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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">REMINDER that this meeting is
<b><u>TONIGHT</u></b> and that the <b><u>meeting link for this meeting has changed</u></b> as it will be hosted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Please see the attached
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/chrome-extension:/*efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https:/www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/6596eeccPR01AmLobsterPublicMeeting_LCMA2_3FedMeasures.pdf__;Lw!!KKphUJtCzQ!PznhfWfAcimsAc2LOcOnPEVI1gieEeIKW3z9QaVfzyKE1qos5C_JL99RnIwJP-Uxa73q3lMOMDBQBzwUC-DOJpbnXsPl4isCI_zdURY$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">meeting
notice [chrome-extension]</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> from ASMFC to register and attend the meeting.
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">Virtual Meeting Notice Lobster Conservation Areas 2 and 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Wednesday, January 10, 2024; 4:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/us02web.zoom.us/j/82193235703?pwd=UG53cURHamtwR0FyTEhqNUhpdE5LZz09__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NIll07RkmfxbwR94SC02qJmwK04nJ4hHvGiWs_biKNHx049Q8wrxb-0IRQJfRVLEo-iz8Njn2Wmb8LvjV97D_3b4dyYj71q2H0-Ww5M$"><s><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82193235703?pwd=UG53cURHamtwR0FyTEhqNUhpdE5LZz09</span></s><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:red">
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</span></s><s><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red;letter-spacing:.3pt">821 9323 5703<o:p></o:p></span></s></p>
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139048<o:p></o:p></span></s></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Based on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's recommendations, NOAA Fisheries is implementing aggregate ownership caps in Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 and a maximum trap cap reduction in Area
3. This meeting is intended to solicit industry comment on the interim final rule to help inform the Lobster Management Board at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In summary, the Area 2 ownership cap would restrict most entities to 800 traps, effective one fishing year after the final rule is effective (May 1, 2025). This measure complements the Commission's Area 2 recommendations
in Addendum XXI but does not include all of the specific Area 2 measures as originally envisioned. Area 3 maximum trap cap reductions and a new, aggregate ownership cap with proportionate reductions that would allow entities to own five times the number of
the maximum trap cap. An entity with an allocation that exceeds this limit would be capped at their current number of traps and may not purchase additional traps.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The interim final rule can be found at:
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21466/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-atlantic-coastal-fisheries-cooperative-management-act__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NIll07RkmfxbwR94SC02qJmwK04nJ4hHvGiWs_biKNHx049Q8wrxb-0IRQJfRVLEo-iz8Njn2Wmb8LvjV97D_3b4dyYj71q2P8bxzgM$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/02/2023-21466/fisheries-of-the-northeastern-united-states-atlantic-coastal-fisheries-cooperative-management-act</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
[federalregister.gov]</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For more information please contact Scott Olszewski RIDEM Division of Marine Fisheries, (401)423-1934,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:scott.olszewski@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">scott.olszewski@dem.ri.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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