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Update on 2022 Spanish Mackerel Stock Assessment and Peer Review (J. Carmichael); Presentation of 2022 Stock Assessment Update to Date; Presentation of 2022 Stock Assessment Peer Review Report and Response from the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Review Differences Between the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Federal FMP for Spanish Mackerel (E. Franke); Consider…
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The Coastal Pelagics Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in The Monmouth I Room in The Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch, New Jersey, a hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Tuesday, November 8, 2022 and was called to order at 10:45 a.m. by Chair Joe Cimino.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Coastal Pelagics Management Board approved a total harvest quota for the Atlantic migratory group of cobia of 80,112 fish for the 2023 fishing season. This total quota results in a coastwide recreational quota of 76,908 fish and commercial quota of 73,116 pounds. The total quota level of 80,112 fish was…
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Consider Quota Block Timeframe for Cobia Possible: Technical Committee Report (A. Giuliano); Consider Changes to the Three-Year Quota Block for Harvest Specifications for Cobia (J. Cimino). Updates on Spanish Mackerel Stock Assessment Timeline and Federal Waters Management (E. Franke).
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The Cobia Technical Committee (TC) met via webinar on March 23, 2022 to discuss the quota block timeframe for cobia and to discuss future specification development and the timeline for the next cobia stock assessment.
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when projecting Atlantic cobia migrations into the future, researchers suggest Atlantic cobia will migrate into Chesapeake Bay earlier in the year and leave later as a result of warming waters. By mid-century, Atlantic cobia could extend their amount of time spent in the Bay by over 30 days.
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This addendum further incorporates the FES data into management by considering it in the allocation strategy. The Addendum revises quota allocation to 96% recreational and 4% commercial. This addendum establishes a more flexible, alternative method for calculating the commercial trigger. This addendum increased the de minimis set aside to 4% to allow greater utilization of…
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The Commission’s South Atlantic States/Federal Fisheries Management Board approved Addendum I to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia. The Addendum modifies: (1) the allocation of the resource between the commercial and recreational sectors, (2) the methodology to calculate the commercial trigger for in-season closures; and (3) and commercial…
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The South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Tuesday, October 20, 2020, and was called to order at 1:15 p.m. by Chair Lynn Fegley.
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