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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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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, 2008, and was called to order at 1:45 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Eric Smith.
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Annapolis, MD – The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board approved a eight million pound quota for the 2008/2009 fishing year (May 1, 2008 – April 30, 2009), with 58% of the quota allocated to states from Maine through Connecticut and 42% allocated to New York through North Carolina. A trip limit of…
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This report summarizes the discussions and recommendations from a joint meeting of the ASMFC’s Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee (TC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee (MC) that was held on September 19, 2007 and two three-hour conference calls on October 2, 2007 and October 4, 2007.
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The Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Ballroom of the Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland, October 29, 2007, and was called to order at 1:50 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Eric Smith.
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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 14, 2007, and was called to order at 2:30 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Eric Smith.
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Alexandria, VA – The Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks Management Board approved the initiation of two addenda to address the distribution of the spiny dogfish annual quota among the states. This action responds to the concern of some states that the current seasonal allocation program is not providing their commercial fishermen the opportunity to harvest…
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