COMMERCE
Subscriber Services
Classified Ads
Subscribe
Advertise
NEWS
This Month
Editorial
Letters
F/V Safety
Past Issues
ABOUT US
Contact Us
Latest Issue
Subscribe
History
MORE CONTENT
CFN Archives
Links
Each month exclusively in the PRINT edition of CFN
Along the Coast
Ask the Lobster Doc
Bearin’s
Classifieds
Coming Events
Editorial
Enforcement Report
FISH SAFE
Fleet Additions
Letters
Lobster Market Report
New Boats
News Catch
Quahog Market Report
|
Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 4
December 2005
NE council cuts haddock cap for herring fleet
HYANNIS, MA – Vessels participating in the directed herring fishery will have to work under a more restrictive haddock bycatch cap in the future if Amendment 1 to the federal herring plan is approved as it stands now. ...continued
Area 2 effort control:
Plan provisions: Moratorium on permits; trap caps, allocations; no gauge increase
WASHINGTON, DC - The new Area 2 lobster effort control plan imposes a tough cap on the number of traps that can be fished in the area. It also does away with all further Area 2 gauge increases – at least for the time being. ...continued
Lobster assessment brings new challenges
GALLOWAY, NJ – Scientists who performed and/or thoroughly scrutinized the latest lobster stock assessment have released their findings, and right up front they state: “The American lobster resource presents a mixed picture.” ...continued
Scallop landings carry New Bedford to 2004 title as nation’s top valued port
SILVER SPRING, MD - For the fifth year in a row, New Bedford has won the distinction of being the number one fishing port in the nation with 2004 landings valued at $206.5 million. That figure was up an impressive $30.3 million from 2003 due to a 35 percent increase in sea scallop landings. ...continued
Council greatly alters herring permit qualification criteria
HYANNIS, MA - The New England Fishery Management Council adopted the following qualification criteria for its new limited-access program in the Atlantic herring fishery. ...continued
Gulf of ME lobsters generally in ‘good’ shape
GALLOWAY, NJ – Despite extremely high fishing pressure, assessment scientists have concluded that the Gulf of Maine lobster stock is in “good condition” with “relatively high” abundance except for the southern portion of the gulf in statistical Area 514. ...continued
NE council OKs herring limited-access; 4-month midwater trawl ban in 1A
HYANNIS, MA – The Northeast region’s Atlantic herring fleet will undergo profound change as it begins responding to a brand new limited-access program expected to be implemented in early 2007. ...continued
Maine plans waterfront access pilot program
AUGUSTA, ME - Now that Maine voters have authorized a $2 million bond issue to fund the Maine Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program, state officials must take on the ambitious task of working out the details as quickly as possible. ...continued
GOM exception: Lobster resource in Area 514 off MA labeled ‘poor’
GALLOWAY, NJ - While scientists found the overall Gulf of Maine lobster resource to be in generally good health, it was a very different story for the southern Gulf of Maine (GOM), specifically in statistical Area 514. ...continued
Inflatable suspenders: A PFD you can wear
Months ago, I was gathering data on casualties at sea in the Coast Guard Northeast District in order to emphasize the need for personal flotation devices (PFDs) during my man overboard (MOB) drills. ...continued
SNE lobster stock in ‘poor’ condition with ‘low’ abundance
GALLOWAY, NJ – No one expected the picture to be pretty, but the sobering report from the American Lobster Stock Assessment Committee confirmed people’s fears. ...continued
MA acts on cod, lobster, fish pot proposals
TAUNTON, MA - As expected, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is moving forward with emergency action to establish a Dec. 1-Jan. 15 cod conservation zone (CCZ). ...continued
Highlights of the proposed Senate Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization act
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2005 would do the following: ...continued
Lobster stock assessment committee and review panel
American Lobster Stock Assessment Committee:
• Bob Glenn, chair, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF);
• Steve Correia, Massachusetts DMF; ...continued
Maine law limiting hide to hairless for lobster bait takes effect Jan. 1
HALLOWELL, ME - Maine lobstermen are reminded that the use of offal as bait for lobster, crabs, and fish will not be allowed as of Jan. 1, 2006. ...continued
|
|
Tell us what you think.
