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The meeting of the Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Fear/Outlook/Atlantic Room of the Sheraton Atlantic Beach, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, and was called to order at 1:45 o’clock, p.m., by Patrick Augustine.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Tautog Management Board approved the development of Draft Addendum IV to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Tautog. The Draft Addendum will propose the establishment of new biological reference points (target and threshold limits for biomass and fishing mortality) to define stock rebuilding goals. This action is taken in response…
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Arlington, VA – The 2006 peer-reviewed stock assessment report indicates the tautog resource continues to be at low biomass levels. Since the mid-1980s tautog has undergone a substantial decrease in biomass and remains at a low level of abundance. Total stock biomass has been stable since 1999. Since the plan does not define a specific…
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The Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Washington Ballroom of the Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, Monday afternoon, February 20, 2006 and was called to order at 12:00 o’clock noon by Chairman David Pierce.
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In 2003 tautog experienced fishing mortality rates estimated on a coastwide basis (F=0.2999 yr-1) that were marginally above the management target (F=0.29 yr-1).
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Tautog is currently experiencing fishing mortality rates, estimated on a coastwide basis, that are marginally above the management target.
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The TC reviewed the tautog landings from the various states. Two trends of note were that states that implemented management reductions saw recreational declines while states that did not implement management reductions saw increases in recreational catches.
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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 Monday, August 16, 2004, and was called to order at 3:00 o’clock, p.m. by Mr. Robert E. Beal.
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Discussion of draft memo on Guidelines for catch curve estimates
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