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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 2
October 2008
Herring bait to flow in October, November
DURHAM, NH – In a hard-won and delicately crafted compromise intended to ensure a steady flow of fresh bait into the marketplace for lobstermen entering the peak of their fishing season, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Section voted at a Sept. 24 meeting here to authorize seven more herring “landing” days in October for fish coming out of Area 1A in the inshore Gulf of Maine. ...continued
Tag-a-Tiny Tourney produces giant results
GLOUCESTER, MA – The Tag-a-Tiny Tournament based in Gloucester Aug. 21-24 was a success. With good weather on their side, participating fishermen tagged and released approximately 18 juvenile bluefin tuna. Furthermore, two giants were landed and $10,000 was raised for the Large Pelagics Research Center (LPRC) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). ...continued
Sink rope delayed, float rope fight lost
GLOUCESTER, MA – After months of negotiations, legal wrangling, and impassioned pleas, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) officially agreed to postpone until April 5, 2009 the implementation date of the sinking groundline requirement in the revised Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP). ...continued
GARM highlights groundfish gains, losses
PROVIDENCE, RI – Commercial fishermen have made great strides in rebuilding biomass and reducing fishing mortality on several important groundfish stocks. However, a number of other stocks are still short of their biomass and fishing mortality targets. ...continued
ASMFC floats state-by-state dogfish quotas
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Concerned about potential inequities in its existing allocation system, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Spiny Dogfish Management Board voted at its Aug. 21 meeting here to send two proposals out to public hearing in late September and early October that could significantly change the way annual dogfish quotas are distributed along the coast. ...continued
NE council requests groundfish interim action
PROVIDENCE, RI – The New England Fishery Management Council has asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to take interim action to implement additional groundfish measures for 2009. ...continued
Loligo fishery impacts prompt GSSA to ask for butterfish Amendment 10 delay
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council selected alternatives for Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan during its Aug. 11 meeting that involve serious restrictions on the Loligo and Illex squid fisheries, even though the purpose of the amendment is to rebuild the butterfish stock. ...continued
DMF begins groundfish aid distribution
BOSTON, MA – On Aug. 29, checks went out to qualified permit holders as the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) completed Phase I of a two-part program to distribute $12.7 million of the $13.4 million in “Framework 42, Massachusetts Groundfish Relief” funds appropriated by Congress. ...continued
F&W staff cuts could hurt RI’s council, ASMFC representation
NARRAGANSETT, RI – State budget problems have dramatically reduced staffing levels at the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife (F&W) to the point that the agency no longer has personnel available to serve on advisory panels and attend meetings important to the needs of the fishing industry. ...continued
Maine proposes major scallop season cutbacks
HALLOWELL, ME – Troubled by the “dire status of the resource,” the Maine Department of Maine Resources (DMR) is proposing to close vast areas of the coast to scallop fishing and dramatically shorten the length of the state’s inshore season. ...continued
LAC mulls trap tag fees, effort reduction
AUGUSTA, ME – On Aug. 27, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council (LAC) met to discuss 2009 trap tag fees, review the next management steps to be taken concerning lobstering effort, and consider how replacement tags should be issued. ...continued
Bait supply, prices squeeze ME lobstermen
FREEPORT, ME – Lobstermen and dealers throughout Maine were closely monitoring herring supplies in mid-September and adjusting their fishing practices in response to herring restrictions in Area 1A. ...continued
ASMFC to look at lobster ITT database
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has agreed to send its proposed individual transferable trap (ITT) program back to technical experts and industry advisers for further review of the database needed to track trap transfers. ...continued
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