The Council’s River Herring and Shad (RH/S) Committee and Advisory Panel will meet jointly by webinar on Thursday, July 13, 2023 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Agenda: Review RH/S Update, develop recommendations for the RH/S cap for the mackerel fishery, take public comment.

Contact: Jason Didden - jdidden@mafmc.org, 302-526-5254

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Meeting Materials

• 2023 RH/S Update

• Indices Appendix

  • Compendium (NMFS, NEAMAP, MA, CT, NJ, and DE indices)

  • VIMS 2022 Field Season VA Alosines Report

  • NC Indices Report

• Kerry Reid, Jennifer A. Hoey, Benjamin I. Gahagan, Bradley P. Schondelmeier, Daniel J. Hasselman, Alison A. Bowden, Michael P. Armstrong, John Carlos Garza, and Eric P. Palkovacs. 2022. Spatial and temporal genetic stock composition of river herring bycatch in southern New England Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 80(2): 360-374.

• K.E. Roberts, J.E.F. Stepanuk, H. Kim, L.H. Thorne, C. Chong-Montenegro, J.A. Nye. Developing a subseasonal ecological forecast to reduce fisheries bycatch in the Northeast U.S., Progress in Oceanography, Volume 213, 2023, 103021, ISSN 0079-6611

• Atlantic Coast River Herring Collaborative Forum (links to 2023 Conservation Plan)