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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 2
October 2005
General category scallopers need VMS by Oct. 21
GLOUCESTER, MA – General category scallop permit holders who want to possess more than 40 pounds of scallop meats will need to use a vessel monitoring system (VMS) effective Oct. 21.
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Where are the lobsters? Shed late, Maine catch slow to get started
HALLOWELL, ME - What’s going on with lobsters?
That was a much-talked about question in September as Maine lobstermen were still waiting for catch rates to indicate the start of the shedder run. ...continued
Fishermen struggling with Katrina aftermath
BATON ROUGE, LA - The destruction and human suffering caused by Hurricane Katrina is nearly incomprehensible. In a matter of hours on Aug. 29, entire fishing communities along the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coasts were literally washed away. ...continued
Ames receives MacArthur Fellowship
STONINGTON, ME - Fisherman and researcher Ted Ames of Stonington has been awarded one of this year’s 25 fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. ...continued
NE council holds off on GC scallop action
PROVIDENCE, RI – General category (GC) scallopers will not be subjected to new regulations during the 2006 fishing year.
However, at its Sept. 13-15 meeting here, the New England Fishery Management Council strongly suggested that it intends to begin work very soon on a focused amendment to the federal scallop plan to seriously curb effort in this rapidly expanding fishery. ...continued
Yellowtail TAC reduction stuns fleet
PROVIDENCE, RI – The 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder will be less than half of the 2005 TAC. As a result, the US fleet will have to drastically cut back on directed yellowtail fishing next year and make concentrated efforts to avoid yellowtail bycatch while working on other species, including haddock. ...continued
Assessment scientists report good, bad news about groundfish stocks
PROVIDENCE, RI – Many fishermen now know that the severity of next year’s groundfish regulations will directly reflect stock status results from the 2005 Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (GARM). ...continued
Scallopers wait for new ’06-’07 rotation schedule
PROVIDENCE, RI – The limited-access scallop fleet will be operating under a new area rotation schedule during the 2006 and 2007 fishing years once Framework Adjustment 18 to the federal scallop plan is put in place. ...continued
Fleet Visioning Project holding area workshops
SACO, ME – The Fleet Visioning Project has hit the halfway mark in its drive to forge a collective vision of a “fair and sustainable groundfish fleet.” ...continued
Herring industry to comment on limited access, Area 1A purse seine/fixed-gear-only season
NEWBURYPORT, MA – During the month of October, fishermen throughout the Northeast are expected to turn out in large numbers for public hearings on proposed monumental changes to the Atlantic herring fishery. ...continued
NE council pares down groundfish FW 42
PROVIDENCE, RI – In a move intended to insure that Framework 42 is implemented in time for the May 1 start of the 2006 groundfish fishing year, the New England Fishery Management Council deferred consideration of a significant number of framework items to a future regulatory action. ...continued
Feature
Jon Williams: Red crab fishery leader
GLOUCESTER, MA - “In my 72 years along the Gloucester waterfront, I’ve never seen such a professional operation as his,” said George Ingersol, at the dock on a recent summer afternoon. ...continued
Atlantic herring public hearings
The public hearing schedule for Amendment 1 to the New England Fishery Management Council’s Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 2 to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Interstate FMP for Atlantic Herring follows below. ...continued
Massachusetts hikes Outer Cape Cod lobster minimum size to 3-13/32"
BOSTON, MA - Despite serious reservations, the threat of federal sanctions on the state’s lobster fishery convinced Massachusetts regulators to raise the minimum size for the Outer Cape Cod Lobster Conservation Management Area from 3-3/8" to 3-13/32" effective Sept. 23. ...continued
Summer flounder quota in for unexpected cut
DOVER, DE - One of the Mid-Atlantic region’s greatest fishery management success stories apparently isn’t one. Instead of a 3 million pound increase in summer flounder total allowable landings (TAL) next year, commercial and recreational fishermen could be in for a TAL cut of as much as 10 million pounds from what they expected in 2006. ...continued
Maine Lobster Boat Racing 2005
Searsport, Winter Harbor slugfests bring season to a close
WINTER HARBOR, ME - The conclusion of the 2005 Maine Lobster Boat Racing season cruised in on fumes here Sunday, Aug. 28, eight days behind schedule and with the lowest number of racers in memory for this venue. ...continued
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