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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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States Schedule Hearings for late June/early July
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Episodic Event Set Aside Program also Extended and Revised to Include New York
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Consider Extension and Revision to Episodic Event Set Aside Program (R. Ballou) Final Action; Consider Draft Addendum I for Public Comment (M. Waine) Action; Provide Guidance to the Technical Committee Regarding Stock Projections (R. Ballou); Review Stock Projection Methodology (J. McNamee); Biological Ecological Reference Points (BERP) Working Group Progress Report (S. Madsen); Consider Approval of…
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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 4, 2016, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Robert Ballou.
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has 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…
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