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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 3
November 2008
ASMFC to consider herring Area 1A options
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – The Atlantic herring fishery in Area 1A may operate very differently next summer if the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) adopts new measures to reduce uncertainty in the fishery and better spread out the available quota. ...continued
ASMFC lobster board seeks Area 1 trap fishery control date
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – Following up on concerns expressed by the Area 1 Lobster Conservation and Management Team (LCMT) about potential trap increases in the federal waters portion of Area 1, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) American Lobster Management Board voted on Oct. 21 to initiate an addendum to the interstate lobster plan. ...continued
Groundfish headed toward quota management
MYSTIC, CT – Following an unexpected debate, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to send a “clear message” to industry that it intends to move toward “an output-based management system” for groundfish – partially through Amendment 16 and then more fully in Amendment 17. ...continued
Quota allocation ‘out’ of herring Amendment 4
MYSTIC, CT – Overwhelmed by the workload involved in developing a comprehensive catch monitoring program for the Atlantic herring fishery while simultaneously developing annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs), the New England Fishery Management Council has decided to eliminate any consideration of quota allocation programs from Amendment 4. ...continued
Herring Amd. 4: Pressure for catch monitoring
MYSTIC, CT – It’s no secret that thousands of people are following the development of Amendment 4 to the federal herring plan.
Lobstermen are watchdogging it to see how management changes might affect the flow of bait, and environmentalists – along with their countless supporters – are scrutinizing every step of the amendment’s development to ensure that the resource is protected as a forage base for other commercially and noncommercially important fish and marine mammals. ...continued
Oil drilling bans lifted, industry mulls future
BOSTON, MA – As of mid-October, all federal bans on offshore oil drilling had been lifted, leaving open the possibility that oil and gas drilling could take place just three miles off the Northeast coast. ...continued
MA adjusts cod closure; dogfish upturn possible
GLOUCESTER, MA – At the recommendation of the state Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Commission voted on Oct. 2 to liberalize restrictions in the Cod Conservation Zone (CCZ). ...continued
Bycatch only part of river herring decline
GLOUCESTER, MA – Midwater trawling may be a contributing factor, but it is not the main reason for the recent precipitous decline in river herring populations along the eastern seaboard. ...continued
Lobster council discusses certification, trap tags
HALLOWELL, ME – On Oct. 2, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council met to discuss certification, penalties, and trap tag issuance policies. ...continued
Lobster crisis: Solutions will come hard
AUGUSTA, ME – The sudden and drastic drop in the lobster market prompted the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to convene a special meeting on Oct. 15 with lobstermen and other members of the public to discuss recent global events that had contributed to the record low prices lobstermen were receiving for their catch in October. ...continued
FAME, ME gov pledge state support
AUGUSTA, ME – Several representatives from Maine’s banking community were on hand at a special Oct. 15 meeting on the lobster market crisis to hear fishermen’s pleas for financial solutions as they struggle to meet their boat and home mortgage payments. ...continued
In Stonington: Eat a lobster, save a community
STONINGTON, ME – Like so many others along the Maine coast, Stonington is a small town with one major economic engine – the lobster industry. Between boats, dealers, and support services, lobstering far and away provides the most employment and the earnings from those jobs sustain the year-round residents who are at the heart of the community. ...continued
ME adopts shrimp, scallop, clam changes
HALLOWELL, ME – The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Advisory Council met on Sept. 17 to receive updates on numerous agency rule-making proposals and other departmental matters of business. ...continued
US Sen. Snowe hears groundfish fears firsthand
PORTLAND, ME – US Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) brought the Congress to her home state on Oct. 14 to hear concerns about the future of the groundfish fishery, current and pending restrictive regulations, and the accuracy of the science behind them. ...continued
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