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The Board initiated this Addendum to align Commission and federal regulations concerning the management of the American lobster. Addendum XXIV modifies the conservation tax on full business transfers, the increments of trap transfer, and the transfer options of dual permit holders to match those of NOAA Fisheries.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board has approved Addendum XXIV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Lobster Fishery Management Plan. The Addendum aligns state and federal measures trap transfer programs for Lobster Conservation Management Areas 2, 3, and Outer Cape Cod regarding the conservation tax on trap allocations when whole fishing businesses…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 4, 2015, and was called to order at 11:20 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Dan McKiernan.
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Review and Consider Approval of Draft Addendum XXIV for Public Comment (M. Hawk) Action; Review and Consider LCMA 5 Request for a Review of the Season Closure Approved in October 2014 (T. O’Connell) Final Action; Review Maine Pilot Trap Tag Project (P. Keliher) Action; Update Progress on Draft Jonah Crab Interstate Fishery Management Plan (M.…
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board approved Draft Addendum XXIV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Lobster Fishery Management Plan for public comment. Draft Addendum XXIV responds to recently finalized trap transfer regulations for the federal waters of Lobster Conservation Management Areas 2, 3, and Outer Cape Cod. While the majority of…
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One of the options contained in the amendment is the possible opening of part or all of Closed Area II (CAII) on Georges Bank to mobile gear. This task is similar to a task in 2012, which examined a lift in the prohibition on mobile gear in Closed Area II. The TC convened a call…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Grand Ballroom of The Mystic Hilton, Mystic, Connecticut, October 28, 2014, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Dan McKiernan.
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Mystic, CT – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board approved the development of an Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Jonah Crab and initiated the development of Draft Addendum XXIV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate FMP for American Lobster. The Jonah Crab FMP was initiated in response to concern about increasing targeted fishing pressure…
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