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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 37 Number 4
December 2009
NE council supports 106,000 mt herring ABC
NEWPORT, RI – Acting on a revised recommendation from its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), the New England Fishery Management Council has selected an Atlantic herring acceptable biological catch (ABC) of 106,000 metric tons (mt) per year for fishing years 2010 through 2012. ...continued
ASMFC approves 180-day 2010 shrimp season
PORTLAND, ME – With an upbeat stock assessment in hand and a recommendation from industry for a six-month fishery, the Northern Shrimp Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) met here on Oct. 29 and easily approved a 180-day shrimp season for the coming year. ...continued
Herring midwater boats now under 100% observers in Closed Area I
GLOUCESTER, MA – Herring midwater trawlers are now required to have 100% observer coverage when fishing inside groundfish Closed Area 1 and are prohibited from releasing unobserved catch except under certain conditions. ...continued
ME LAC seeks solutions to feared bait bust
HALLOWELL, ME – Discussion during the Nov. 9 meeting of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council centered on concerns over potential substantial cuts to Atlantic herring quotas for the 2010 through 2012 fishing seasons. ...continued
Groundfish FW 44 sets ACLs, common pool limits
NEWPORT, RI – The New England Fishery Management Council has decided to sharply reduce Gulf of Maine cod and pollock trip limits for fishermen who elect to remain in the common pool come 2010. ...continued
Gloucester protest rally draws hundreds
GLOUCESTER, MA – Hundreds of fishermen and vessel owners, joined by family, industry business people, and supportive members of the public, rallied on Oct. 30 at the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast regional headquarters to protest NMFS policies and imminent sector and common pool management measures for groundfish. ...continued
NOAA creates ecosystem research partnership
WOODS HOLE, MA – Federal government and academic marine scientists in the Northeast are combining resources in a new effort to better understand how the large marine ecosystem off the Northeast functions. ...continued
RI-based fishermen’s foundation gets $6.5 million
SAUNDERSTOWN, RI – The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF), a nonprofit started in 2003 by a small group of Southern New England fishermen, is ramping up its collaborative research and other programs thanks to a recent infusion of significant federal funding. ...continued
SAFE BOAT
Seven steps to surviving in a life raft
Recently, there have been quite a few abandon-ship incidents in which crews have had to take shelter in their life rafts. What has been most shocking about these events is how little the captains and crews knew about the equipment in their life rafts and what to do to survive aboard the raft until rescued. ...continued
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