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The Atlantic Menhaden Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call on September 30th to review a draft of the Public Information Document (PID) for Amendment 3.
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Review Timeline of Menhaden Activities through 2019 (M. Ware); Set 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Specifications Final Action; Review Stock Projections and Trends in Recent Juvenile Abundance Indices (J. McNamee); Consider Postponed Motion to Set the 2017 Total Allowable Catch (TAC); Motion to set the 2017 Coastal TAC for the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery at 225,456 metric…
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The Atlantic Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Stotesbury Grand Ballroom of the Bar Harbor Club, Harborside Hotel, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 26, 2016, and was called to order at 2:35 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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At the August 2016 meeting, the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board (Board) requested the Technical Committee (TC) provide information on recent recruitment trends in the fishery. Given that recruitment trends are derived from the Beaufort Assessment Model and can only be updated during a stock assessment, the TC decided to investigate juvenile abundance indices (JAIs) as…
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission awarded funding to a research team headed by Dr. John Whitehead of Appalachian State University and Dr. Jane Harrison from North Carolina Sea Grant to conduct a socioeconomic study of Atlantic menhaden commercial fisheries. The study is intended to characterize the coastwide commercial fisheries, including bait…
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The purpose of this Addendum is to further modify the bycatch provision for Atlantic menhaden. Currently, Amendment 2 (Section 4.2.1.7) provides for a 6,000 pound per vessel per day bycatch limit. This addendum adds flexibility to the current bycatch provision by allowing two licensed individuals, who are allowed to separately harvest up to 6,000 pounds…
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Draft Addendum I for Final Approval Final Action; Set 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Specifications Final Action; Provide Guidance to Plan Development Team on Draft Amendment 3 Public Information Document (M. Ware); Update on the Commercial Fishery Socioeconomic Study (J. Harrison)
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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 3, 2016, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Bob Ballou.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved Addendum I to Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The Addendum modifies the bycatch provision of Amendment 2 by allowing two permitted commercial fishermen working together from the same vessel using stationary multi‐species gear to land up to 12,000 pounds…
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