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Update on 5-Year Status Review of the Endangered Species Act Listing and Recovery Plan (J. Crocker); Review Technical Committee Report Regarding Highest Priority Data Sources for Stock Assessments (K. Drew) Possible Action; Consider Approval of 2018 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Appelman) Action; Review Recommendation to Disband the Advisory Panel (T.…
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the Board tasked the Technical Committee (TC) to identify the data sets most important to Atlantic sturgeon stock assessment, and develop recommendations regarding where to focus state resources.
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The Atlantic Sturgeon Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Hampton Roads Ballroom V of the Marriott Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, October 18, 2017, and was called to order at 10:15 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Adam Nowalsky.
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2017 Atlantic Sturgeon Benchmark Assessment (L. Lee); Presentation of Peer Review Panel Report (J. Ballenger); Review Status of Incidental Take Permits for Atlantic Sturgeon (M. Appelman); Update on the Progress of the Endangered Species Act 5-year Status Review and Development of Recovery Targets (L. Lankshear)
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The 2017 Atlantic sturgeon benchmark stock assessment was peer‐reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts through the Commission’s Peer Review process. The assessment is the latest and best information available on the status of U.S. Atlantic sturgeon populations for use in fisheries management. The last Atlantic sturgeon stock assessment was completed in 1998.
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The purpose of the 2017 assessment was to evaluate the status of Atlantic sturgeon along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Data from a variety of fisheries‐dependent and ‐independent sources were reviewed and used to develop bycatch, effective population size, and mortality estimates.
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The Atlantic Sturgeon Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2, 2016, and was called to order at 5:20 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert E. Beal.
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Update on 2017 Benchmark Stock Assessment (K. Drew); Review and Discuss Comment on NOAA Proposed Rules Designating Critical Habitat for Atlantic Sturgeon (K. Damon-Randall) Action
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The Atlantic Sturgeon Fisheries Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 3, 2016, and was called to order at 11:36 o’clock a.m. by Chairman John Clark.
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