njdiver1
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Draft Addendum XVII
Purpose
 Respond to the 2009 Stock Assessment
 Respond to the TC Recruitment Failure Report
 Reach the Goal and Objectives of the Plan
 Reduce the level of fishery removals in order to initiate rebuilding the stock to the target level by 2022
Statement of the Problem
 Stock is Overfish (below the threshold N)
 73% increase is needed to be above the target
 Reproductive and Abundance potential continuing to decline
 Stock is experiencing a recruitment failure which is preventing the SNE stock from rebuilding
Due to environmental drivers
Due to continued fishing mortality
Management Options
 Commercial Trap Fishery
 Commercial Non-Trap Fishery
 Recreational Fishery
 Monitoring
Commercial Trap Fishery
 Status quo
 Quota for all of SNE
2,735,423 pounds (50% reduction)
1,367,712 pounds (75% reduction)
 Closed season: August 1-September 30
 Harvest Moratorium
Commercial Non-Trap Fishery
 Status quo: 100/500
 Trip Limits
50/250 (50% reduction)
25/125 (75% reduction)
 Quota: would need to set quota numbers
 Closed season: August 1-September 30
 Harvest Moratorium
Recreational Fishery
 Status quo: State Measures
 Trap Limits
1, 2, 3 pots per person
 Possession Limits
1, 3, or 5 lobster per person per 24 hours
 Harvest Moratorium
Monitoring
 Status Quo
 If a moratorium option were adopted
Sea and Port sampling would not be required
Encourage states to sample lobster in conjunction with other fishery sampling
LCMT 3 Proposal
 Trap reductions at 2.5% for the next 10 years
 Trap Cap reduction each year to follow the highest trap allocation
Final to be 1,800
Address the historical method of fishing west of 70 line and 1509 to the East
 Modify the Transferability Plan
7.5% growth each year
Trap banking to allow fishermen to buy-up
 Crab Provision: any trap capable of catching lobster, set in LCMA 3, must possess a lobster trap tag with an area 3 designation
http://www.asmfc.org/meetings/69thAnnualMeeting/presentations/AmericanLobsterBoardPresentationsNov2010.pdf
Purpose
 Respond to the 2009 Stock Assessment
 Respond to the TC Recruitment Failure Report
 Reach the Goal and Objectives of the Plan
 Reduce the level of fishery removals in order to initiate rebuilding the stock to the target level by 2022
Statement of the Problem
 Stock is Overfish (below the threshold N)
 73% increase is needed to be above the target
 Reproductive and Abundance potential continuing to decline
 Stock is experiencing a recruitment failure which is preventing the SNE stock from rebuilding
Due to environmental drivers
Due to continued fishing mortality
Management Options
 Commercial Trap Fishery
 Commercial Non-Trap Fishery
 Recreational Fishery
 Monitoring
Commercial Trap Fishery
 Status quo
 Quota for all of SNE
2,735,423 pounds (50% reduction)
1,367,712 pounds (75% reduction)
 Closed season: August 1-September 30
 Harvest Moratorium
Commercial Non-Trap Fishery
 Status quo: 100/500
 Trip Limits
50/250 (50% reduction)
25/125 (75% reduction)
 Quota: would need to set quota numbers
 Closed season: August 1-September 30
 Harvest Moratorium
Recreational Fishery
 Status quo: State Measures
 Trap Limits
1, 2, 3 pots per person
 Possession Limits
1, 3, or 5 lobster per person per 24 hours
 Harvest Moratorium
Monitoring
 Status Quo
 If a moratorium option were adopted
Sea and Port sampling would not be required
Encourage states to sample lobster in conjunction with other fishery sampling
LCMT 3 Proposal
 Trap reductions at 2.5% for the next 10 years
 Trap Cap reduction each year to follow the highest trap allocation
Final to be 1,800
Address the historical method of fishing west of 70 line and 1509 to the East
 Modify the Transferability Plan
7.5% growth each year
Trap banking to allow fishermen to buy-up
 Crab Provision: any trap capable of catching lobster, set in LCMA 3, must possess a lobster trap tag with an area 3 designation
http://www.asmfc.org/meetings/69thAnnualMeeting/presentations/AmericanLobsterBoardPresentationsNov2010.pdf
