Page 10. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 2008
Waterfront News
ASMFC SUMMER MEETING
AMERICAN LOBSTER MANAGEMENT Toni Kerns, Senior Fisheries Management ment including the results of the NMFS Data In response, the Board tasked the Technical
BOARD (August 19, 2008) Plan Coordinator for Management, at (202) Poor Stocks Workshop. Committee with providing background infor-
Meeting Summary 289-6400 or tkerns@asmfc.org. For more information, please contact mation for use in defining management ob-
The American Lobster Board met to Motions: Move to initiate an addendum Toni Kerns, Senior Fisheries Management jectives, and with evaluating the perfor-
discuss a number of issues. Addendum XII to include the recommendations of LCMT 3 Plan Coordinator for Management, at (202) mance of the fishery with the management
Identifies issues associated with history- for LCMA 3. Motion made by Mr. Adler and 289-6400 or tkerns@asmfc.org. objectives of Amendment 6. The Board will
based fishing rights programs and transfer seconded by Mr. Lapointe. Motion passes. Motions: Move to develop an adden- receive the Technical Committee report at its
programs. The Board reviewed a proposal to SUMMER FLOUNDER, SCUP AND dum to include the use of a maximum size limit October meeting before continuing discus-
consider actions in the addendum to end the BLACK SEA BASS MANAGEMENT as a tool for the potential to develop a slot sion on the possibility of an addendum.
delay in the administration of trap allocations BOARD (August 19, 2008) limit and a trophy fishery in the summer The Board approved the 2008 Fishery
and transfers, resolve critical database Meeting Summary flounder recreational fishery. Motion made Management Plan Review, a report that
needs, and prevent the potential shift of trap- The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black by Mr. Simpson and seconded by Mr. documents the status of the fisheries, the
fishing effort from state waters to federal Sea Bass Management Board met to address Goldsborough. Motion carries (7-3-1-0). stock, the management and monitoring pro-
waters as well as from one state to another. a number of issues. In order to stay in synch Move that all jurisdictions on the Board grams, and state compliance with require-
The Board tasked the Transferability Sub- with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management provide the Law Enforcement Committee ments for 2007. The Board approved the FMP
committee and the Advisory Panel to con- Council, the Board decided to postpone with their recreational regulations on sum- Review, contingent upon there being no
sider this proposal. The Subcommittee and Draft Amendment 15 until the Council devel- mer flounder, scup, and black sea bass as compliance issues in states that are late to
Advisory Panel will present their recommen- ops and finalizes an amendment regarding related to whether or not filleting of these provide their annual report. The FMP Review
dations to the Board at the October Board annual catch limits and accountability mea- species is permitted at sea and that the LEC will be made available on the Commission’s
meeting. sures as required by the Magnuson-Stevens provide a report to the Board at the annual website once all annual reports are received
The Board initiated an addendum to Reauthorization Act. The Board tasked staff meeting in October 2008 as to each and the stock status information is updated
consider changes in the LCMA 3 transfer to develop a list of regions states could form, jurisdiction’s program and whether or not to reflect the biological reference point up-
program. The addendum will include the including previous advisory panel recom- their regulations negate the effectiveness of date approved by the Board earlier in the
LCMT 3 recommended changes to the tax on mendations, to consider for summer flounder that state’s minimum size limits for these meeting.
both partial trap sales and whole business recreational management. The Board will use three species. Motion made by Mr. McCloy For more information, please contact
sales. It will also consider changes to the trap this information to discuss the potential de- and seconded by Mr. Adler. Motion carries. Nichola Meserve, FMP Coordinator, at (202)
cap for individual participating in the transfer velopment of a new addendum focusing on Move to develop an addendum to in- 289-6400 or nmeserve@asmfc.org.
program. mandatory regional management for summer clude mandatory regional management areas Motions: Move to accept the recom-
The Board noted that Connecticut flounder. The Board tasked the Law Enforce- for the recreational summer flounder fishery. mendation of FMSY threshold of 0.34, F
reached its v-notching target for 2009 under ment Committee to review each states’ sum- Motion made by Mr. Augustine and sec- target of 0.30, an SSB threshold of 30,000 mt
the approved conservation equivalency mer flounder, scup, and black sea bass regu- onded by Mr. Miller. Motion postponed and SSB target of 37,500 mt. Motion made by
program for LCMA 6. The v-notching pro- lations regarding filleting at sea to determine until Annual Meeting. Mr. Augustine and seconded by Dr. Kray.
gram allows LCMA 6 area to retain its current whether regulations negate the effective- Move to postpone the above motion to Motion carries.
gauge size rather than implementing Adden- ness of that state’s minimum size limits for the annual meeting. Motion made by Dr. Move to accept the FMP Review condi-
dum XI’s required gauge size increase. these three species. The Technical Commit- Pierce and seconded by Mr. McCloy. Mo- tionally upon submission of Rhode Island’s
LCMT 1 reported that they have taken tee presented a report to the Board regarding tion carries. report. Motion made by Mr. Augustine and
the initial steps to begin a limited entry pro- data collection, updated research recom- ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS MANAGE- seconded Mr. Adler. Motion passes unani-
gram for LCMA 1. The Board will discuss the mendations, and the possibility of an assess- MENT BOARD (August 19, 2008) mously.
issue more fully at its next meeting in Octo- ment for scup. The Board will continue to Meeting Summary ATLANTIC HERRING SECTION
ber. For more information, please contact monitor the development of a scup assess- The Striped Bass Management Board (August 19, 2008)
met to consider approval of updated biologi- Meeting Summary
cal reference points, discuss initiating an The Atlantic Herring Section met to
addendum to the management plan, and re- review a number of issues in the Atlantic
view the 2008 Fishery Management Plan herring fishery. The Plan Review Team (PRT)
Review and state compliance. provided a review of state compliance. No
In a meeting earlier this year, the Board states were found out of compliance, and
discussed issues for inclusion in a possible there were no de minimis requests from any
addendum to respond to new stock status states that submitted reports.
information from the 2007 stock assessment. Technical Committee (TC) Chair, Dr.
This discussion was postponed until the Matt Cieri, presented a TC review of the Gulf
Striped Bass Technical Committee com- of Maine spawning closures. The TC cau-
pleted a re-estimation of the Amendment 6 tioned that the current zero-tolerance (no-
biological reference points. The Technical fishing) regulations have only been in place
Committee provided that report this meeting, for one year, which is not long enough to
including a recommendation for the develop- make determinations. Given the caveats with
ment of new biological reference points ap- the data set, the TC said that availability of
propriate to the fishery’s multiple manage-
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