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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MAY 19, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">PRESS CONTACT, TINA BERGER, 703.842.0740<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">ASMFC Releases Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum I for Public Comment
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">States Schedule Hearings for late June/early July<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Arlington, VA – The states of Rhode Island through Delaware have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum
I to Amendment 2 the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Menhaden. The details of those hearings follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">June 20, 2016 at 6:00 PM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">University of Rhode Island Bay Campus
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Corliss Auditorium
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">South Ferry Road
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Narragansett, Rhode Island
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Contact:
</span><a href="mailto:jason.mcnamee@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Jason McNamee</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">at 401.423.1943</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
</span></u><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">June 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Marine Headquarters<br>
Boating Education Center<br>
333 Ferry Road<br>
Old Lyme, Connecticut<br>
Contact: </span><a href="mailto:David.simpson@ct.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">David Simpson</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 860.434.6043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">New York State Department of Environmental Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">June 29, 2016 at 6:30 PM</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
Bureau of Marine Resources <br>
205 North Belle Mead Road <br>
East Setauket, New York <br>
Contact: </span><a href="mailto:james.gilmore@dec.ny.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jim Gilmore</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 631.444.0430<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">July 7, 2016 at 6:30 PM</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Atlantic County Library (Galloway Twp. Branch)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">306 East Jimmie Leeds Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Galloway, New Jersey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:
</span><a href="mailto:russ.allen@dep.nj.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Russ Allen</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 609.748.2037<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<u>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">June 23, 2016 at 6:00 PM</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br>
Easton High School<br>
723 Mecklenburg Avenue<br>
Easton, Maryland<br>
Contact: </span><a href="mailto:michael.luisi@maryland.gov"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lynn</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Fegley</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 410.260.8285
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<b><u>Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control</u><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">July 6, 2016; 6 PM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">DNREC Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">89 Kings Highway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Dover, Delaware<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:
</span><a href="mailto:John.Clark@state.de.us"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">John Clark</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 302.739.9914<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Draft Addendum proposes modifying the FMP’s bycatch allowance provision. Specifically, it considers allowing two licensed individuals
to harvest up to 12,000 pounds of menhaden bycatch when working from the same vessel fishing stationary, multi-species gear - limited to one vessel trip per day. Bycatch represents less than 2% of the total coastwide landings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The practice of two permitted fishermen working together from the same vessel to harvest Atlantic menhaden primarily occurs in the
Chesapeake Bay pound net fishery. This practice enables the fishermen to pool resources for fuel and crew. However, the practice is currently constrained by the FMP’s bycatch allowance provision, which includes a 6,000 pound/vessel/day limit. The Draft Addendum
seeks comment on whether the provision should be revised to accommodate the interests of fixed-gear fishermen who work together, as authorized by the states and jurisdictions in which they fish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The intent of Draft Addendum I is to add flexibility to one element of the bycatch allowance provision while the Board prepares
to address menhaden management more comprehensively through the development of Draft Amendment 3 to the FMP over the next two years. A subsequent press release on the public hearing schedule and Draft Addendum I availability will be distributed once state
hearings have been scheduled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Fishermen and other interested groups are encouraged to provide input on the Draft Addendum either by attending state public hearings or providing written
comment. The Draft Addendum can be obtained at </span><a href="http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/573dd50fAtlMenhadenDraftAddendumI_PublicComment_May2016.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/573dd50fAtlMenhadenDraftAddendumI_PublicComment_May2016.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">or via the Commission’s website</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="http://www.asmfc.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.asmfc.org</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">,</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
under <i>Public Input</i>. Public comment will be accepted until <b>5:00 PM (EST) on July 11, 2016</b> and should be forwarded to Megan Ware, FMP Coordinator, 1050 N. Highland St, Suite A-N, Arlington, VA 22201; 703.842.0741 (FAX) or at</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><a href="mailto:mware@asmfc.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mware@asmfc.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">(Subject line: Draft Addendum I).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Tina Berger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Director of Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200A-N<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Arlington, VA 22201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">703.842.0740
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