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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 6
February 2009
Industry reels from NMFS groundfish proposal
GLOUCESTER, MA – The groundfish industry couldn’t have been more shocked in mid-January when the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released its proposed rule for secretarial interim action to further reduce fishing mortality during the 2009 fishing year. ..continued
Fishermen urged to track RI wind farm plan
KINGSTON, RI – Commercial fishermen are organizing to make sure their interests are considered in a fast-tracked process to site a $1.5 billion, multiphased wind farm project off Rhode Island in both state and federal waters. ...continued
Scup stock rebuilt; MA proposes black sea bass adjustments
BOSTON, MA – There has been a real turn-around in the official view of the scup resource, and it may go a little way toward easing what is expected to be a very tough year for Massachusetts inshore fishermen. ...continued
NMFS finds petition to list wolffish ‘may be warranted’
GLOUCESTER, MA – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has found that a petition filed by the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), Les Watling, and Erica Fuller to list Atlantic wolffish as a threatened or endangered species “may be warranted.” ...continued
Max vs. Holmes: Whale entanglement case
BOSTON, MA – The lawsuit brought by whale protection crusader Max Strahan against Plymouth, MA lobsterman Dan Holmes went to trial in mid-December, nearly two years after it was originally filed. ...continued
ASMFC weighs changes to herring 1A fishery
DANVERS, MA – The Atlantic herring fishery in Area 1A will be closed from Jan. 1 through May 31 as a result of action taken by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Section, which met on Dec. 15. ...continued
Scallop BiOp seeks action to protect turtles
DANVERS, MA – A biological opinion (BiOp) about the Atlantic scallop fishery’s impact on sea turtles has concluded that the fishery “may adversely affect but is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of turtles.” ...continued
Cod tag recaptures reveal ‘migration highways’
PORTLAND, ME – The Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program (NRCTP) was initiated in 2002 and has been coordinated by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). The last region-wide Atlantic cod tagging effort took place around 50 years ago and much has changed in the fishery since then. ...continued
Shrimp price down; global economy hits markets
FREEPORT, ME – Market prospects remained weak for northern shrimp harvesters and processors in mid-January, a month and a half into the season, which opened on Dec. 1. ...continued
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