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High Abundance and Recruitment for Georges Bank & Most of Gulf of Maine Continued Low Stock Abundance & Recruitment for Southern New England and Area 514 (MA Bay and Stellwagen Bank)
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The Terms of Reference and Advisory Report provides summary information concerning the American Lobster Stock Assessment and results of the external peer review to evaluate the accuracy of data and assessment methods.
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Stock Assessment Report No. 09-01 (Supplement) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission American Lobster Stock Assessment Report for Peer Review
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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 2, 2009, and was called order at 2:50 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Culhane.
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The measures in this document are intended to consistently apply principles and guidelines necessary to govern the transfers of permits and trap allocations across all applicable lobster LCMAs.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Board approved Addendum XII to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The Addendum establishes protocols for the consistent application of individual trap transferability (ITT) programs for the plan’s lobster conservation management areas (LCMAs) that implement an ITT program. The measures allow for flexibility…
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Swan Ballroom of the Atlantic Sands Hotel, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, October 21, 2008, and was called to order at 3:05 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Brian Culhane.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Suite of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2008, and was called to order at 9:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Brian Culhane.
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The Lobster Technical Committee (TC) evaluated the Connecticut proposal to extend the v-notch program evaluation date by one month and to include “shorts and eggers” in the v-notched calculations.
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The lobster TC believes the proposed conservation equivalency change in the Massachusetts Vnotch definition from zero tolerance to 1/8″ inch with or without setal hairs could result in an increase in fishing mortality in Area 514 (Massachusetts Bay)
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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 4, 2008, and was called to order at 2:30 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Brian Culhane.
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The TC reviewed proposals from Maine and Massachusetts that requested the data requirement of dealers reporting NMFS statistical area fished be collected in alternate methods.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Ballroom of the Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland, October 29, 2007, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman John I. Nelson, Jr.
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