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Consider Approval of State Implementation Plans for the Interstate Cobia Fishery Management Plan Final Action; Technical Committee Report (S. Poland); Consider Approval of Draft Addendum I to the Black Drum Fishery Management Plan for Public Comment (M. Schmidtke) Action; Review Technical Committee/Plan Review Team Report on Recommended Updates to the Annual Traffic Light Analyses for…
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Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee and Spot Plan Review Team Meeting Summary — January 2018
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ASMFC coordinates interstate fishery management plans (FMPs) for Atlantic croaker, black drum, red drum, spot, spotted seatrout, and weakfish. This document is intended to provide up to date information on each of these species’ biology, habitat needs, and habitat stresses.
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The South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Hampton Roads Ballroom V of the Marriott Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, October 19, 2017, and was called to order at 12:38 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Jim Estes.
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The South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1, 2017, and was called to order at 10:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Jim Estes.
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Alexandria, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board met in May and August to receive the findings of the 2017 Atlantic Croaker and Spot Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Reports. While neither assessment was endorsed by an independent panel of fisheries scientists (Peer Review Panel) for management…
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Review and Consider Cobia Draft Fishery Management Plan for Public Comment (L. Daniel) Action; 2017 Spot Benchmark Stock Assessment Final Action — Presentation of Benchmark Assessment Report (C. McDonough) and Presentation of Peer Review Panel Report (P. Campfield); Consider 2017 Traffic Light Analyses for Atlantic Croaker and Spot (C. McDonough); Progress Update on Exploratory Analyses…
 
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