July 2010 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13.
STATES SCHEDULE HEARINGS ON STRIPE BASS DRAFT ADDENDUM II Commercial Fishing News
WASHINGTON, DC – Atlantic coastal states from Maine through North Carolina have scheduled their hearings to gather pub- lic comment on Draft Addendum II to Amend- ment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. The dates, times, and locations of the scheduled meet- ings follow:
Maine Department of Marine Resources September 14, 2010; 6:00 PM Town of Yarmouth Log Cabin 196 Main Street Yarmouth, Maine
Contact: Terry Stockwell at (207) 624-6553
New Hampshire Fish and Game September 13, 2010; 7:00 PM Urban Forestry Center 45 Elwyn Road
Portsmouth, New Hampshire Contact: Doug Grout at (603) 868-1095
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries August 16, 2010; 6:00 PM Holiday Inn 55 Ariadne Road
Dedham, Massachusetts Contact: Jared Silva at (617) 626-1534
Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife August 17, 2010; 6:00 PM
URI, Narragansett Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium
215 South Ferry Road Narragansett, Rhode Island Contact: Mark Gibson at (401) 423-1935
Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protec- tion
July 13, 2010; 7:00 PM Fayerweather Yacht Club 51 Brewster Street Bridgeport, Connecticut
Contact: David Simpson at (860) 434-6043
July 14, 2010; 7:00 PM Marine Headquarters 333 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, Connecticut Contact: David Simpson at (860) 434-6043
New York Dept. of Environmental Conserva- tion
July 21, 2010; 7:00 PM
Marine Resources Headquarters 205 North Belle Mead Road, Suite 1 East Setauket, New York
Contact: Steve Heins at (631) 444-0436
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife July 22; 7:00 PM
Toms River Township Clerk’s Office L. Manuel Hirshblond Room
33 Washington Street Toms River, New Jersey
Contact: Brandon Muffley at (609) 748-2020
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission July 20, 2010; 6:30 PM
Pennsbury Manor, Visitor’s Center Audito- rium
400 Pennsbury Memorial Road Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Contact: Leroy Young at (814) 359-5177
Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control June 16, 2010; 7:30 PM
Richardson and Robbins Building Audito- rium
89 Kings Highway Dover, Delaware
Contact: Craig Shirey at (302) 739-9914
The Draft Addendum proposes two changes to the striped bass management program: (1) an increase in the coastal com- mercial quota, and (2) revising the definition of recruitment failure based on Technical Committee advice.
The proposal to increase the coastal commercial quota is intended to improve equality between the commercial and recre- ational fishery sectors. Although Amend- ment 6 established management programs for both fisheries based on the same target fish- ing mortality rate, the implementation of state-specific quotas for coastal commercial harvest (and not for recreational harvest) has prevented the commercial and recreational fisheries from responding equally to changes in striped bass population size. Since 2003, coastal commercial harvest has decreased by 3.6 percent, while recreational harvest has increased by 13.7 percent. Under the option, the Board would select a percent increase to be applied to the coastal commercial alloca- tions assigned in Amendment 6. The Management Board voted to in- clude a second issue in the Draft Addendum based on information presented at the meet- ing. As part of its review of the juvenile abundance indices, the Striped Bass Techni- cal Committee recommended to the Manage- ment Board a revision to how striped bass recruitment failure is defined. Juvenile abun- dance indices are an important component of the striped bass monitoring program and are used to determine periods of recruitment fail- ure which can trigger management action under Amendment 6. Adopting the proposed recommendation would result in a fixed value to determine recruitment failure in each sur- veyed area rather than a value that changes from year to year. Use of either the Amend- ment 6 definition or the Technical Committee recommendation for recruitment failure does
not result in any necessary changes to the current management program.
Fishermen and other interested groups are encouraged to provide input on the Draft Addendum, either by attending public hear- ings or providing written comments. The Draft Addendum can be obtained via the Commission’s website at
www.asmfc.org under Breaking News or by contacting the Commission at (202) 289-6400. Public com-
ment will be accepted until 5:00 PM (EST) on October 1, 2010 and should be forwarded to Nichola Meserve, FMP Coordinator, 1444 Eye Street, NW, Sixth Floor, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 289-6051 (FAX) or at
nmeserve@asmfc.org (Subject line: Striped Bass Addendum II). For more information, please contact Nichola Meserve, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator at (202) 289- 6400 or
nmeserve@asmfc.org.
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