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The Horseshoe Crab Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, a hybrid meeting, in-person and webinar; Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and was called to order at 3:00 p.m. by Chair Justin Davis.
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The Habitat Committee drafted text descriptions of FHOC for each Commission-managed species drawing on information from the current description of FHOC in the FMPs, species fact sheets, other ASMFC publications, and current literature.
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Proposals Due January 8, 2024
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Consider Results of Stakeholder Survey on Delaware Bay Management Objectives (C. Starks); Set 2024 Delaware Bay Harvest Specifications; Review Horseshoe Crab and Red Knot Abundance Estimates and Model Results from the Adaptive Resource Management Framework Revision (J. Sweka); Set 2024 Specifications (C. Starks); Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance for the…
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A survey was developed by a work group of Board members from the Delaware Bay states and distributed to Delaware Bay stakeholders, including bait harvesters and dealers, fishermen who use horseshoe crab as bait, biomedical fishery and industry participants, environmental conservation groups, and researchers. The survey results will be considered by the Board to provide…
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Beaufort, NC – The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved harvest specifications for Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs. Taking into consideration the output of the Adaptative Resource Management (ARM) Framework Revision, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 male and zero female Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs for the 2024 season. “The Board stands behind the…
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The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board approved harvest specifications for Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs. Taking into consideration the output of the Adaptative Resource Management (ARM) Framework Revision, the Board set a harvest limit of 500,000 male and zero female Delaware Bay-origin horseshoe crabs for the 2024 season.
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This memo describes the 2024 harvest recommendation for Delaware Bay region horseshoe crabs using the methods from the Adaptive Resource Management, or ARM Framework (ASMFC 2022a).
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