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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 37 Number 12
August 2010
Fishermen help locate, tag SNE winter flounder
NEW BEDFORD, MA – Commercial fishermen with years of experience in the Great South Channel are helping scientists this summer track down, measure, and tag winter flounder to obtain better information about overall stock abundance and distribution. ...continued
GOM winter flounder: A big problem stock
PORTLAND, ME – Well aware that extremely low allocations of Gulf of Maine winter flounder could end up severely limiting fishing activity for many groundfish fishermen, the New England Fishery Management Council nevertheless concluded on June 23 that it might make matters worse if it asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to take emergency action to deal with the situation. ...continued
Scallopers hit Nantucket Lightship; avoid yellowtail
NEW BEDFORD, MA – Scallopers took full advantage of the June 28 opening of the Nantucket Lightship Access Area and steamed there en masse to reap the benefits of their single allocated trip into the area for the 2010 fishing year. ...continued
Monkfish:
Sector, IFQ, catch share debate to begin
PORTLAND, ME – With eyes wide open and hoping to borrow some “lessons learned” from the groundfish experience, the New England Fishery Management Council is preparing to launch an extensive outreach and education program to gather industry ideas about potential catch share programs for the monkfish fishery. ...continued
Bluefin small, skinny, but steady in July
HARWICH, MA – The bluefin tuna season was plugging along in late July. Fishing action was concentrated off the coast of Maine and producing consistent landings that were welcomed by a number of dealers. ...continued
Dogfish officially rebuilt; NMFS ups 2010 quota
PORTLAND, ME – Paul Rago of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center sat before the New England Fishery Management Council on June 23, ready to give a deta ...continued
New gillnet pinger rules take effect Sept. 15
GLOUCESTER, MA – For any gillnetter who needs a reminder, here it is. New rules to protect harbor porpoises, including new area management measures and pinger equipment and training requirements, come online Sept. 15. ...continued
Vineyard fishermen sue to stop Cape Wind farm
WASHINGTON, DC – Undaunted by the failure of high-powered, well-financed groups to stop the massive Cape Wind Associates energy farm planned for Nantucket Sound, a group representing small boat fishermen has filed suit in federal court seeking to halt construction of the project. ...continued
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