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Lead Agency: Implement management measures consistent with recent stock assessments for sandbar, porbeagle, dusky, blacktip, and Large Coastal Sharks (LCS); initiate rebuilding plans for porbeagle, dusky, and sandbar sharks; implement commercial quotas and retention limits consistent with stock asse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Office Of Sustainable Fisheries, Margo Schulze-haugen
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.423.1149
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/FMP/AM2_DEIS/Total.pdf
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Summary:Lead Agency: Implement management measures consistent with recent stock assessments for sandbar, porbeagle, dusky, blacktip, and Large Coastal Sharks (LCS); initiate rebuilding plans for porbeagle, dusky, and sandbar sharks; implement commercial quotas and retention limits consistent with stock assessment recommendations to prevent overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks; modify recreational measures to reduce fishing mortality of overfished/overfishing stocks; modify reporting requirements; modify timing of shark stock assessments; clarify timing of release for annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports; update dehooking requirements for smalltooth sawfish; collect shark life history information through the implementation of a shark research program; and, consider additional time/area closures proposed by the South Atlantic