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Update on Draft Amendment 3 Development; Revisiting Fishery Allocation (M. Waine); Ecosystem Management Objectives Workshop (S. Madsen); Biological Ecological Reference Point Working Group Report (M. Cieri) Action; Recommendations for Models Based on Ecosystem Management Objectives; Timeframes for Ecological Based Reference Points; Discuss Draft Amendment 3 Timeline and Direction (M. Waine); Discuss Allowance of Cast Nets…
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At its October meeting, the BERP WG used the outcome of this Ecosystem Management Objectives Workshop (EMOW) and the SEDAR 40 peer review recommendations to assess the ability of each ERP model or tool to address management objectives and performance measures.
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Update on Draft Amendment 3 Development (M. Waine) — Ecosystem Management Objectives Workshop, Revisiting Fishery Allocation, and Review Draft Amendment 3 Timeline; Discuss Quota Rollover Provision of Amendment 2 (R. Boyles, Jr.) Possible Action
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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of The Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, August 5, 2015, and was called to order at 2:55 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert H. Boyles, Jr.
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The objectives of the reference set exchange were to (1) provide a general idea of inter‐lab precision of age determinations for Atlantic menhaden scales, (2) identify any systematic bias between labs ageing Atlantic menhaden, and (3) identify ageing uncertainty issues to focus on during the workshop. The objectives of the workshop were to (1) utilize…
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The Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2015, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Robert H. Boyles, Jr.
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The Advisory Panel met via conference call on April 10, 2015 to review the results of the 2015 benchmark stock assessment and peer review as well as formulate recommendations for the fishery specifications setting process.
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At its February meeting, the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board (Board) tasked the BERP WG with developing ecological reference points for Atlantic menhaden using Pikitch et al. (2012) as described in the ERP Report.
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After consideration of the recommendations from the 2015 Atlantic Menhaden Benchmark Stock Assessment Peer Review Panel, the Technical Committee (TC) recommends that the biological reference points for the Atlantic menhaden population be based on MSP (maximum spawning potential).
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