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Wait and See...
Eel Management board (ASMFC) meets on January 29 to hear presentations on the stock assessment (basic message of the assessment is from limited data it appears that eels need greater regulations). The agenda says that the board will “Possibly Initiate Management Action.” The management options that will be presented are basically gear restrictions (smaller openings in eel pots) and 30-day closures to correspond with eel downstream migrations.
As far as the federal Endangered Species process, the regional FWS scientists sent their 12-month findings off to DC back in December, and they could be published in the federal register any day or not for a while… nobody seems to know. Once they are published, it is a 60-day public comment period before they are listed or not.
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