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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that would have resulted from implementing the minimum gauge size increases under Addendum XXVII that were ultimately repealed.”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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Technical Committee Report on Board Tasks (T. Pugh) Possible Action, GOM/GBK Fishery Projections with Original Addendum XXVII Gauge Increases, Change in LCMA 5 Season Closure Dates; Consider Management Strategy Evaluation Steering Committee Nominations (C. Starks) Action; Reports from Gulf of Maine States on Industry Surveys and Meetings (C. Wilson, R. Zobel, R. Glenn); Update on…
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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; Monday, May 4, 2026, and was called to order at 10:45 a.m. by Chair Renee Zobel.
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An annual Data Update process between American lobster stock assessments was recommended during the 2020 stock assessment to more closely monitor changes in stock abundance. The objective of this process is to present information—including any potentially concerning trends—that could support additional research or consideration of changes to management. Although a stock assessment was completed in…
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