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ASMFC 64th Annual Meeting Summaries, Press Releases and Motions

Summer 2005 Meeting Summaries, Press Releases and Motions

May 2005 Meeting Summaries, Press Releases and Motions

February 2005 Meeting Week Summaries, Press Releases and Motions

Press Releases

December 9   ASMFC Board Sets Summer Flounder TAL at 23.59 Million Pounds
December 2   American Eel Draft Addendum I Available for Public Comment: States Schedule Hearings for January
November 23   States Schedule Public Meetings to Gather Comment on
Draft Addendum to Address Delayed Implementation of Required Fisheries Management Measures for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass
November 10 (replaces October 31 release)   Striped Bass Stock Assessment Indicates Healthy Stock: Total Abundance, Female Spawning Stock Biomass and Recruitment Remain High
November 9   Northern Shrimp 2006 Fishing Season Set at 140 Days
November 8   American Lobster Stock Assessment Yields Mixed Results
November 4   ASMFC Weakfish Board Approves Biological Sampling & Reporting Program: Stock Assessment Slated for Peer Review in 2006
November 3   ASMFC Approves Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Croaker Plan
November 3   ASMFC Approves Draft Addendum XVI to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP for Public Comment Addendum to Address Delayed Implementation
November 3   ASMFC Horseshoe Crab Board Initiates Development of Addendum to Consider Harvest Reductions
November 3   ASMFC American Lobster Board Approves New Effort Control Plan for Area 2
November 2   Chief Rob Winkel Receives Prestigious David H. Hart Award
November 2   ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Board Approves 4 Million Pound Quota for the 2006/2007 Fishing Year
September 22   ASMFC Hires Dr. Carmela Cuomo as Science Director
September 9   Atlantic Coastal States Schedule Public Hearings on Draft Addendum I to the Weakfish Plan
September 6   ASMFC Releases Draft Addendum I to the Spiny Dogfish FMP for Public Comment: Comment Accepted until September 26, 2005
September 6   ASMFC Releases Draft Addendum VII to the American Lobster Plan for Public Comment: Addendum Proposes New Effort Control Plan for Area 2
September 2   ASMFC Releases Draft Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Herring Plan for Public Comment: ASMFC & NEFMC to Conduct Joint Hearings in October
September 2   ASMFC Forwards Massachusetts Noncompliance Finding to the Secretaries of Commerce & the Interior for Action
August 26   ASMFC Releases Draft Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Croaker Plan for Public Comment: States Schedule Public Hearings for September/October
August 18   Draft Addendum I to the Spiny Dogfish FMP Approved for Public Comment
August 17   ASMFC Board Approves Addendum II to the Atlantic Menhaden FMP:
Addendum Caps Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery at 5-Year Average & Initiates Research Program to Assess the Status of Menhaden in the Bay
August 17   ASMFC Approves Draft Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Croaker Plan for Public Comment
August 17   ASMFC Approves Addendum XVII to the Summer Flounder FMP: Addendum Allows for Establishment of Multi-state Regions and the Pooling of Multi-Year Data
August 16   Weakfish Draft Addendum I Approved for Public Review & Comment: Addendum to Address Stock Decline
August 12   ASMFC & MAFMC Approve 2006 TALs for Bluefish, Scup and Black Sea Bass
May 27   States Schedule Public Meetings to Gather Comment on Draft Addendum II to the Atlantic Menhaden FMP
May 26   States Schedule Public Meetings to Gather Comment on Draft Addendum XVII to the Summer Flounder FMP
May 11   Draft Addendum II to the Atlantic Menhaden FMP Approved for Public Comment: States to Conduct Public Meetings this Summer
May 11   ASMFC Winter Flounder Board Approves State Implementation Plans: Plans Pave Way for Rebuilding of SNE/MA Stock
May 11   ASMFC Presents Annual Awards of Excellence
May 11   ASMFC Weakfish Board Initiates Development of Addendum to Address Stock Declines
May 10   ASMFC Board Approves Addendum II to the Atlantic Sturgeon FMP: Addendum Allows for Commercial Aquaculture in North Carolina
March 18   American Eel PID Available for Public Comment: States Schedule Hearings for April & May
March 17   Draft Addendum II to the Atlantic Sturgeon FMP Approved for Public Comment
February 10   ASMFC Approves Winter Flounder Amendment 1
February 9   ASMFC Lobster Board Approves Addendum VI
February 9   ASMFC Atlantic Menhaden Board Initiates Development of Addendum II