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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 35 Number 4
December 2007
Shrimp: 152-day season, no control date
PORTSMOUTH, NH – Following through on the “conditional commitment” it made to industry last year, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Northern Shrimp Section voted at a Nov. 14 meeting here to adopt a 152-day shrimp season from Dec. 1, 2007 through April 30, 2008 with no mandatory days off. ...continued
Debate intense; herring stays as council ‘priority’
NEWPORT, RI – Following weeks of intensive lobbying by the Herring Alliance and CHOIR coalition, the New England Fishery Management Council voted on Nov. 7 to make herring a workload priority during 2008. ...continued
ASMFC supports 45,000 mt Area 1A herring TAC
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Despite another concerted push by industry to secure a moderately higher 2008 and 2009 herring allocation for Area 1A, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Section voted on Oct. 29 to adopt a 45,000 metric ton (mt) total allowable catch (TAC) to match the TAC approved by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). ...continued
ASMFC herring tech committee to conduct review of spawning closure impacts
ANNAPOLIS, MD – With a nod of concurrence from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Section, section Chairman Terry Stockwell of Maine has charged the herring technical committee with conducting a comprehensive review of the conservation benefits of spawning closures. ...continued
New England council sets 2008 priorities
NEWPORT, RI – During its Nov. 6-7 meeting here, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to adopt the list of workload priorities for 2008 developed by its executive committee. ...continued
NMFS implements monkfish FW 4
GLOUCESTER, MA – Since a new stock assessment for monkfish has concluded that overfishing is not occurring on the resource, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) went ahead in October and implemented the full suite of measures contained in Framework Adjustment 4 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). ...continued
NMFS proposes reduced fluke, scup, black sea bass TAL limits for ’08
SILVER SPRING, MD – On Nov. 9, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it had published a proposed rule setting the following total allowable landing (TAL) limits: ...continued
Monkfish FW 5 to cut carryover days to four
NEWPORT, RI – In a move that both stunned and angered industry members, the New England Fishery Management Council voted during its Nov. 6-7 meeting here to reduce the number of allowable monkfish “carryover” days from 10 to four. ...continued
Monkfish status reversed: Stock rebuilt
PLYMOUTH, MA – A new monkfish stock assessment has concluded that the resource in both the Northern and Southern Fishery Management Areas is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring. ...continued
Scallop FW 19 to cut ’08-’09 open-area days
WAKEFIELD, MA – Limited-access scallopers will be allocated five access-area trips but fewer open-area days during the 2008 and 2009 fishing years under Framework Adjustment 19 to the federal scallop plan. ...continued
Scallop Framework 19, what the council OK’d
WAKEFIELD, MA – The following is a brief summary of the primary components of Framework Adjustment 19 to the federal scallop plan as approved by the New England Fishery Management Council on Oct. 25. ...continued
FW 19 impacts general category scallopers
WAKEFIELD, MA – Next year for the first time ever, general category scallopers will be working under a hard total allowable catch (TAC) that will be divvied up on a quarterly basis. ...continued
Council lifts Elephant Trunk Area turtle closure
WAKEFIELD, MA – Concerned it might do more harm than good, the New England Fishery Management Council on Oct. 25 decided against including any seasonal turtle closures in Framework Adjustment 19 to the scallop plan. ...continued
Groundfish sectors resurrected for Amd. 16
NEWPORT, RI – In a solid reversal of its previous decision, the New England Fishery Management Council voted on Nov. 7 to allow the formation of new groundfish sectors in Amendment 16. ...continued
Maine Zone C lobstermen debate limited entry
BROOKLIN, ME – Things may be about to change in the only one of Maine’s seven lobster management zones that doesn’t limit entry into the fishery. ...continued
RI Area 2 lobster case goes to federal court
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance (RIFA), a new group representing a number of Rhode Island fishermen, is now pursuing two lawsuits against the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and its director, Michael Sullivan – one challenging the state’s Area 2 lobster effort control plan and the other questioning DEM’s handling of a request for public records. ...continued
RI council makes lobster, clam, finfish licensing change recommendations
NARRAGANSETT, RI – New commercial licensing regulations for the Rhode Island finfish, shellfish, and crustacean sectors were the focus of discussion at the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council meeting on Nov. 5. ...continued
Hogarth: Fluke TAL cuts don’t go far enough
WASHINGTON, DC – Last year’s action by Congress to extend the stock rebuilding period for summer flounder by three years bought commercial and recreational fishermen a year’s reprieve from drastic quota cuts in 2007. ...continued
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