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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 35 Number 10
June 2008
Whale TRT to consider float rope-endline tradeoff
BALTIMORE, MD – In a surprising turnaround, the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (TRT) has indicated it is willing to consider proposals to allow the lobster industry to use float rope for groundlines instead of sinking groundlines in very limited areas. ...continued
Red crabbers on path to MSC certification
GLOUCESTER, MA – The New England Red Crab Harvesters Association has passed a crucial hurdle and is now in the full assessment phase for obtaining Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the Atlantic deep-sea red crab fishery. ...continued
Councils adopt monkfish FW 6 to end backstop
PROVIDENCE, RI – Acknowledging the rebuilt status of the monkfish resource in both the north and the south, the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils each voted at recent meetings to eliminate an existing “backstop” provision that would have shut down the directed monkfish fishery in the Southern Fishery Management Area in 2009. ...continued
ASMFC to look at hard quotas for dogfish
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The state of North Carolina, claiming it is disadvantaged by the existing spiny dogfish seasonal quota split between the north and the south, has successfully won acceptance by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to review how dogfish allocations are made both regionally and on a state-by-state basis. ...continued
Lobster trap transferability work proceeds
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has agreed to have a working group review the details of its proposed lobster trap transferability program before endorsing the provisions for adoption by member states. ...continued
ASMFC says ‘no’ to MA 1/8" v-notch proposal
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) American Lobster Management Board has rejected a proposal by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) to change the lobster v-notch definition in the Massachusetts state-waters portion of Area 1 from “zero tolerance” to “a notch or indentation at least as deep as 1/8", with or without setal hairs.” ...continued
RI Superior Court reverses license denial
PROVIDENCE, RI – Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Susan McGuirl ruled on April 14 that the decision by the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to deny fisherman Patrick Heaney a commercial fishing license with a gillnet endorsement was erroneous. ...continued
Whale scientists call for ‘rope-less’ fishing
BALTIMORE, MD – When it comes right down to it, some of the most notable whale scientists in the Northeast aren’t convinced that sinking groundlines and weak links do all that much to protect endangered whales from entanglements. In fact, they now believe the only way to end the entanglement threat is “rope-less” fishing, meaning gear that doesn’t leave any rope in the water column. ...continued
Oceans advocate Dorry new NAMA executive director
GLOUCESTER, MA – Greenpeace veteran and community activist Niaz Dorry has been named the new executive director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA). ...continued
ASMFC presents 2008 excellence awards
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Recognizing his “tireless devotion to effective management” and his “ability to bridge the gap between stakeholders” and the convoluted fishery management process, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) on May 6 presented its 2008 Annual Award of Excellence in Management and Policy to David Pierce of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). ...continued
Fuel efficiency: Engine experts offer tips
Everyone knows the problem – soaring fuel prices – but what’s the solution? What steps can fishermen take, or at least consider, to reduce fuel use and expense?
For answers, Rick Martin, CFN publisher, recently canvassed the experts – regional marine engine distributors.
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