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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 4, 2010, and was called to order at 3:25 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Thomas O’Connell.
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The Advisory Panel met April 23rd to review recent landings and monitoring, the stock assessment, and the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework. The group also discussed North Carolina’s quota transfer request and other issues outside of the Delaware Bay region. Panel members in attendance represented harvesters (horseshoe crab and conch), processors, and biomedical companies.
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The Technical Committee (TC) met on April 6th primarily to review the benchmark stock assessment peer review conclusions and recommendations. The TC also reviewed North Carolina’s quota transfer request. The meeting was held at the Renaissance Inn by the Philadelphia Airport.
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, February 3, 2010, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Robert H. Boyles, Jr.
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This document summarizes the 2009 benchmark stock assessment for horseshoe crab, and the multispecies Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) framework.
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We present a framework for the adaptive management of horseshoe crab harvest in the Delaware Bay constrained by Red knot conservation. The framework has been developed in conjunction and in communication with the Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Technical Committees.
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This is the third assessment of the coastwide horseshoe crab stock.
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The Terms of Reference and Advisory Report provides summary information concerning the results of the external peer review to evaluate the accuracy of data and assessment methods. Details of the assessment are documented in a supplemental report entitled ‘Horseshoe Crab Stock Assessment Report for Peer Review’.
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The Technical Committee (TC) met on October 1st primarily to review the draft benchmark stock assessment. The group also reviewed North Carolina’s quota transfer request. Under ‘Other Business’ the TC received information on Massachusetts’s proposed regulation changes and findings from recent research and monitoring.
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 18, 2009, and was called to order at 5:32 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert H. Boyles. Jr.
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The ASMFC Horseshoe Crab and USFWS Shorebird Technical Committees (TCs) met jointly on March 30th and 31st in Baltimore. The purpose of the meeting was to receive updates from the Adaptive Resource Management Work Group (AWG) and to make decisions or recommendations to guide the AWG’s work. In addition, the TCs will receive presentations from…
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Addendum V extends the provisions of Addendum IV through October 31, 2009. The Addendum also contains an adaptive management provision that allows, through Board vote, the extension of its management measures for an additional one-year period. The statement of the problem and management measures are included in this Addendum.
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The ASMFC Horseshoe Crab and USFWS Shorebird Technical Committees (TCs) met jointly on September 3rd and 4th at the St. Jones Reserve in Dover, Delaware. The purpose of the meeting was to receive updates from the Adaptive Resource Management Work Group (AWG) and to make decisions or recommendations to guide the AWG’s work.
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The Technical Committee (TC) held a web-based conference call on July 10th to respond to two tasks assigned by the Management Board. The Board asked the TC to review and comment on: (1) estimates of mortality from biomedical bleeding of horseshoe crabs; and (2) the Stock Assessment Subcommittee’s update on status of population in the…
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