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Progress Update on the Menhaden Single-Species and Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Stock Assessments; Review Synthesis of Scientific Findings of Atlantic Menhaden’s Role in the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem (K. Drew); Consider Postponed Motion from the August 2018 Board Meeting (N. Meserve) Action — Postponed Motion: “Move the Atlantic Menhaden Board recommend to the ISFMP Policy Board…
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Ecological Reference Points (ERP) Workgroup and Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) will be meeting April 1 – 5, 2019 at the Commission’s office, 1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200A-N, Arlington, VA. The ERP Workgroup will meet April 1 – 3 and the SAS will meet…
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) and Ecological Reference Points (ERP) Workgroup will be meeting October 9 – 12, 2018, at the Commission’s office, 1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200A‐N, Arlington, VA. The SAS will meet October 9 – 10, while the ERP Workgroup will meet…
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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; Tuesday, August 7, 2018, and was called to order at 3:30 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Nichola Meserve.
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Consider Postponed Motion from the May 2018 Board Meeting (N. Meserve) Action Postponed Motion: “Move the Atlantic Menhaden Board recommend to the ISFMP Policy Board that the Commonwealth of Virginia be found out of compliance for not fully and effectively implementing and enforcing Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan if the State…
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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, May 2, 2018, and was called to order at 10:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Nichola Meserve.
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Review and Consider Approval of Terms of Reference for the 2019 Atlantic Menhaden Single Species Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review (K. Anstead) Action; Review and Populate the Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Subcommittee Membership (K. Anstead) Action; Review and Consider Approval of Terms of Reference for the 2019 Atlantic Menhaden Ecosystem-Based Benchmark Stock Assessment and…
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Atlantic Menhaden Management Board initiated a noncompliance finding in response to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s failure to fully implement the mandatory provisions of Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan.
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Red drum, striped bass, scup, black sea bass, river herring, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, and tautog were identified as species to evaluate for the 2018 workshop which took place from March 27-28 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has begun work on two Atlantic menhaden- specific benchmark assessments: a single-species benchmark assessment and an ecological-based benchmark assessment. The assessments will be used to evaluate the health of the stock and inform the management of the species in an ecological context. The assessments will be…
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