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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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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Carolina Ballroom of the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, November 8, 2010, and was called to order at 2:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Thomas O’Connell.
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Addendum VI maintains a management program for the Delaware Bay Region (i.e., coastal and bay waters of New Jersey and Delaware, and coastal waters only of Maryland and Virginia) following the expiration of Addendum V after October 31, 2010.
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Provisions of Addendum V Extended While Development of ARM Framework Continues
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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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Board Initiates Addendum to Address Future Management Measures
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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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