In August 2013 the Council held an expert panel meeting to review an analysis of scup allocations in the commercial and recreational fisheries. This analysis simulated marginal willingness to pay for scup catch based on four modules: 1) commercial valuation, 2) consumer valuation, 3) for-hire producer surplus, and 4) recreational angler surplus.
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Deep Sea Coral Alternatives Development Workshop
Forage Fish Workshop
Squid Management Workshop
On January 15-17, 2013 the Council convened a workshop in Riverhead, NY to explore whether responsive harvest strategies are feasible and appropriate for optimizing yield in the longfin (aka "Loligo") and/or Illex squid fisheries.
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