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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 34 Number 2
October 2006
SNE lobstermen face more effort reductions
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is telling lobstermen who work within the Southern New England (SNE) lobster stock area to come up with more measures to further reduce fishing effort to promote stock rebuilding. ...continued
ME advisers debate lobster entry measures
AUGUSTA, ME – The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council (LAC) met on Aug. 30 to finish its review of draft adjustments to limited entry provisions for the state’s lobster fishery. ...continued
Harbor porpoise takes prompt NMFS outreach
GLOUCESTER, MA – After years of being an example of how gear modifications can solve marine mammal problems, the Northeast gillnet fishery has posted a worrisome increase in the number of harbor porpoise takes. ...continued
East Coast Pelagic Association disbands
CAMDEN, ME – The East Coast Pelagic Association (ECPA), which represented herring and mackerel midwater trawlers from Maine to New Jersey, is no more. On Aug. 31, the association’s five-member board of directors voted unanimously to dissolve the group. ...continued
ME DMR seeks comment on apprentice safety education rule
HALLOWELL, ME – Maine lobstermen now have the opportunity to comment on new draft regulations for the Lobster Apprentice Program that will implement a recommendation by the state’s Commercial Fishing Safety Council. ...continued
MLA secures Maine emergency pesticide limits
KENNEBUNK, ME – In April of this year, Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed emergency legislation to protect marine waters and organisms in the coastal areas of York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc counties. ...continued
Swordfish fleet wants access to US quota
SILVER SPRING, MD – Despite being openly wary that it might be “too little too late,” fishermen turned out during September for a series of meetings to recommend major management changes to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to help the US more fully utilize its legitimate share of the international quota for Atlantic swordfish. ...continued
ME poly rope exchange program survey set for October
KENNEBUNK, ME – “The Bottom Line Project” is the name of a voluntary rope exchange program designed to help defray the cost of replacing floating poly groundline, and Maine lobstermen should be watching their mailboxes for more information. ...continued
Scallopers get turtle chains in Mid-Atlantic
GLOUCESTER, MA – Two years after industry first petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to take emergency action to seasonally require turtle chains on scallop dredges in the Mid-Atlantic, NMFS granted the request by implementing a final rule under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). ...continued
RI council considers fluke, monkfish rules
WAKEFIELD, RI – In anticipation of the 2007 summer flounder season and following an increase in fluke fishery effort, the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council at its Sept. 11 meeting considered several possible management methods for the fishery, but decided not to act until the federal announcement of next year’s coastwide fluke quota. ...continued
Blue Water brings in Ruais as new executive director
BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ – Recognizing the many common interests between swordfish and bluefin tuna fishermen, Blue Water Fishermen’s Association has hired Rich Ruais to serve as its new executive director. ...continued
General category scallopers gain Great South Channel exemption
GLOUCESTER, MA – General category scallopers are back to fishing in the Great South Channel. At the tail end of August, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) authorized a brand new exemption area that made the fishery possible. ...continued
Red tide aid disbursement
Maine
AUGUSTA, ME – US Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced on June 15 that they had succeeded in securing a $5 million appropriation to assist New England shellfish fishermen who were affected by the devastating red tide outbreak of 2005. ...continued
DMF postpones new spawn herring restrictions
DUXBURY, MA - The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will take no action that could disadvantage the state’s herring industry. ...continued
NMFS rejects bid to reopen federal waters to striped bass fishing
SILVER SPRING, MD – In a decision many commercial fishermen will find disappointing if not galling, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Director Bill Hogarth has said “no” to a proposal to reopen federal waters to striped bass fishing. ...continued
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