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DZ · 08-21-2012, 01:29 PM

I'm hearing its the warm water that has caused severe potting shortages. But it might be related to this:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUGUST 9, 2012
PRESS CONTACT, TINA BERGER, 703.842.0740

ASMFC American Eel Board Initiates Development of Draft Addendum III to Improve Conservation and Protection of the Stock

Alexandria, VA –The Commission’s American Eel Management Board has initiated the development of Draft Addendum III with the goal of reducing mortality and increasing the conservation of American eel stocks across all life stages. The 2012 benchmark stock assessment found the American eel population in U.S. waters is depleted. The stock is at or near historically low levels, due to a combination of including historical overfishing, habitat loss, food web alterations, predation, turbine mortality, environmental changes, toxins and contaminants, and disease.

The Draft Addendum will include a range of options suggested by the American Eel Technical Committee, including possible moratoria on glass (elver) and silver eel harvest, reductions in glass and yellow eel catch and effort, seasonal closures, and future monitoring requirements. The commercial fishery is currently regulated by a six inch size minimum, with the exception of Maine and South Carolina glass eel fisheries, and the recreational fishery is currently regulated by a 50 fish per day creel limit. States and jurisdictions are required to annually report on commercial harvest and monitor juvenile abundance. The Draft Addendum will be developed for preliminary review by the American Eel Management Board in October.

For more information, please contact Kate Taylor, Fishery Management Coordinator, at ktaylor@asmfc.org <mailto:ktaylor@asmfc.org> or 703.842.0740.

DZ

08-21-2012, 01:29 PM	#2
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	I'm hearing its the warm water that has caused severe potting shortages. But it might be related to this: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, AUGUST 9, 2012 PRESS CONTACT, TINA BERGER, 703.842.0740 ASMFC American Eel Board Initiates Development of Draft Addendum III to Improve Conservation and Protection of the Stock Alexandria, VA –The Commission’s American Eel Management Board has initiated the development of Draft Addendum III with the goal of reducing mortality and increasing the conservation of American eel stocks across all life stages. The 2012 benchmark stock assessment found the American eel population in U.S. waters is depleted. The stock is at or near historically low levels, due to a combination of including historical overfishing, habitat loss, food web alterations, predation, turbine mortality, environmental changes, toxins and contaminants, and disease. The Draft Addendum will include a range of options suggested by the American Eel Technical Committee, including possible moratoria on glass (elver) and silver eel harvest, reductions in glass and yellow eel catch and effort, seasonal closures, and future monitoring requirements. The commercial fishery is currently regulated by a six inch size minimum, with the exception of Maine and South Carolina glass eel fisheries, and the recreational fishery is currently regulated by a 50 fish per day creel limit. States and jurisdictions are required to annually report on commercial harvest and monitor juvenile abundance. The Draft Addendum will be developed for preliminary review by the American Eel Management Board in October. For more information, please contact Kate Taylor, Fishery Management Coordinator, at ktaylor@asmfc.org <mailto:ktaylor@asmfc.org> or 703.842.0740. DZ Last edited by DZ; 08-21-2012 at 01:30 PM.. Reason: spelling
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