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The 2023 benchmark stock assessment for Jonah crab provides the most recent information on the status of US Jonah crab stocks. The assessment is the first of US Jonah crab stocks and was peer-reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s external review process.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold an in-person Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop at the UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology, 706 South Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA. The stock assessment, which will be the species’ first range-wide assessment, will evaluate the health of the Jonah crab population and…
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January 23-25, 2024
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in The Monmouth I Room of The Ocean Place Resort via hybrid meeting, in person and webinar; Monday, November 7, 2022, and was called to order at 9:45 a.m. by Chair Jason McNamee.
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Arlington, VA – The Commission’s American Lobster Management Board approved Addendum XXIX to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for American Lobster and Addendum IV to the Jonah Crab FMP. The Addenda establish electronic tracking requirements for federally-permitted vessels in the American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries, with the goal of collecting…
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This document responds to questions raised during the public hearings on American Lobster Addendum XXIX and Jonah Crab Addendum IV (henceforth referred to as the Addenda).
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In advance of a Data Workshop for the first coastwide stock assessment of Jonah crab, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is requesting data from academia, member states, federal partners, non- governmental organizations, participating jurisdictions and stakeholders. The Data Workshop will be conducted in June and is open to the public. The workshop location, dates,…
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The goal of the addendum is to collect high resolution spatial and temporal data to characterize effort in the federal American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries for management and enforcement needs. These data will improve stock assessment, inform discussions and management decisions related to protected species and marine spatial planning, and enhance offshore enforcement.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Monday, December 6, 2021, and was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Chair Daniel McKiernan.
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Monday, October 18, 2021, and was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chair Daniel McKiernan.
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NOAA Fisheries will provide an update on ALW Take Reduction efforts. The update will include a review of the final rule to amend the ALW Take Reduction Plan to reduce risk of serious injury and mortality to North Atlantic right whales caused by incidental entanglement in Northeast Jonah crab and lobster trap/pot fisheries. Scoping on…
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