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Review and Consider Approval of Draft Addendum II to the Interstate Atlantic Coastal Sharks FMP for Public Comment (M. Hawk) Action. Consider Spiny Dogfish FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Hawk) Action. Consider Atlantic Coastal Sharks FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Hawk) Action.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee had a conference call to review New Jersey data regarding smooth dogfish fin: carcass ratios and make a recommendation of which fin: carcass ratio to include in Draft Addendum II. The meeting began with an overview of the issue, followed by a review of the data from New Jersey. The…
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee met, via conference call, on Monday, October 15, 2012, to review the proposed rule from NOAA’s Highly Migratory Species on 2013 specifications for the coastal shark fishery.
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Set 2013/2014+ Spiny Dogfish Specifications Action — Spawning Stock Biomass and Reference Point Update (J. Armstrong). Update on Draft Amendment 3 to Federal Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (D. Chesky). Set 2013 Coastal Sharks Specifications (G. Skomal) Action.
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 25, 2012, and was called to order at 10:30 o’clock a.m. by Executive Director Robert E. Beal.
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Consider Final Approval of Draft Addendum IV to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan Final Action. Massachusetts Spiny Dogfish 2011 Unreported Landings (D. Pierce). Technical Committee Review of New Jersey Smooth Dogfish Request (B. Winner) Possible Action. Discuss State Shark Fin Possession Prohibition Bills.
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 9, 2012, and was called to order at 10:50 o’clock a.m. by Chairman David Simpson.
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The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee (TC) held a conference call to review a request by New Jersey commercial fishermen to allow the removal of all smooth dogfish fins at sea at all times of the year. Section 2.3.1 of Addendum I, Smooth Dogfish Processing at Sea, allows commercial fishermen to completely remove all smooth dogfish…
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