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Consider Draft Addendum XXI for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Overview of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Action on Special Management Zones Impacts to the Commercial Lobster Fishery (T. Kerns).
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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, February 19, 2013, and was called to order at 9:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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The most recent transferability rules were established in Addenda XII and XIV. This addendum modifies the conservation tax for LCMA 3 to a single transfer tax of 10% for full or partial business sales.
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Consider Draft Addendum XX for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Consider Draft Addendum XXI for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Draft Addendum XIX for Final Approval (T. Kerns) Final Action. Law Enforcement Committee Report (M. Robson) — Lobster Conservation Management Area 1 V-notch Definition.
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The Law Enforcement Committee discussed the issue at length during its meeting in Philadelphia on October 22, 2012 and during a phone conference on December 17, 2012. Following is updated guidance concerning V-notch regulations for American lobster.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 22, 2012, and was called to order at 9:25 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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Review Federal Rule-making Timeline and Development Progress of Additional Transferability Measures (B. Ross, T. Kerns). Consider Draft Addendum XIX for Public Comment (T. Kerns) Action. Discussion of Lobster Conservation Management Area 1 V-notch Definition. Technical Committee Report: Bottom Tending Gear Impacts on Lobster (J. Carloni). Fishery Management Plan Review (T. Kerns) Action. Review and Populate…
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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, Alexandria, Virginia, August 7, 2012, and was called to order at 10:35 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Douglas Grout.
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The most recent transferability rules were established in addenda XII and XIV. This addendum proposed to modify some of those rules as well as establish additional guidelines. Proposed changes to current regulations are noted in section 3 of this document.
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At the May 2012 Lobster Board meeting the TC was tasked with looking at the effects of bottom tending mobile gear on lobster in response to management actions that could lift a prohibition on this type of gear in Closed Area II on Georges Bank.
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