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Technical Committee Report on Commercial Discards (K. Drew, M. Schmidtke); Consider Approval of 2018 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Schmidtke) Action; Review and Populate Advisory Panel Membership (T. Berger) Action
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The Weakfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Jefferson Ballroom of the Westin Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia; Wednesday, February 7, 2018, and was called to order at 11:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Rob O’Reilly.
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Consider Approval of 2017 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Schmidtke) Action; Consider the Use of Fishery-independent Samples in Fulfilling Biological Sampling Requirements of the Fishery Management Plan (M. Schmidtke) Possible Action; Discuss Recent Changes in Discards in North Carolina (C. Batsavage)
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ASMFC coordinates interstate fishery management plans (FMPs) for Atlantic croaker, black drum, red drum, spot, spotted seatrout, and weakfish. This document is intended to provide up to date information on each of these species’ biology, habitat needs, and habitat stresses.
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The Weakfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, May 5, 2016, and was called to order at 8:00 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Russ Allen.
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Alexandria, VA – The 2016 Weakfish Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report indicate weakfish is depleted and has been for the past 13 years. Under the new reference points, the stock is considered depleted when the stock is below a spawning stock biomass (SSB) threshold of 30% (15.17 million pounds). In 2014, SSB was…
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2016 Weakfish Benchmark Stock Assessment Action
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