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The Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee (TC) met to review Draft Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Dogfish for Public Comment (Draft Addendum IV) and provide feedback to the Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Shark Management Board (Board) regarding the proposed measures.
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Consider Massachusetts Coastal Sharks de minimis Request (C. Vonderweidt) Action. Review of Preliminary 2012/2013 Spiny Dogfish Quotas (C. Vonderweidt). Update on 2012/2013 Federal Quota and Possession Limit (C. Vonderweidt). Discussion of Northern Region State Shares (M. Gibson). Consider Approval of Addendum IV to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan for Public Comment (C. Vonderweidt) Action.…
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 3, 2012, and was called to order at 8:40 o’clock a.m. by Chairman David Simpson.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board increased the 2012/2013 spiny dogfish quota from 30 to 35.6 million pounds. The increase is consistent with proposed regulations for federal waters as well the recommendations of the ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee. The…
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2011/2012 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Performance (C. Vonderweidt). Review Spiny Dogfish Overfishing Definition and Technical Committee Recommendations (C. Vonderweidt). 2011 SouthEast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR 21) for Dusky, Sandbar, and Blacknose Sharks. Upcoming HMS Shark Management Actions (K. Brewster Geisz). Review Shark Conservation Act of 2010 (C. Vonderweidt).
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Boston, MA – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board approved a 30 million pound quota for the 2012/2013 fishing season (May 1 – April 30), with a maximum possession limit of 3,000 pounds per day for the northern region states Maine through Connecticut. State-specific shares for the southern region states (New York…
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Specification Recommendations for May 2012 – April 2013 Spiny Dogfish Fishing Season
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 2, 2011, and was called to order at 2:20 o’clock p.m. by Chairman David Simpson.
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This Addendum dissolves the Southern Region (NY – VA) allocation established in Addendum II and sets state shares for New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Northern Region states, from Maine through Connecticut will continue to share 58% of the annual quota.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board (Board) approved Addendum III to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Dogfish (Addendum III). The Addendum divides the southern region annual quota of 42% into state-specific shares (see table below). It also allows for quota transfer between states, rollovers of up to…
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