Letter to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council that is critical of Framework Adjustment 6, which seeks to change the current risk policy and implement a more risk-prone set of rules that would increase the likelihood of overfishing on butterfish.
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Letter to NMFS outlining concerns about the proposed rule implementing catch limits for the Atlantic mackerel, squid and butterfish fishery, including the failure to incorporate best available science to ensure overfishing of these critical prey species is prevented.
November 19, 2011
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Letter urging the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to approve and send to public comment all the management options that were developed in Amendment 14 to improve monitoring and reduce catch of river herring and shad
September 28, 2011
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Letter to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council requesting that catch limits for Atlantic herring and butterfish be precautionary and based on the best scientific information available
June 10, 2011
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Letter to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council requesting that Amendment 14 include a comprehensive and coordinated bycatch monitoring and reduction strategy for river herring and shad in Mid-Atlantic small mesh fisheries
July 9, 2010
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