace Ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New York; Monday, October 22, 2018, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Stephen Train.
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Discuss Protocol for Identifying Bait Sources (P. Keliher, M. Ware) Possible Action; Consider Approval of 2018 Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance Reports for American Lobster and Jonah Crab (M. Ware); Review NOAA Technical Memo on Right Whale Status and Recovery Challenges (M. Asaro); Report on the October 2018 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction…
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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; Wednesday, May 2, 2018, and was called to order at 1:25 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Stephen Train.
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