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Alexandria, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board met in May and August to receive the findings of the 2017 Atlantic Croaker and Spot Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Reports. While neither assessment was endorsed by an independent panel of fisheries scientists (Peer Review Panel) for management…
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Review and Consider Cobia Draft Fishery Management Plan for Public Comment (L. Daniel) Action; 2017 Spot Benchmark Stock Assessment Final Action — Presentation of Benchmark Assessment Report (C. McDonough) and Presentation of Peer Review Panel Report (P. Campfield); Consider 2017 Traffic Light Analyses for Atlantic Croaker and Spot (C. McDonough); Progress Update on Exploratory Analyses…
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Atlantic croaker, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, summer flounder, tautog, and winter flounder were identified as species of interest for the 2017 workshop which took place from April 5-6th at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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Presentation of Atlantic Croaker Benchmark Stock Assessment Report (L. Lee); 2017 Spot Benchmark Stock Assessment Final Action: Presentation of Benchmark Assessment Report (C. McDonough); Progress Report on Cobia Draft Fishery Management Plan (L. Daniel)
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The South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 11, 2017, and was called to order at 11:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Jim Estes.
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Panel agrees that recent removals are likely sustainable (i.e., unlikely to result in further depletion of Atlantic croaker), and no immediate management actions are required.
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Public Comment Summary of the Draft Cobia Public Information Document (L. Daniel); Consider Management Response to 2016 Red Drum Stock Assessment (J. Estes); Progress Report on Spot and Atlantic Croaker Stock Benchmark Stock Assessments (J. Kipp); Consider 2016 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for Spot (M. Schmidtke) Action
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The South Atlantic State/Federal Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2, 2017, and was called to order at 1:19 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Jim Estes.
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