Amercian Shad Draft PID FINAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission PUBLIC INFORMATION DOCUMENT For Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan For SHAD AND RIVER HERRING ASMFC Vision Statement: Healthy, self-sustaining populations for all Atlantic Coast fish species or successful restoration well in progress by the year 2015. May 2008 PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS AND PROPOSED TIMELINE The public is encouraged to submit comments regarding this document during the public comment period. Comments will be accepted until 5:00 PM (EST) on July 25, 2008. Regardless of when they were sent, comments received after that time will not be included in the official record. The Shad and River Herring Management Board will use public comment on this Public Information Document to develop the first draft of Amendment 3 to the Shad and River Herring Fishery Management Plan. You may submit public comment in one or more of the following ways: 1. Attend public hearings held in your state or jurisdiction. 2. Refer comments to your state’s members on the Shad and River Herring Management Board or Advisory Panel, if applicable. 3. Mail, fax, or email written comments to the following address: Erika Robbins Fishery Management Plan Coordinator Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission th1444 Eye Street NW, 6 Floor Washington, DC 20005 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] (subject line: American Shad). If you have any questions please call Erika ...

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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission     PUBLIC INFORMATION DOCUMENT   For Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan For   SHAD AND RIVER HERRING  

 

  ASMFC Vision Statement: Healthy, self-sustaining populations for all Atlantic Coast fish species or successful restoration well in progress by the year 2015.       May 2008

 

  PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS AND PROPOSED TIMELINE   The public is encouraged to submit comments regarding this document during the public comment period. Comments will be accepted until5:00 PM (EST) on July 25, 2008.Regardless of when they were sent, comments received after that time will not be included in the official record. The Shad and River Herring Management Board will use public comment on this Public Information Document to develop the first draft of Amendment 3 to the Shad and River Herring Fishery Management Plan.   You may submit public comment in one or more of the following ways:   1. Attend public hearings held in your state or jurisdiction.   2. Refer comments to your state’s members on the Shad and River Herring Management Board or Advisory Panel, if applicable.   3. Mail, fax, or email written comments to the following address:   Erika Robbins Fishery Management Plan Coordinator Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 1444 Eye Street NW, 6 th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] (subject line: American Shad).   If you have any questions please call Erika Robbins at [phone].

         

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Approval of Draft PID by Management Board Public review and comment on PID Board review of public comment; Board direction on what to include in Draft Amendment 3 Preparation of Draft Amendment 3 Review and approval of Draft Amendment 3 by Management Board Public review and comment on Draft Amendment 3 Board review of public comment on Draft Amendment 3 Preparation of final Amendment 3 Review and approval of the final Amendment 3 by the Management Board, Polic Board and Commission

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  TABLE OF CONTENTS   Tentative Timeline for Completion of Amendment 3 ..................................................................................................3   Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................5   Management Issues ......................................................................................................................................................5   The Process ...................................................................................................................................................................5   Purpose of the Public Information Document.............................................................................................................6   Current Management ...................................................................................................................................................6   Background ..............................................................................................................................................................6   Monitoring and Enhancement Programs ..............................................................................................................7   Management Program ............................................................................................................................................8   Recommendation to the Secretaries .......................................................................................................................8   Other Management Measures ................................................................................................................................9   Description of the Fishery ..........................................................................................................................................10   Maine ......................................................................................................................................................................10   New Hampshire .....................................................................................................................................................10   Massachusetts ........................................................................................................................................................11   Rhode Island ..........................................................................................................................................................11   Connecticut ............................................................................................................................................................11   Hudson River .........................................................................................................................................................12   Delaware River ......................................................................................................................................................12   Susquehanna River................................................................................................................................................12   Upper Chesapeake Bay .........................................................................................................................................12   Potomac River........................................................................................................................................................12   Virginia...................................................................................................................................................................13   North Carolina.......................................................................................................................................................13   South Carolina .......................................................................................................................................................14   Georgia ...................................................................................................................................................................14   Florida ....................................................................................................................................................................15   Status of the Stock ......................................................................................................................................................15   Public Comment Issues ..............................................................................................................................................18   Issue 1.   reference points and restoration goals of the American Shad StockIncorporate the biological Assessment Report for Peer Review (2007) into the Fishery Management Plan..........................18   Issue 2.   Do not increase directed fisheries for American shad ....................................................................19   Issue 3.   Restrict fisheries operating on stocks where total mortality is increasing and relative abundance is decreasing ....................................................................................................................19   Tables 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