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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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2015 Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment and Peer Review Reports Action; Discuss Next Steps for Management in Response to the Benchmark Assessment and Ecological Reference Points Term of Reference (R. Boyles, Jr.)
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Alexandria, VA – The 2015 Atlantic menhaden benchmark assessment indicates the resource is not overfished nor experiencing overfishing relative to the current maximum spawning potential (MSP) based biological reference points. Population fecundity, a measure of reproductive capacity, is estimated to be 71% higher than the target value (100 trillion eggs). Additionally, total fishing mortality is…
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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 3, 2015, and was called to order at 3:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert H. Boyles, Jr.
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s second Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Workshop will be conducted August 12 – 15, 2014 at the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center, General Auditorium, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, North Carolina. The assessment will evaluate the health of Atlantic menhaden and inform the management…
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board accepted the 2014 Fishery Management Plan Review detailing the results of the 2013 fishing year and implementation of Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. Total 2013 harvest excluding bycatch was 166,077 metric tons (mt), 2.8% below the coastwide total allowable catch…
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Review and Consider 2014 FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Waine) Action. Review 2013 Bycatch Landings (M. Waine) Possible Action. Technical Committee Report (G. Nesslage) — Benchmark Stock Assessment Progress Report.
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