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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 4
December 2008
ASMFC approves full 180-day shrimp season
GLOUCESTER, MA – For the first time since 1991, northern shrimp fishermen will be allowed to fish a 180-day season starting Dec. 1, 2008 and running straight through to May 29, 2009 with no mandatory days off. ...continued
State, bankers try to aid Maine lobster industry
AUGUSTA, ME – Representatives of Maine’s leading financial institutions attended a Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council meeting on Oct. 27 to explain what the financial community is offering to do to help stabilize the current economic crisis pounding the lobster industry. ...continued
MA adopts dogfish control date; debates harsh black sea bass regs
CANTON, MA – At its Nov. 6 meeting here, the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Commission debated several controversial proposals for dogfish, black sea bass, and scup that will be aired at public hearings later this winter. ...continued
Bluefin tag returns continue to surprise
DURHAM, NH – While fishermen were helping to place tags on juvenile bluefin and raise money for the Large Pelagics Research Center (LPRC) during the Tag-a-Tiny Tournament this summer, data were pouring into the center from tags deployed in 2007. ...continued
Fish tagging offers new insights, questions
DURHAM, NH – Fish tagging technologies, both new and old, and their use in tagging studies were showcased at the Northeast Regional Tagging Symposium held Oct. 17 at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). ...continued
Shrimp advisers seek access to WGOM closure area; hope to revisit limited entry possibility for fishery
GLOUCESTER, MA – Industry advisers to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Northern Shrimp Section asked for help on two key issues during the section’s Nov. 7 meeting here. ...continued
Mid-Atlantic adopts butterfish cap for 2011
KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC – The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has approved a version of Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan that is likely to prompt changes in the traditional Loligo squid fishery. ...continued
Citizens work to protect Gloucester industry
GLOUCESTER, MA – Citizens for Gloucester Harbor, a new working waterfront advocacy group made up of private individuals and organizations, has come together with the goal of preserving the Designated Port Area (DPA) restrictions in places where many of the city’s seafood-related businesses are located. ...continued
ASMFC ups dogfish quota to 12 million pounds
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – Backed by a scientific report stating that the stock is rebuilt, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Spiny Dogfish and Coastal Shark Management Board approved a 12-million-pound dogfish quota for the May 1, 2009-April 30, 2010 fishing year. ...continued
Dogfish stock rebuilt; pup concerns linger
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – A new scientific update on the status of spiny dogfish has concluded that the stock is fully rebuilt and overfishing is not occurring. ...continued
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