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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 5
January 2006
Standoff unresolved; dogfish quota could drop to 2 million pounds
HYANNIS, MA – To the absolute frustration of everyone involved, the spiny dogfish standoff remains as unresolved as ever. ...continued
NMFS has $4.5m for fishermen’s VMS setup costs
SILVER SPRING, MD - Big Brother issues aside, one of the most troubling things about vessel monitoring system (VMS) requirements is the price – about $2,000 for the unit itself, plus additional installation and service fees. But now, the federal government may be ready to defray some of that equipment cost. ...continued
NE council sets 2006 priorities
Scallops, whiting, herring ‘in’; red crab, monkfish, hagfish ‘maybes’
HYANNIS, MA – Industry members will have to wait at least another year before the New England Fishery Management Council tackles any new groundfish issues once Framework Adjustment 42 is done. ...continued
FISH SAFE
Survival suit, dockside exam save fisherman
On Nov 26, John Sanfilippo was fishing 12 miles southeast of Gloucester when he noticed black smoke coming from the engine room. He opened the engine room door to investigate and was instantly hit in the face by a blast of hot smoke. ...continued
New England council casts final votes on scallop FW 18
HYANNIS, MA – Limited-access scallopers will be working under a revised access-area schedule in 2006 and 2007 once Framework Adjustment 18 to the federal scallop plan is implemented this spring. ...continued
Scallop fleet heads into ’06 fishing year under status quo
GLOUCESTER, MA – Limited-access scallopers will start off the 2006 fishing year on March 1 under existing regulations because Framework Adjustment 18, which contains the days-at-sea and area rotation schedules for 2006 and 2007, won’t be implemented by then. ...continued
Limited markets plague shrimp fleet
PORTLAND, ME – The 2005-2006 northern shrimp season opened on Dec. 12 and played out just about as most people expected. Prices were low, and moving product often took extraordinary measures. ...continued
The Johnsons
Maine’s legendary swordfish couple
HARPSWELL, ME - The demands of offshore fishing often require a couple to operate as a team, with the husband on the fishing grounds for days at a time and the wife tending family responsibilities as well as filling in with shoreside tasks for the business. ...continued
Rope exchange funded, GoMOOS cut, MSA moves
WASHINGTON, DC - Between passage of the Commerce Department budget and steady progress on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), Congress has been humming in recent weeks with fisheries-related business. ...continued
ICCAT meeting leaves industry reps unsettled
SEVILLE, SPAIN - The 2005 meeting of the International Commision for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) concluded with the election of National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Director Bill Hogarth as ICCAT chairman for the next two years. ...continued
ME forum plans hands-on gear session; new scholarship policy
ROCKPORT, ME - Well-established fishing industry events run the risk of getting a little stale over time, a challenge the Maine Fishermen’s Forum is meeting head-on. ...continued
NMFS’s tight hold stymies winter bluefin fishery
BRUNSWICK, ME - With yet another dismal New England bluefin fishery in the history books, all eyes have been focused on the winter fishery off Virginia and the Carolinas. ...continued
ME DMR promotes Stockwell
HALLOWELL, ME - Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner George Lapointe has named Terry Stockwell as the department’s new Director of External Affairs. ...continued
Groups deliver funds to hurricane-stricken fishermen
GULFPORT, MS - Representatives of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) delivered both cash and hope to 25 fishermen and their families in hurricane-devastated Gulfport, MS just before Christmas. ...continued
Rec fishermen facing cut in GOM cod catch
NEWBURYPORT, MA – Recreational fishermen might have to take a 35 percent reduction in fishing mortality on Gulf of Maine cod – the same percentage as commercial fishermen – under Framework Adjustment 42 to the groundfish plan. ...continued
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