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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board members from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts met September 21 via webinar to set effort control measures for the 2026 Area 1A fishery for Season 2 (October 1 – December 31). There are approximately 2,075 metric tons (MT) available for harvest during Season 2, which…
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The Atlantic herring Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) fishery regulations include seasonal spawning closures for portions of state and federal waters in Eastern Maine, Western Maine and Massachusetts/New Hampshire. The Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board approved a forecasting method that relies upon at least three samples, each containing at least 25 female herring in…
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Atlantic Herring Management Board members from the states of Maine, New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will meet via webinar on September 21, 2026 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., to discuss Season 2 (October 1 – December 31) days out measures for the 2026 Area 1A fishery (inshore Gulf of Maine). Days out…
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The Atlantic herring Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) fishery regulations include seasonal spawning closures for portions of state and federal waters in Eastern Maine, Western Maine and Massachusetts/New Hampshire. The Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board approved a forecasting method that relies upon at least three samples, each containing at least 25 female herring in…
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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This assessment of the Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) stock is a management track assessment, and is the first application of the WHAM assessment platform following the 2025 research track assessment (NEFSC 2025). The last management track assessment was in 2024 and was conducted using the ASAP model. Based on that assessment, the stock was overfished…
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A summary of all the board meetings, press releases and motions from the 2026 Summer Meeting.
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Summer Meeting
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Consider 2025 Research Track and 2026 Management Track Stock; Assessments Action, Presentation of Stock Assessment Reports (J. Deroba), Presentation of Peer Review Panel Reports (J. Deroba), Consider Acceptance of Northeast Fisheries Science Research Track Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report for Management Use; Update from New England Fishery Management Council on Atlantic; Herring Activity (NEFMC…
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board members from Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts met via webinar on July 17 to discuss the start date for the 2026 Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) fishery. The Board members previously set the start date for July 19 at 6:00 p.m. as part of…
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