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Mystic, Connecticut – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board has approved the harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay origin. Under the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, the Board maintained a harvest limit of 500,000 Delaware Bay male horseshoe crabs and zero female horseshoe crabs for the 2015 season. Based on the allocation mechanism…
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Grand Ballroom of The Mystic Hilton, Mystic, Connecticut, October 30, 2014, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman James J. Gilmore, Jr.
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Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee Report (P. Howell) — Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Survey Reports Summary, and Adaptive Resource Management Framework Harvest Output for 2015. Set Specifications for 2015 Delaware Bay Fishery (J. Gilmore) Final Action. Consider 2014 FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Hawk) Action
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Arlington, VA – Atlantic coastal states from Maine to Maryland have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on the Public Information Document (PID) for the Draft Fishery Management Plan for Cancer Crab. The dates, times, and locations of the scheduled hearings are attached. As the first step in the development of a FMP, the…
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At the winter 2014 meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the Horseshoe Crab Management Board asked the Law Enforcement Committee (LEC) to summarize recent enforcement activities and issues relative to illegal harvest of horseshoe crabs (HSC). The LEC met via teleconference to address this issue.
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crown Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, February 6, 2014, and was called to order at 1:20 o’clock p.m. by Chairman David Simpson.
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Review Transfer Request from North Carolina (M. Hawk) Action. Update on New England and New York Stock Trends (J. Sweka). Discuss Biomedical Mortality and Confidentiality — Biomedical Working Group Report (M. Hawk).
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St. Simons Island, Georgia – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board has approved the harvest specifications for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay origin. Under the Adaptive Resource management (ARM) Framework, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 Delaware Bay male horseshoe crabs and zero female horseshoe crabs for the 2014 season. Based on the…
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At the end of September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it will be considering the listing of red knot as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In its press release, the USFWS acknowledged the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s recent actions with regards to horseshoe crab management, particularly the…
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Lanier Ballroom of The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island, Georgia, October 31, 2013, and was called to order at 10:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman James J. Gilmore, Jr.
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