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The Tautog Advisory Panel Convened via a phone conference at 4:00 pm on July 11, 2007. There was one participant. Chris Vonderweidt began the meeting with an overview of Draft Addendum V for Public Comment which had been mailed to the AP prior to the meeting. Other members were phoned at a later date to…
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Draft Addendum Proposes State Flexibility in Achieving Required Reductions
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The meeting of the Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Room of the Radisson Hotel Old Towne, Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock, a.m., by the Chairman, Dr. David Pierce.
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The ASMFC Tautog Technical Committee met to consider state reduction proposals to achieve a fishing mortality rate of 0.20 as required in Addendum IV, consider state specific assessments, and elect a Vice-Chair.
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The Tautog Technical Committee held a conference call this morning to discuss state reduction proposals required in Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Tautog. The Addendum requires states to submit proposals to achieve a fishing mortality rate F = 0.20 (28.6% reduction), by April 6, 2007.
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Addendum IV establishes spawning stock biomass target and threshold reference points allowing the ASMFC to determine whether or not the stock is overfished.1 This Addendum also establishes a new rebuilding fishing mortality rate of F = 0.20 to initiate rebuilding to the spawning stock biomass threshold and target levels.
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Addendum Establishes Stock Rebuilding Program
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The Tautog Advisory Panel Convened via a phone conference at 3:30 pm on January 18, 2007. Chris Vonderweidt began the meeting with an overview of Draft Addendum IV for Public Comment that had been mailed to all AP members prior to the meeting.
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Questions and Answers Concerning Enforcement of Tautog Regulations
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The meeting of the Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Room of the Radisson Hotel Old Towne, Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock, a.m., by Mr. David Pierce.
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2006 Undersize Blackfish and Undersize Scup Enforcement Report (additions from December 2006)
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