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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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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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In response to significant stakeholder input following a 2021 revision of its Adaptive Resource Modeling (ARM) Framework for horseshoe crab modeling and regulation, the ASMFC convened professionally facilitated multi-stakeholder workshop aimed at fostering open, deep, and productive dialogue in Lewes, Delaware on July 15 and 16, 2024.
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Including a report, titled “Bacterial Endotoxins Test Using Recombinant Reagents: A Step Forward, But Not a Milestone for Horseshoe Crab Conservation;” a response to 2024 (SEDAR 93) Red Drum Review Workshop Report
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This memo describes the 2025 harvest recommendation for Delaware Bay Region horseshoe crabs using the methods from the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework (ASMFC 2022a).
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board is convening a stakeholder workshop aimed at generating recommendations for Board consideration regarding horseshoe crab management in the Delaware Bay region. The workshop responds to public concern and differing positions related to use of the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, which describes acceptable harvest levels for…
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