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The Lobster Board initiated Draft Addendum XX at the November 2012 meeting with the following motion: Move to initiate the development of an addendum that would include measures outlined in the agreement between the offshore lobster fishery and sector trawl fishermen for bottom-sharing in Closed Area 2 in order to protect large concentrations of egg-bearing…
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Consider Draft Addendum XXI for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Overview of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Action on Special Management Zones Impacts to the Commercial Lobster Fishery (T. Kerns).
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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, February 19, 2013, and was called to order at 9:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Board approved Addendum XIX to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The Addendum modifies the transfer tax for Lobster Conservation Management Area 3 (LCMA 3 – offshore waters) to a single conservation tax of 10% for full business or partial trap sales within…
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The most recent transferability rules were established in Addenda XII and XIV. This addendum modifies the conservation tax for LCMA 3 to a single transfer tax of 10% for full or partial business sales.
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Consider Draft Addendum XX for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Consider Draft Addendum XXI for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Draft Addendum XIX for Final Approval (T. Kerns) Final Action. Law Enforcement Committee Report (M. Robson) — Lobster Conservation Management Area 1 V-notch Definition.
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The Law Enforcement Committee discussed the issue at length during its meeting in Philadelphia on October 22, 2012 and during a phone conference on December 17, 2012. Following is updated guidance concerning V-notch regulations for American lobster.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 22, 2012, and was called to order at 9:25 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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Philadelphia, PA – The Commission’s American Lobster Board has approved Draft Addendum XIX to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster for public comment and review. The Draft Addendum proposes to change the transfer tax for Lobster Conservation Management Area 3 (LCMA 3 – offshore waters) to a single conservation tax…
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