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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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Review of Cancer Crab Public Information Document. Draft Cancer Crab Fishery Management Plan (D. McKiernan) Possible Action. Review of Recommendations on Trap Transfer Regulations (D. McKiernan); Review of Changes to Federal Large Whale Take Reduction Plan and Impacts to Outer Cape Cod Haul-out (D. McKiernan); Review of Vertical Line Gear Markings (D. McKiernan). Update on…
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This Addendum modifies some of the rules contained in Addenda XII and XIV, as well as establishes additional guidelines. Further modifications to the single and aggregate ownership caps for Area 3 will be considered under Draft Addendum XXII.
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The Board initiated Addendum XXI to scale the Southern New England (SNE) fishery to the size of the resource. The management measures in the Addendum are designed to allow for flexibility in the movement of traps as the consolidation program for Lobster Conservation Management Areas (Areas) 2 and 3 to address latent effort (unfished allocation)…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 5, 2014, and was called to order at 9:20 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Daniel McKiernan.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board is seeking public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for the Draft Fishery Management Plan for Cancer Crab. As the first step in the development of a FMP, the PID seeks public input on information concerning Cancer crab fisheries, including the identification of major issues…
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This Addendum was initiated by the Habitat Committee in 2012 in order to update the habitat section of the current American Lobster FMP, which was approved in 1997. It is intended to provide supporting information on American lobster habitat needs and concerns and does not impact current regulatory measures.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board approved Addendum XXIII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for American Lobster. The Addendum updates Amendment 3’s habitat section to include information on the habitat requirements and tolerances of American lobster by life stage. The Addendum focuses on habitat components that play…
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