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RE: Exploration of Additional ERP Scenarios with the NWACS-MICE Tool
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On March 19, 2020, the TC met via conference call to review final study results and discuss the utility of the proposed survey to address ongoing stock assessment and fishery management challenges.
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Arlington, VA – Today, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission notified the Secretary of Commerce that the Commonwealth of Virginia is in compliance with Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. Specifically, the Commonwealth has promulgated regulations to implement the 51,000 metric ton (mt) Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery cap (cap). For…
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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Tuesday, May 5, 2020, and was called to order at 10:45 a.m. by Chairman A.G. “Spud” Woodward.
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Review Ecological Reference Point Workgroup Analysis (M. Cieri)
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board accepted the results of the Single- Species and Ecological Reference Points (ERPs) Assessments and Peer Review Reports for management use. The single-species assessment indicates the stock is not overfished nor experiencing overfishing relative to the single-species reference points established in Amendment 3. However, the ERP assessment…
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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; Wednesday, February 5, 2020, and was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairwoman Nichola Meserve.
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This document presents a summary of two reports: the 2019 Atlantic Menhaden Single-Species Benchmark Assessment and the Ecological Reference Points Stock Assessment.
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Atlantic Menhaden 2019 Single-Species and Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Stock Assessments and Peer Review Reports Action; Overview of Single-Species Assessment (A. Schueller); Overview of Ecological Reference Point Assessment (M. Cieri); Presentation of Peer Review Reports (M. Jones); Consider Acceptance of 2019 Benchmark Stock Assessments and Peer Review Reports for Management Use (N. Meserve); Consider Management…
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The report is the culmination of a two-year effort to gather and analyze available data for Atlantic menhaden from the fishery-independent sampling programs of the Atlantic States, commercial purse-seine reduction fishery, and commercial bait fishery. ASMFC developed the stock assessment through its Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee (TC) and Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS).
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