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PRST STD US Postage Paid Permit, #454 THE STATE OF MAINE'S BOATING NEWSPAPER Portland, ME Maine Coastal News Volume 32 Issue 12 December 2019 FREE Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Meeting Summary EMMA & ANDREW, a 44 Johns Bay Boat powered with 700-hp Caterpillar, launched in 2013 and owned by Ben Weed of Deer Isle. running through the Deer Isle Thoroughfare. New Castle, NH 28-31 October 2019 bility in specifying the allocation under low been projected to be harvested and under- dum III for Jonah crab; the development of ATLANTIC HERRING MANAGE- quota scenarios moving forward. For 2020, ages from June through September shall be Draft Addendum XXVII on resiliency of MENT BOARD the Board set the Area 1A sub-ACL with rolled into the October through December the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank (GOM/ ASMFC Atlantic Herring Board Initi- 72.8 percent available from June through period. GBK) stock; and the progress of the lobster ates Draft Addendum to Improve Quota September and 27.2 percent allocated from Motion made by Dr. Pierce and second- benchmark stock assessment. Management in Area 1A October through December. The Board may ed by Mr. Cimino. Motion passes (8 in favor, Staff updated the Board on the status of The Commission’s Atlantic Herring reconsider 2020 quota allocation following 1 abstention). implementing new reporting requirements Management Board initiated an addendum final action on the addendum. Move to initiate an addendum to expand for commercial harvesters resulting from to Amendment 3 of the Interstate Fishery Additionally, the draft addendum will the quota period options in Amendment 3 by Addenda XXVI and III. Currently, two of the Management Plan for Atlantic Herring to consider expanding landing provisions for adding options which address challenges required data elements are still in the process consider new approaches for managing the permit holders within the days out program. experienced in low quota scenarios (frequent of being added to reporting platforms: loca- Area 1A (inshore Gulf of Maine) sub-annual The Board utilizes days out of the fishery to starting and stopping of fishing days, small tion (spatial resolution: 10 minute square), catch limit (ACL) under low quota scenar- slow the rate of Area 1A catch. In addition amounts of quota left at the end of the year). and number of buoy lines. Because not all ios. This action responds to the challenges to days out of the fishery, landing restric- The addendum should include, but does reporting platforms can collect the data encountered in managing the reduced sub- tions, such as weekly landing limits, can not have to be limited to, an option which elements, the Board agreed to postpone the ACL based on the 2018 benchmark stock be assigned to different vessel categories. allocates 100% of the Area 1A quota to the requirement for states to collect these two assessment, which highlighted declining The draft addendum will include options months of June- December. The addendum data elements from January 1, 2020 to Jan- trends in recruitment and spawning stock for the days out program such as expanding should also consider expanding the Small uary 1, 2021. In response to concerns about biomass. the small mesh bottom trawl fleet days out Mesh Bottom Trawl Fleet Days Out provi- inconsistent reporting, the Board also tasked Currently, the Board can allocate the provision to all Category C and D permits. sion to all Category C and D permits. the Data Work Group with establishing a sub-ACL throughout the fishing season us- The Board will consider approval of the Motion made by Mr. Train and seconded consistent method for collecting informa- ing bi-monthly, trimester, or seasonal quota draft addendum for public comment at the by Mr. Grout. Passes without objection. tion on trip-level fishing effort. periods to meet the needs of the fishery. For Commission’s Winter Meeting in February. Move to nominate Cate O’Keefe (MA) The Board also discussed Draft Adden- the 2019 fishing season, the Board imple- For more information, please contact Kirby as Vice-Chair to the Atlantic Herring Board. dum XXVII, which was initiated in August mented a bimonthly quota period approach Rootes-Murdy, Senior Fishery Management Motion made by Dr. Pierce and second- 2017 to enhance the resiliency of the GOM/ to maximize the reduced sub-ACL when de- Plan Coordinator, at krootes-murdy@asm- ed by Mr. Reid. Passes without objection. GBK stock. The addendum focused on the mand for bait is high. Due to the low quota, fc.org or 703.842.0740. standardization of management measures the 2019 fishery has experienced frequent Motions AMERICAN LOBSTER MANAGE- across the Lobster Conservation Manage- closures to avoid an overage of the sub- Move to allocate the 2020 Area 1A sub- MENT BOARD ment Areas within GOM/GBK to provide ACL. It is anticipated the 2020 sub-ACL will ACL seasonally with 72.8 percent available Meeting Summary equal protection to the stock. However, be further reduced creating challenges in from June through September and 27.2 The American Lobster Management development of the addendum stalled as distributing the quota throughout the fishing percent allocated from October through Board met to discuss several issues: imple- work on Atlantic Right Whale issues was season. The draft addendum will consider December. The fishery will close when 92 mentation of reporting requirements under Continued on Page 12 alternatives to allow the Board more flexi- percent of the seasonal period’s quota has Addendum XXVI for lobster and Adden- - C o n t e n t s Publisher's Note 4 Lobster Boat Racing Banquet 7 DELA Letter on Whale Issue 11 Classified Ads 28 Calendar of Events 4 U. S. 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