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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, FEBRUARY 14, 2017<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">States Schedule Hearings on American Lobster Draft Addendum XXV
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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 Massachusetts through Delaware have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum
XXV to Amendment 3 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster. The details of the scheduled hearings follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><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">Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries<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">March 23, 2017; 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">MA Maritime Academy Admiral’s Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">101 Academy Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dan.mckiernan@state.ma.us">Dan McKiernan</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 617.626.1536<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<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 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;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">March 22, 2017; 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;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">University of Rhode Island Bay Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Corless Auditorium, South Ferry Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Narragansett, Rhode Island<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Contact:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
<a href="mailto:scott.olszewski@dem.ri.gov">Scott Olszewski</a> at 401.423.1934</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></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
<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">March 21, 2017; 7PM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">DEEP Marine Headquarters Boating Education Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">333 Ferry Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Old Lyme, Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:mark.alexander@ct.gov">Mark Alexander</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 860.447.4322<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">March 27, 2017; 7PM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">DEEP Kellogg Environmental Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">500 Hawthorne Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Derby, Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:mark.alexander@ct.gov">Mark Alexander</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 860.447.4322<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">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">March 20, 2017; 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">NYSDEC Division of Marine Resources
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">205 N. Belle Mead Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">East Setauket, New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:Kim.McKown@dec.ny.gov">Kim McKown</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 631.444.0454<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<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">March 15, 2017; 6PM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Belmar Municipal Court<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">601 Main Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Belmar, 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><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:tom.baum@dep.nj.gov">Tom Baum</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 609.748.2020<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">Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control & Maryland Department of Natural Resources<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">March 16, 2017; 3 PM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Ocean Pines Library Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">11107 Cathell Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Ocean Pines, Maryland
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Contact:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:craig.weedon@maryland.gov">Craig Weedon</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">at 410.643.4601<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Draft Addendum seeks to address the depleted condition of the Southern New England (SNE) stock while preserving a functional
portion of the SNE lobster fishery. The document presents a suite of management measures to increase egg production and lower fishing mortality through a combination of management tools including gauge size changes, season closures, and trap reductions.
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<p class="BodyText3" align="left" style="margin-right:.25in;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Draft Addendum responds to the results of the 2015 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment which found the SNE
stock is severely depleted and experiencing recruitment failure. Declines in population abundance were most pronounced in the inshore portion of the stock where environmental conditions have remained unfavorable to lobster since the late 1990s. These stock
declines are largely in response to adverse environmental conditions, including increasing water temperatures over the last 15 years, combined with continued fishing mortality.
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<p class="BodyText3" align="left" style="margin-right:.25in;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Draft Addendum XXV focuses on increasing egg production so that, if environmental conditions become favorable, the SNE
stock can benefit from a strong recruitment year. The Draft Addendum includes seven issues. The first proposes four targets to increase egg production, ranging from 20% to 60%, with an additional option for status quo. The second issue seeks input on proposed
management tools to increase egg production and whether these tools should be used independently or in conjunction with one another. The third issue addresses the effects of proposed measures on the recreational fishery. The fourth issue explores the implementation
of season closures and potential impacts to the Jonah crab fishery. The fifth issue examines whether management measures should be uniform across Lobster Conservation Management Areas (LCMA) in SNE. The sixth issue asks how management measures should be applied
to the offshore waters of LCMA 3, which spans both the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank and SNE stock units. The seventh issue asks whether
<i>de minimis</i> states should be exempt from management action taken in the addendum.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Fishermen and interested stakeholders 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><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.asmfc.org/files/PublicInput/AmLobsterDraftAddendumXXV_PublicComment.pdf">http://www.asmfc.org/files/PublicInput/AmLobsterDraftAddendumXXV_PublicComment.pdf</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">or via the Commission’s website,
<a href="http://www.asmfc.org">www.asmfc.org</a>, under <i>Public Input</i>. Public comment will be accepted until
<b>5 PM (EST) on April 7, 2017</b> and should be forwarded to Megan Ware, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, 1050 N. Highland St, Suite 200 A-N, Arlington, VA 22201; 703.842.0741 (FAX) or at
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:mware@asmfc.org">mware@asmfc.org</a> (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Subject line: Draft Addendum XXV).
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<p class="BodyText3" align="left" style="margin-right:.25in;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Board will review submitted public comment and consider action on the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Addendum at the Commission’s Spring Meeting in May 2017. For more information, please contact Megan Ware, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at
<a href="mailto:mware@asmfc.org">mware@asmfc.org</a> or 703.842.0740. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">A PDF of the press release can be accessed at
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http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/58a35e88pr09AmLobsterSNEdraftAddendum_Hearings.pdf</a>.
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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>
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