ASMFC Seeks Contractor to Facilitate a Stakeholder Workshop to Inform Revisions to the DE Bay Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource Management Program

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a contractor to design and conduct a stakeholder engagement process to inform revisions to the Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework using structured decision making methods. The contractor would facilitate educational meetings, design and facilitate a stakeholder workshop, meet with the Commission’s horseshoe crab technical committees to develop potential modifications to the ARM Framework based on stakeholder input, and develop a report of workshop conclusions and recommendations to the Commission’s Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical Committee and Horseshoe Crab Management Board.  The deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM on August 8, 2025. Please send proposals to Caitlin Starks at [email protected].