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The Shorebird Advisory Panel (AP) met via conference call on November 30, 2011, to review the Draft Addendum VII to the Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan. The AP agreed that the best option for management of the horseshoe crab bait fishery was to move forward with implementing the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, Option 3.
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Wilson Ballroom of the Langham Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, November 9, 2011, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Thomas O’Connell.
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The Horseshoe Crab Biomedical ad-hoc Working Group (WG) met on October 3 to discuss the biomedical process and begin building a biomedical best management practices document, as tasked by the Horseshoe Crab Management Board at its August 4, 2011 meeting.
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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 4, 2011, and was called to order at 10:55 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Thomas O’Connell.
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New Framework will Incorporate Multispecies Management
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NFWF Match Ensures Continuation of Survey for 2011
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The Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee (TC) met on June 24 to review the recent biomedical mortality studies, consider any updates to the estimated biomedical mortality figure (15%), and consider the development of best management practices in the biomedical industry to reduce mortality levels. The TC also reviewed the 2010 Virginia Tech Horseshoe Crab Trawl Survey…
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At its March 23, 2011 meeting, the Board requested an update on the status of shorebirds for its August meeting. In response to this request, the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) met on June 29 via conference call to review the recent data on shorebirds populations in the Delaware Bay area and compile a…
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The ASMFC Shorebird Advisory Panel (AP) met on May 3, 2011 in Wilmington, DE. Previously, the Horseshoe Crab Management Board reviewed the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) report on the proposed allocation model for the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Harvest output. The Board requested further stakeholder input on the DBETC report and the allocation…
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This report responds to the Board’s request and summarizes the Horseshoe Crab AP’s discussions regarding the recommendations of the DBETC and the allocation process at the May 11, 2011 meeting.
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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, March 23, 2011, and was called to order at 1:45 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Thomas O’Connell.
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Arlington, VA – Members of the horseshoe crab and whelk industry from the Chesapeake Bay Packing, LLC, Bernie’s Conchs, LLC, LaMonica Fine Foods, Southern Connection Seafood, Inc., Sea King Corp., and Spot’s Fish Company have collectively pledged $15,000 to support the Horseshoe Crab Trawl Survey for 2011. Combined, the biomedical industry and whelk and horseshoe…
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Arlington, VA – The biomedical companies Lonza Walkersville, Inc., Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., and Charles River Laboratory have together pledged over $100,000 to support the Horseshoe Crab Trawl Survey for 2011. The survey, which has been administered by Virginia Tech since 2002, is the only survey designed to sample the horseshoe crab population in…
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The ASMFC Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) met on January 24 and 25, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. Previously, the Horseshoe Crab Management Board felt that there were technical components to the harvest allocation method presented by John Sweka at the August 5, 2010 Board meeting, upon which they requested input from the DBETC prior…
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