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Based on the analysis presented, the required reduction by LCMA, with the exception of LCMA 6 (CT evaluation only), were either not achieved or were achieved mainly as a result of declining stock abundance / effort.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Lanier Ballroom of The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort, St. Simons Island, Georgia, October 28, 2013, and was called to order at 9:35 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas E. Grout.
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Southern New England Reductions in Fishing Capacity for Lobster Conservation Management Area 3
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The Board directed the Plan Development Team (PDT) to scale the size of the SNE fishery to the size of the resource in the SNE stock. The PDT drafted an addendum that addressed this issue with trap reductions and changes to the transferability programs. The Board split the addendum, with the trap reductions addressed through…
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Draft Addendum XXII for Final Approval Final Action (K. Taylor). Consider Draft Habitat Addendum for Public Comment (K. Taylor) Action. Review of Lobster Trap Transferability Database Progress (M. Cahall). Update on Federal Management Actions (A. Murphy). Review of Lobster Gear Marking Regulation Inconsistencies (D. Grout).
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, August 6, 2013, and was called to order at 11:10 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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Southern New England Reductions in Fishing Capacity for Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 and 3 Transferability Measures
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Draft Addendum XXI for Final Approval Final Action. Review of NOAA Fisheries American Lobster Proposed Rule (K. Taylor). Review of Lobster Gear Marking Regulation Inconsistencies (K. Taylor)
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 20, 2013, and was called to order at 1:15 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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The Lobster Board initiated Draft Addendum XX at the November 2012 meeting with the following motion: Move to initiate the development of an addendum that would include measures outlined in the agreement between the offshore lobster fishery and sector trawl fishermen for bottom-sharing in Closed Area 2 in order to protect large concentrations of egg-bearing…
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