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Specification Recommendations for May 2011 – April 2012 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 Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 3, 2010, and was called to order at 1:00 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Louis Daniel.
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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 Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 6, 2010, and was called to order at 9:25 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Louis Daniel.
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Alexandria, VA – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board (Board) approved a 15 million pound quota with a maximum possession limit of 3,000 pounds for the 2010/2011 fishing year (May 1 – April 30). Under Addendum II, the quota will be allocated with 58% to states from Maine through Connecticut, 26% to…
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Biological Reference Points for Spiny Dogfish
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A consensus transboundary stock assessment was not developed at this benchmark TRAC. Nevertheless, the TRAC agreed that the model used in the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) 43 spiny dogfish assessment in 2006, with data updated through the 2009 Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
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Specification Recommendations for May 2010 – April 2011 Spiny Dogfish Fishing Season
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Alexandria, VA – The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board approved Addendum I to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Coastal Sharks. Addendum I modifies the finning and identification provision for the commercial smooth dogfish fishery and removes both the smooth dogfish recreational possession limits and 2-hour net check requirement for commercial…
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Alexandria, VA – The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board approved the initiation of Draft Addendum I to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks. Draft Addendum I will propose measures to allow commercial fishermen to remove smooth dogfish fins at sea and eliminate smooth dogfish recreational possession limits. Finning, the act…
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Addendum II establishes a new allocation program for the commercial spiny dogfish fishery while maintaining the conservation goals of the FMP.
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Rehoboth Beach, DE – The Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks Management Board approved Addendum II to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Dogfish. The Addendum includes measures from both Draft Addenda II and III that were released for public comment throughout September and early October. Addendum II uses the regional management approach from Draft…
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The Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee (TC) met on October 16, 2008 to review the 2008 NEFSC spawning stock biomass (SSB) update and recommend a quota and possession limit for the 2009/2010+ fishing season(s).
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Swan Ballroom of the Atlantic Sands Hotel, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, October 22, 2008, and was called to order at 9:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Louis B. Daniel, III.
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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 Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 21, 2008, and was called to order at 10:35 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Louis B. Daniel, III.
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