Fishery Management Report No.44 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker

• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) 2005
• Subjects: environmental data; environmental funding; environmental law; environmental monitoring; fish; fisheries; habitats; land use; legislation; threatened species; water resources; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act; Atlantic Croaker; Bottlense Dolphin; Harbor Porpoise; Pilot Whale; Humpback Whale; Sea Turtles; Seabirds; protected species; Woodward
• Online Access: http://www.asmfc.org/; http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/NJEDL.Report.n4299

This document is a management plan for the Atlantic croaker stocks. It states that effective management will require controls on mortality due to fishing and habitat degradation, as well as cooperation among the groups responsible for managing different areas utilized by Atlantic croaker. It also reports upon Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic croaker. The goal of this Amendment is 'to utilize interstate management to perpetuate the self sustainable Atlantic croaker resource throughout its range and generate economic and social benefits from its commercial and recreational harvest and utilization over time.' 'This Management Plan was prepared under the guidance of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board, Chaired by Spud Woodward of Georgia. Technical and advisory assistance was provided by the Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee, the Atlantic Croaker Stock Assessment Subcommittee, and the Atlantic Croaker Advisory Panel.' 'Plan Development Team Members: Nancy Wallace, AMFC, Chair, Doug Lipton, University of Maryland, Tim Moore, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, Harry Rickabaugh, Maryland Department of Natural Resources'