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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, via hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Thursday, August 7, 2025, and was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chair John Clark.
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A summary of all the board meetings, press releases and motions from the 2025 Annual Meeting.
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Winter Meeting
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PDT Memo: Progress Report on Draft Addendum II to Amendment 3; TC Meeting Summary; Public Comment
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Winter Meeting will be February 3-5, 2026 at The Westin Crystal City.
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Combined materials for all Boards convening at the ASMFC Spring Meeting
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Progress Update on Development of Draft Addendum II for Public Comment (J. Boyle); Advisory Panel Report on 2025 Single-Species and Ecological Reference Points Stock Assessments (M. Lapp); Progress Update on Technical Committee Tasking on Changing Environmental Conditions (C. Craig)
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Winter Meeting will be February 4 – 5, 2025 at The Westin Crystal City.
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The objectives of the 2025 workshop were to: (1) Age samples collected and prepared from labs along the Atlantic coast for Atlantic menhaden, black sea bass, red drum, scup, striped bass, tautog, and winter flounder; (2) Identify areas of inconsistency that persist for processing or reading ageing structures; (3) Provide information on ageing error for…
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The goals of the Atlantic menhaden ageing structure exchange are to: (1) Establish methods to prepare and read otoliths and/or scales; (2) Determine the precision and bias of age reading data between different readers and labs or agencies along the coast; (3) Make recommendations to improve and standardize ageing practices; and (4) Move bait sample…
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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) explaining how the ASMFC coordinates Atlantic menhaden management and the science behind recent decisions.
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