{"id":9427,"date":"2016-07-26T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T15:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=9427"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T16:16:12","slug":"mid-atlantic-council-set-to-take-final-action-on-forage-fish-omnibus-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/mid-atlantic-council-set-to-take-final-action-on-forage-fish-omnibus-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Atlantic council set to take final action on forage fish omnibus amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOVER, DE \u2013 In August, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is on schedule to adopt preferred alternatives for an Unmanaged Forage Fish Omnibus Amendment, the first on the East Coast, and only the second in the nation.<\/p>\n

The effort stems from the Mid-Atlantic council\u2019s 2014-2018 strategic plan\u2019s ecosystem planning component.<\/p>\n

The goal of the Unmanaged Forage Fish Omnibus Amendment is to prohibit the development of new fisheries and expansion of existing directed fisheries on unmanaged forage species until the Mid-Atlantic council has had an opportunity to assess the scientific information and consider the impacts to the fisheries, fishing communities, and the ecosystem.\u00a0 The amendment would apply only to the federal waters of the Mid-Atlantic council\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

Forage fish are characterized as small- to moderate-sized fish and invertebrates that make up a considerable portion of predators diets.\u00a0 Forage fish typically school, are preyed upon by other species throughout their lifespan, have a high natural mortality rate, and\u00a0 are an important conduit of energy and biomass to higher trophic species.<\/p>\n

As proposed, the omnibus amendment would treat all but one of the species under consideration as ecosystem components (EC) of existing fishery management plans.\u00a0 Under the Magnuson Stevens…<\/p>\n

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DOVER, DE \u2013 In August, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is on schedule to adopt preferred alternatives for an Unmanaged Forage Fish Omnibus Amendment, the first on the East Coast, and only the second in the nation. The effort stems from the Mid-Atlantic council\u2019s 2014-2018 strategic plan\u2019s ecosystem planning component. The goal of the Unmanaged … <\/p>\n

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