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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in BWI Airport Marriot, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, Monday, November 13, 2017, and was called to order at 1:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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The Advisory Panel (AP) met in-person on October 26, 2017 to formulate comments on Draft Amendment 3 and provide recommendations on the 2018 fishery specifications.
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This press release revises the release distributed on August 31st, rescheduling Florida’s hearing from September 26th to October 10th. Details on PRFC’s listen only webinar are also provided below.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board will meet November 13‐14, 2017 to consider approval of Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden and set specifications for the 2018 fishing season. The meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 1 PM on the 13th and end at 5 PM…
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Draft Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden For Public Comment
At their May 2015 meeting, the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board (Board) initiated the development of Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Menhaden FMP to pursue the development of ecological reference points (ERPs) and revisit allocation methods.
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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2, 2017, and was called to order at 11:10 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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Review 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Update (J. McNamee); Biological Ecological Reference Point Work Group Report (S. Madsen); Consider Draft Amendment 3 for Public Comment Action: Biological Ecological Reference Point Workgroup Report on Interim Reference Points (K. Drew), and Plan Development Team Report on New York Proposal to Recalibrate Landings (M. Ware); Set 2018 Atlantic…
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved Draft Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Menhaden for public comment. The Draft Amendment seeks to manage the menhaden resource in a way that balances menhaden’s ecological role as a prey species with the needs of all user groups. To…
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board reviewed the results of the 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Update, which indicates the resource remains healthy; it is not overfished nor experiencing overfishing relative to the current biological reference points. In 2016, population fecundity, a measure of reproductive capacity, is estimated to be 83,486 billion…
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This document presents a summary of the 2017 Stock Assessment Update for Atlantic menhaden. The assessment is an update to the 2015 Benchmark Stock Assessment
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The purpose of this assessment was to update the 2015 Atlantic menhaden benchmark stock assessment (SEDAR 2015) with recent data from 2014‐2016.
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission releases the report, “Socioeconomic Analysis of the Atlantic Menhaden Commercial Bait and Reduction Fishery,” which characterizes coastwide commercial menhaden fisheries, including bait and reduction sectors and the fishing communities they support. The report’s findings will be used to inform the Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board as…
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