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The Northern Shrimp Section (Section) met in Portland, Maine to review the public comment summary and Advisory Panel (AP) input on the Public Information Document (PID) for Draft Aendment4, provide direction to the Northern Shrimp Plan Development Team (PDT) on the development of Draft Amendment 4, and review AP and Technical Committee (TC) discussions regarding…
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The Atlantic coastal states of Maine though Massachusetts have scheduled hearings to gather public input on the Public Information Document (PID) to Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Northern Shrimp. Some hearings will be conducted in-person, and some hearings will be conducted via webinar.
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The Habitat Committee drafted text descriptions of FHOC for each Commission-managed species drawing on information from the current description of FHOC in the FMPs, species fact sheets, other ASMFC publications, and current literature.
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Portland, ME – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section (Section) initiated an amendment to consider implementing a new stock monitoring tool, termed the wake-up index, for Gulf of Maine northern shrimp which would inform when an ongoing moratorium should be re-evaluated if there are signs of improved stock condition. While the amendment…
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Review 2023 Traffic Light Analysis and Discuss Future of Data Updates (K. Drew); Review Management Strategy Evaluation Work Group Discussions;Technical Committee Report on Wake-Up Index (K. Drew); Review of Possible Management Approaches (C. Tuohy)
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The traffic light analysis of 2023 data indicated no improvement in status, with indices of abundance, spawning stock biomass, and recruitment at new time-series lows. Recruitment has been below the 20th percentile of the 1984-2017 reference period in 9 of the last 11 years. Recent environmental conditions continue to be unfavorable for Gulf of Maine…
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The traffic light analysis of 2022 data indicated no improvement in status, with indices of abundance, spawning stock biomass, and recruitment at new time-series lows.
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