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Published: April 6, 2011
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Published: March 21, 2011
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Published: March 20, 2011
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EmailThe ASMFC Tautog Management Board recently approved Addendum VI to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Tautog in response to the latest scientific advice that the stock continues to be overfished with overfishing occurring.
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EmailThe Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board has initiated development of Draft Addendum III.
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Published: April 6, 2011
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EmailNOAA’s Fisheries Service will require commercial fishermen who fish for yellowfin tuna, swordfish and other species with longlines in the Gulf of Mexico to use a new type of hook, called a weak hook, designed to reduce the incidental catch of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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Published: March 24, 2011
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EmailThe ASFMC's Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board (Board) has approved Addendum III to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Dogfish (Addendum III).
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Published: March 24, 2011
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EmailThe Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Atlantic Menhaden Management Board initiated a draft addendum proposing an interim biological reference point of 15% maximum spawning potential (MSP) with the goal of increasing abundance, spawning stock biomass, and menhaden availability as a forage species.
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Published: March 23, 2011
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EmailThe Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded its three-day meeting in Utulei, American Samoa, with recommendations on management of fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) waters surrounding the Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the US Pacific remote island areas.
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Published: March 22, 2011
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EmailEffective March 22, 2011, NOAA Fisheries Service has closed federal waters within 25 nautical miles of the state waters off South Carolina to the harvest of brown, pink, and white shrimp through June 6, 2011.
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Published: March 21, 2011
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EmailOn March 16, 2011, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced that he would allow fishermen and businesses until May 6, 2011 to submit complaints about potentially excessive enforcement penalties to the Special Master for review, as well as request stays of their penalties as part of the complaint process.
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Published: March 21, 2011
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EmailA new emergency increase to the butterfish fishing limit will enable squid fishermen off the northeast, who often catch butterfish unintentionally while fishing for squid, to continue working, while still protecting the butterfish stock.
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Published: March 20, 2011
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EmailNOAA's Fisheries Service has announced that it will propose increasing the spiny dogfish quota to 20 million pounds for 2011. The new quota would be a 33 percent increase over the 2010 catch limit of 15 million pounds.
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