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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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Red drum, striped bass, scup, black sea bass, river herring, Atlantic menhaden, bluefish, and tautog were identified as species to evaluate for the 2018 workshop which took place from March 27-28 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FL FWRI) in St. Petersburg, FL.
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The Shad and River Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Hampton Roads Ballroom V of the Marriott Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, October 17, 2017, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman John Clark.
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Discuss Shad Stock Assessment Process Recommendations (J. Kipp); Consider Approval of Shad and River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plans (SFMPs) Final Action; Review SFMPs and Technical Committee Memo (B. Chase): Connecticut – Updated Shad SFMP, Potomac River Fisheries Commission – Updated Shad SFMP, North Carolina – Updated Shad SFMP, South Carolina – Updated Shad SFMP,…
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This memorandum summarizes the topics and discussions during the Shad and River Herring Advisory Panel (AP) call on Wednesday, September 27th 2017 at 9:00 am. The meeting took place via conference call and webinar and provided the AP to review and discuss several items including the recent 2017 stock assessment update for river herring, NOAA’s…
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The Shad and River Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2, 2017, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman John Clark.
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This document provides an update to the 2012 benchmark assessment of river herring (alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, and blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis) stocks of the U.S. Atlantic Coast from Maine through Florida (ASMFC 2012). It was prepared by the River Herring Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Shad and River…
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Status of River Herring in state-specific references
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