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Response to Board Task Following 2023 Stock Assessment
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ASMFC Approved Vessel Tracking Devices and Contact Information
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The Jonah Crab Advisory Panel (AP) met on Thursday, December 14 to review the recently completed benchmark stock assessment for Jonah crab, and provide input on possible market and economic indicators for the fishery.
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Beaufort, NC – The 2023 Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report indicates the range- wide population of Jonah crab remains above historic lows of the 1980s and 1990s. However, evidence of declining catch per unit effort (CPUE) in the fishery presents substantial concern and uncertainty for the status of the stock. Based…
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The Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report is divided into two sections: Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment Peer Review and Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment
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The 2023 benchmark stock assessment for Jonah crab provides the most recent information on the status of US Jonah crab stocks. The assessment is the first of US Jonah crab stocks and was peer-reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s external review process.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold an in-person Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop at the UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology, 706 South Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA. The stock assessment, which will be the species’ first range-wide assessment, will evaluate the health of the Jonah crab population and…
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January 23-25, 2024
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in The Monmouth I Room of The Ocean Place Resort via hybrid meeting, in person and webinar; Monday, November 7, 2022, and was called to order at 9:45 a.m. by Chair Jason McNamee.
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