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Move to task the Technical Committee to review weakfish discard data from the Northeast Federal Observer Program and from vessel trip reports (VTRs), analyze landings data to see if the occurrences of commercial trips approaching the 100-lb trip limit have increased, and to characterize the fisheries with substantial weakfish discards to see if different trip…
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Technical Committee Report on Commercial Discards (K. Drew, M. Schmidtke); Consider Approval of 2018 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Schmidtke) Action; Review and Populate Advisory Panel Membership (T. Berger) Action
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Consider Approval of 2017 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Schmidtke) Action; Consider the Use of Fishery-independent Samples in Fulfilling Biological Sampling Requirements of the Fishery Management Plan (M. Schmidtke) Possible Action; Discuss Recent Changes in Discards in North Carolina (C. Batsavage)
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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 Weakfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2016, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Russ Allen.
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2016 Weakfish Benchmark Stock Assessment Action
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