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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource (ARM) Framework will be peer-reviewed on November 16-18, 2021, via webinar. The ARM Framework incorporates both shorebird and horseshoe crab abundance levels to set optimized harvest limits for horseshoe crabs of Delaware Bay-origin. Since 2013, it has been used by the Commission’s…
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Thursday, October 21, 2021, and was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chair Joe Cimino.
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The Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Subcommittee and the Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee (DBETC) met via conference call to review the most recent population estimates for horseshoe crabs and red knots, the results of the ARM for 2022, and supporting horseshoe crab and red knot data sets.
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Update on the Implementation of Recommended Research and Monitoring Needs; Draft Addendum II to the Horseshoe Crab FMP; Establishment of Protocols for Managing the Use of Horseshoe Crabs by the Biomedical Industry
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This document includes: (1) a summary of the ARM Revision results supported by the Peer Review Panel. The Terms of Reference Report (TOR) provides a detailed evaluation of how each TOR was addressed by the ARM Subcommittee and provides recommendations from the Panel for further improvement of the model in the future; (2) additional information…
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board 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 2021 season. Based on the allocation mechanism established in Addendum VII,…
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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Wednesday, October 21, 2020, and was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Chair Joe Cimino.
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Set 2021 Harvest Specifications Final Action; Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Abundance Estimates and 2020 Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Model Results (J. Sweka); Set 2021 Harvest Specifications (J. Cimino); Progress Update on ARM Revisions (J. Sweka); Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for the 2019 Fishing Year (C. Starks) Action;…
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New Castle, NH – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board 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 2020 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 Wentworth Ballroom of the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, New Castle, New Hampshire; Tuesday, October 29, 2019, and was called to order at 9:45 o’clock a.m. by CHAIR Malcolm Rhodes.
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