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In the fall of 2017, the Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) identified several inconsistencies between state SFMPs and the requirements of Amendments 2 and 3. The Amendments require all states and jurisdictions to submit Sustainable Fishery Management Plans (SFMPs) for all systems that remain open to river herring and shad harvest. SFMPs must…
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The Shad and River Herring 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; Wednesday, October 30, 2019, and was called to order at 10:15 a.m. by Chairman Michael Armstrong.
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Review Technical Committee Recommendations on Management and Monitoring Inconsistencies with Amendments 2 and 3 (K. Sprankle) Possible Action; Consider Approval of Revisions to the Maine River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (K. Sprankle) Action; Discuss Updates to Shad Habitat Plans (C. Starks); Progress Update on Shad Benchmark Stock Assessment (J. Kipp); Consider Approval of 2019…
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call and webinar to address two items: 1) Review and provide a recommendation on Maine’s proposal to modify their river herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP); and 2) Concerning the October 2017 Board task regarding improvements to Amendments 2 and 3, review the TC…
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to review progress and discuss next steps on the October 2017 Board task regarding improvements to Amendments 2 and 3.
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The Shad and River Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia; Wednesday, February 6, 2019, and was called to order at 1:15 o’clock p.m. by Chairman John Clark.
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Progress Update on Shad Benchmark Stock Assessment (J. Kipp); Consider Approval of Massachusetts’ Shad Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP) Final Action; Review SFMP and Technical Committee Memo (K. Sprankle); Update on Technical Committee Review of Inconsistencies with Harvest and Monitoring Requirements of Amendments 2 and 3 (K. Sprankle)
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On the November 20, 2018 conference call of the Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC), the TC designated a smaller task group to develop the October 2017 Board task regarding improvements to Amendments 2 and 3. This task group (TG) met via conference call on January 7, 2019 to advance work on identifying and…
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to review the Massachusetts Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP) update for shad in the Merrimack River, discuss progress and next steps on the October 2017 Board task regarding improvements to Amendments 2 and 3, and receive an update on the ongoing American shad…
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to discuss the October 2017 Board task to develop proposed improvements to Amendments 2 and 3.
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