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ASMFC’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved Draft Addendum IX for public comment. The Draft Addendum considers allowing the Board to set specifications for male-only harvest for multiple years.
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Multi-Year Specifications for Male-only Harvest in the Delaware Bay Region
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Consider Approval of Draft Addendum IX on Multi-year Specifications for Male Only Harvest of Delaware Bay-origin Horseshoe Crabs for Public Comment (C. Starks) Action
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ASMFC’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved Draft Addendum IX for public comment. The Draft Addendum considers allowing the Board to set specifications for male-only harvest for multiple years.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Winter Meeting will be February 4 – 5, 2025 at The Westin Crystal City.
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ASMFC 82nd Annual Meeting October 21 – 24, 2024
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay-origin. Taking into consideration the output of the Adaptative Resource Management (ARM) Framework, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 male horseshoe crabs and zero female Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs for the 2025 season.
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A collection of comments received as the Board considers final action on the 2025 Delaware Bay Bait Harvest Specifications
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This paper evaluates the approval of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter , which introduces recombinant reagents as alternatives to Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) and Tachypleus Amebocyte Lysate (TAL) for bacterial endotoxins testing (BET).
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Prepared for the Commissioner Manual
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Consider Stakeholder Workshop Report on Delaware Bay Management Objectives. Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Abundance Estimates and Model Results From the Adaptive Resource management Framework. Set 2025 Specifications. Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports For the 2023 Fishing Year.
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82nd Annual Meeting, October 21 – 24, 2024
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