November 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 27.
ASMFC FALL MEETING A DDRESSES SEVERAL MAJOR ISSUES
Continued from Page 8.
Addendum II will be applied commercial landings comprised 3,524 mt, Council is likely to take action on
retroactively to the 2008/2009 fishing Canadian commercial landings were 2,328 recommendations at its meeting in
element brought forward by the Area 2 season which has an annual quota of mt, U.S. commercial discards were 6,247 mt, December. The Council’s recommendation
Lobster Conservation Management Team in 7,940,776 pounds after adjustments for of which U.S. recreational dead discards will be forwarded to the National Marine
developing the Area 2 effort control plan overages. Under Addendum II, states from were 861 mt. Fisheries Service for consideration and
outlined in Addendum VII. Maine to Connecticut may harvest 4,605,650 While the stock is considered rebuilt, approval.
Draft Addendum XII will be available by pounds, states from New York to Virginia the assessment update contains a number of The Board also reconsidered its
October 29, 2008. may harvest 2,064,602 lbs, and North caveats. Theses caveats include: a size previous action regarding the 1,000 pound
Carolina may harvest 1,270,524 pounds. The frequency of the female population that is commercial trip limit for smooth dogfish. At
ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Board Approves northern states (ME to CT) have already concentrated between 75 and 95 cm with the ASMFC Summer Meeting in August
Addendum II harvested their entire allocation and their very few fish above 100 cm or below 70 cm; 2008, the Board voted to implement a 1,000
The Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks fishery will remain closed until the low numbers of juvenile male and female pound trip limit to keep landings from
Management Board approved Addendum II beginning of the 2009/2010 fishing season. dogfish that imply that the population will increasing without having a negative impact
to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan The final Addendum will be available in fluctuate over time decreasing around 2017; on fishermen. After review, the Board found
for Spiny Dogfish. The Addendum includes early November. a continued skewed sex ratio; and the use of that 1,000 pound trip limits would have a
measures from both Draft Addenda II and III assumptions about pup survivorship and large impact on fishermen because it would
that were released for public comment ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Board Sets 2009/ selectivity of gear. After reviewing the eliminate the directed smooth dogfish
throughout September and early October. 2010 Fishing Year Quota at 12 Million assessment update, the Technical fishery. To address the problem, the Board
Addendum II uses the regional Pounds Committee recommended that the Board removed possession limits for smooth
management approach from Draft The Commission’s Spiny Dogfish and take a precautionary approach and set a dogfish while monitoring landings for
Addendum II and includes an allocation for Coastal Shark Management Board quota based on Frebuild = 0.11 = 12 million significant increases. In the case that
North Carolina similar to options contained approved a 12 million pound quota with a pounds. After considering the assessment landings increase by 25 percent relative to
in Draft Addendum III. Under Addendum II, maximum possession limit of 3,000 pounds update and Technical Committee advice, the the previous three years, the Board will
the annual quota will be divided regionally for the 2009/2010 fishing year (May 1 to April Board agreed with the recommendation for review and consider adjusting smooth
with 58 percent allocated to the states of 30). Under the newly approved Addendum the 2009/2010 quota. dogfish specifications accordingly.
Maine to Connecticut, 26 percent allocated II, the quota will be allocated with 58 percent The Technical Committee
to the states of New York to Virginia, and the to states from Maine through Connecticut, recommended status quo possession limits
remaining 16 percent allocated to North 26 percent to New York through Virginia, at a maximum of 3,000 pounds, noting that
Carolina. The Board allocated a specific and 16 percent to North Carolina. under the 3,000 pound possession limit,
percentage to North Carolina because spiny The 2008 New England Fisheries target fishing mortality rates have not been
dogfish are not available to their fishermen Science Center (NEFSC) assessment update exceeded and fishermen have been able to
until late into the fishing season when most indicates that the spiny dogfish biomass is harvest the entire quota. The Technical
of the quota has already been harvested. no longer overfished, with the 2008 estimate Committee urged that possession limits
The North Carolina allocation will allow of spawning stock biomass (194,600 mt) should be set at a level that minimizes
fishermen and processors to plan fishing exceeding the target biomass of 168,000 mt. discards. Qualitative evidence has
operations based on a specific amount of Further, the most recent estimate of fishing demonstrated that discards are associated
dogfish. mortality for spiny dogfish stock indicates with both high and low possession limits.
Regional overage paybacks were also that overfishing is not occurring. Total The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
included in the addendum to maintain the removals in 2007 were approximately 12,136 Management Council Monitoring
conservation goals of the plan. Any mt corresponding to an F estimate of 0.1104, Committee will review the best available
overage of a region and/or state quota will be well below the overfishing threshold of F = science on October 31, 2008 and make
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