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Consider Addendum II for Final Approval Final Action; Review Options and Public Comment Summary (K. Rootes-Murdy); Advisory Panel Report (J. Kaelin); Consider Final Approval of Addendum II; Update on 2020-2021 Fishery Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy); Progress Update on Draft Addendum III (K. Rootes-Murdy); Review Management Tools Used for Setting Days Out Measures (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action;…
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Addendum Increases Protection of Spawning Herring in the Inshore Gulf of Maine
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This Addendum strengthens the protections provided to spawning herring in Area 1A by: 1) lowering the threshold that triggers initial spawning closure; 2) increasing the length of the initial spawning closure; and 3) lowering the threshold that triggers a re-closure due to spawning activity, in order to provide greater protection to the stock.
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The Atlantic Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia; Tuesday, April 30, 2019, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Patrick C. Keliher.
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Draft Addendum Considers Measures to Protect Spawning Herring in Inshore Gulf of Maine
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Gulf of Maine Spawning Protections
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Draft Addendum Considers Measures to Protect Spawning Herring in Area 1A
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum II for Public Comment (M. Ware) Action; Advisory Panel Report (J. Kaelin); Setting Quota Periods in Area 1A; Consider Postponed Motion from October 2018 Meeting (P. Keliher) Action; Set Sub-Annual Catch Limit Specifications for the 2019 Fishing Year (M. Ware) Final Action*; Update on Draft Addendum III and New England…
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Specification of Quota Periods in Area 1A
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New York, NY – The Commission’s Atlantic Herring Management Board initiated Draft Addenda II and III to Amendment 3 of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring to consider strengthening spawning protections in Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) and extending spawning protections to Area 3 (off of Cape Cod and Georges Bank). This…
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The Atlantic Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Terrace Ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New York; Monday, October 22, 2018, and was called to order at 1:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Patrick C. Keliher.
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