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Consider Stakeholder Engagement Process Report on the Adaptive Resource Management Framework Reward/Utility/Harvest Policy Functions (B. Crawford, K. O’Donnell): Consider Initiating an Addendum on Proposed Changes; Discuss State Legislation on Horseshoe Crab Fisheries (C. Starks)
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The purpose of the meeting is to: (1) Review proposed changes (from the stakeholder workshop and Technical Committee meeting) to the Utility, Reward, and Harvest (U/R/H) functions in the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework that represent stakeholder values; (2) Discuss and confirm broadly-supported recommendations for revising the U/R/H functions, document different perspectives; and (3) Discuss…
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board is holding a stakeholder workshop January 29-30, 2026, in the Spinnaker Room at the Courtyard by Marriott Ocean City Oceanfront, Two 15th Street, Ocean City, Maryland. The workshop is the central event in an ongoing stakeholder engagement process to inform revisions to the Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource…
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board is convening a stakeholder engagement process to inform revisions to the Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, including a series of three educational webinars and an in-person stakeholder workshop. The process will be facilitated by Compass Resource Management with the goal of identifying stakeholder values and…
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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A summary of all the board meetings, press releases and motions from the 2025 Annual Meeting.
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This memo describes the 2026 harvest recommendation for Delaware Bay Region horseshoe crabs using the methods from the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework (ASMFC 2022a).
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved bait harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay-origin. Taking into consideration the output of the Adaptative Resource Management (ARM) Framework, the Board set an annual harvest limit of 500,000 male horseshoe crabs and zero female Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs for 2026 and 2027. Addendum IX was approved…
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Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee and Adaptive Resource Management Subcommittee Memo: Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Harvest Recommendation for 2026; Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource Management Subcommittee & Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee Meeting Summary September 2025
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