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Set Specifications for 2023/2024 Fishing Year; Review Monitoring Committee and Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Council’s Recommendations for the 2023 Fishing Year (J. Didden)
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January 23-25, 2024
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The Spiny Dogfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Tuesday, January 25, 2022, and was called to order at 4:30 p.m. by Chair Nichola Meserve.
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Main Motion — Move to set at least a 7500-pound trip limit in the Northern Region (ME through CT) for FY2022 contingent upon NOAA Fisheries adopting at least a 7500-pound trip limit for federal waters. If at least a 7500-pound trip limit is not approved in federal waters, then the 6,000-pound trip limit will remain in…
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Review Analysis on Trip Limit and Market Price (J. Didden); Review and Revise (if needed) 2022/2023 Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for the 2020 Fishing Year (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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The Spiny Dogfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Thursday, October 21, 2021, and was called to order at 10:15 a.m. by Chair Chris Batsavage.
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The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish Management Board approved a commercial quota of 29.6 million pounds for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 fishing years (May 1–April 30). The quotas are consistent with the measures recommended to NOAA Fisheries by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). State-specific allocations are provided in table below. Spiny Dogfish State Allocations (in pounds)…
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The Spiny Dogfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Wednesday, October 21, 2020, and was called to order at 11:30 a.m. by Chair Chris Batsavage.
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