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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 5
January 2009
ICCAT failure prompts CITES talk for bluefin
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – Positive steps were taken toward improving quota compliance, but beyond that, it was hard for US participants and observers to find much good to say about the results of the 2008 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) regarding bluefin. ...continued
Groundfish Amendment 16 proposals almost set
DANVERS, MA – After more than two years of development, Amendment 16 to the federal groundfish plan is in the final stages of being readied for public hearing. ...continued
Coast Guard proposes use of AIS for fishing boats 65'-plus
WASHINGTON, DC – The Coast Guard has published its long-promised proposed rule to expand the requirement for use of automatic identification system (AIS) technology to include commercial fishing vessels 65' and over. The AIS requirement would apply to nearly all navigable US waters. ...continued
Cape bluefin surprise is ‘Christmas in November’
CHATHAM, MA – Cape Cod bluefin tuna fishermen got a big shot in the arm late this fall when, completely unexpectedly, huge schools of hungry giants showed up off Chatham. ...continued
NE council to look at monkfish ITQs in ’09
DANVERS, MA – At the request of industry, the New England Fishery Management Council has agreed to look at two specific issues that were not originally on its 2009 radar screen. ...continued
Mid-Atlantic honors Ruhles, tackles mackerel
MONTAUK, NY – The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met here Dec. 9-12 to finalize recreational fishing measures for several species, discuss a new amendment to its squid, mackerel, and butterfish plan, and to honor two very special members of the fishing community. ...continued
NMFS reviewing midwater trawl Closed Area I data
DANVERS, MA – Preliminary information from an observed Closed Area I midwater trawl herring trip taken in October has led the New England Fishery Management Council to call for a review of pertinent observer data to determine whether haddock bycatch limits were exceeded. ...continued
Northern windowpane rebuilding poses dilemma
DANVERS, MA – The perplexing status of northern windowpane flounder – often called sand dabs – has fishermen and the New England Fishery Management Council troubled over how to rebuild a stock that people no longer target. ...continued
LAC: More work needed on tiered lobster licenses
HALLOWELL, ME – On Nov. 17, the Maine Department of Marine Resource’s (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council (LAC) met to discuss an early draft proposal for a possible tiered license system that distinguishes full-time from part-time lobstermen as a way of reducing the number of traps in the Maine fishery. ...continued
RI sector pilot program on hold for one year
NARRAGANSETT, RI – After running into heavy opposition during a Nov. 13 public hearing, the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council met on Dec. 1 and voted 4-to-3 to postpone further consideration of a controversial fluke sector pilot program for one year. ...continued
Northeast: Casualties still too high
This is the first in a three-part series based on a report released in October by the Coast Guard Office of Investigations and Analysis entitled “Analysis of Fishing Vessel Casualties: A Review of Lost Fishing Vessels and Crew Fatalities, 1992-2007.” ...continued
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