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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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Atlantic croaker, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, summer flounder, tautog, and winter flounder were identified as species of interest for the 2017 workshop which took place from April 5-6th at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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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, May 9, 2017, and was called to order at 3:45 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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Consider Hilborn et al. 2017 Paper for Technical Review (R. Ballou) Possible Action; Biological Ecological Reference Points Work Group Progress Report (S. Madsen); Update on Draft Amendment 3 (M. Ware) Possible Action; New York Participation in Episodic Events Program (J. Gilmore) Possible Action; Provide Guidance to Technical Committee Regarding Stock Projections; Consider Approval of 2017…
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In this project we collected and analyzed primary and secondary socioeconomic data, both quantitative and qualitative, regarding the U.S. Atlantic menhaden commercial fishery. The goal is to provide a document that characterizes the socioeconomic dimensions of menhaden fisheries stakeholders and can be used to support economic analysis of alternative menhaden allocations.
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Review Socioeconomic Study of the Atlantic Menhaden Commercial Fishery (J. Harrison, J. Whitehead); Public Comment Summary of Draft Amendment 3 Public Information Document (M. Ware); Review Advisory Panel Report (J. Kaelin); Provide Guidance to the Plan Development Team on Draft Amendment 3 (R. Ballou) Possible Action; Discuss Allowance of Cast Nets under the Bycatch Provision…
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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, February 1, 2017, and was called to order at 2:52 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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