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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, May 3, 2016, and was called to order at 11:58 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Bill Goldsborough.
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Timetable for American Shad and River Herring Stock Assessments (J. Kipp) Action; Report from the Data Standardization Collection Workshop (K. Rootes-Murdy); Update on Activities of the River Herring Technical Expert Work Group (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider Approval of 2015 Shad and River Herring FMP Review and State Compliance (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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The Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC) met via conference call to discuss the following items: 1) stock assessments for river herring and American Shad 2) River Herring.com and the website’s utility moving forward 3) receive an update on the Data Collection Standardization Workshop and Report and to 4) Elect a TC Chair and…
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This report is the result of a workshop on Data Collection Standardization held November 18‐20, 2015
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The species of interest for an ageing workshop were Atlantic croaker, black sea bass , bluefish , river herring (alewife and blueback), striped bass, and tautog. Each of these species previously had their own ageing workshop and the group felt that these would be most productive to include in the QA/QC exercise.
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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, May 6, 2015, and was called to order at 2:40 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Terry Stockwell.
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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, February 5, 2015, and was called to order at 2:15 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Terry Stockwell.
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Consider 2014 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance (M. Hawk) Action; Review and Consider Approval of the New Hampshire Taylor River Monitoring Proposal (D. Grout) Action; Update on NEFMC and MAFMC Actions (J. Didden); Update on River Herring Technical Expert Working Group Activities (M. Hawk)
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Following review of the exchange results and evaluation of samples during the workshop, the group emphasized the need for standardized ageing protocols between labs. The labs agreed to adopt the MA DMF protocol to serve as a model for collecting, preparing, and ageing river herring
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The Shad and River Herring Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crown Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, February 6, 2014, and was called to order at 10:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Terry Stockwell.
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