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    ASMFC Horseshoe Crab Board Approves Addendum VII
    Addendum Implements New Multispecies Management Framework

    Alexandria, VA - The Commission's Horseshoe Crab Management Board has approved
    Addendum VII to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan. The Addendum implements
    the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, which incorporates both
    shorebird and horseshoe crab abundance levels to set optimized horseshoe crab
    harvest levels for the Delaware Bay area. The ARM Framework was developed by the
    Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey in
    recognition of the relationship between horseshoe crab eggs and shorebirds in
    the Delaware Bay Region. The ARM Framework was peer-reviewed in 2009 and
    accepted by the Board in 2010.

    The Addendum allocates the ARM harvest output among the four states (New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Maryland) that harvest horseshoe crabs from the Delaware Bay population. The allocation is based upon multiple decision options,
    including the proportion of horseshoe crabs harvested that originate from
    Delaware Bay and allowance for additional male harvest by Virginia and Maryland
    to compensate for protecting female horseshoe crabs when the ARM harvest output
    includes a moratorium on female crabs. This provision will help meet bait
    demands and mitigate the economic impact of a moratorium on female horseshoe
    crabs.

    The Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee, along with the Horseshoe Crab
    and Shorebird Advisory Panels and the Law Enforcement Committee, played an
    important role in developing Addendum VII.

    As part of implementation, the most recent estimates of horseshoe crab and red
    knot abundance will be used in the ARM Framework to estimate the optimized
    harvest level for Delaware Bay crabs.
    The allocation prescribed within Addendum
    VII will determine how the ARM optimized harvest output will be divided among
    the four Delaware Bay states. Addendum VII will be implemented for the 2013
    fishing season.

    It will be available on the Commission's website
    (www.asmfc.org) under Breaking News or by contacting the Commission at
    703.842.0740. For more information, please contact Danielle Chesky, Fishery
    Management Plan Coordinator, at dchesky@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.

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    I remember when horseshoe crabs were all over and anyone could take them. What different times we live in today.

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