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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 7
March 2006
Bluefin winter: High hopes, empty pockets
PERKINS COVE, ME - The high hopes of tuna fishermen from up and down the East Coast were dashed as the 2005-2006 winter bluefin fishery off Virginia and the Carolinas came to an end
Jan. 31. ...continued
FW 42 to extend DAS leasing, create sector
PORTLAND, ME – Among the two-and-a-half dozen decisions it made on Framework Adjustment 42 to the groundfish plan, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to extend the days-at-sea (DAS) leasing program “indefinitely” and adopt the Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector. ...continued
Groundfish fleet rocked by FW 42 results
PORTLAND, ME – After two tumultuous days that wore everyone raw, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to forward Framework Adjustment 42 to the groundfish plan to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for approval. ...continued
GOMLF partnership focuses on lobster research
KENNEBUNK, ME - The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation (GOMLF), a small organization that involves lobstermen in collaborative research with scientists, has chugged along steadily, shepherding projects with familiar names but operating almost under the radar. ...continued
Mid-Atlantic fishermen trade in poly for sink line
POINT PLEASANT, NJ - More than three dozen Mid-Atlantic lobster and sea bass pot fishermen recently took advantage of a federal rope exchange program to turn in more than 200,000 pounds of floating line for replacement vouchers worth $2 per pound toward the purchase of sinking line. ...continued
Gloucester display auction goes high-tech
GLOUCESTER, MA - This winter the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction took a giant leap into the world of electronic trading, computerizing its auction system and adding two integrated automatic fish graders for vessel unloading. ...continued
ASMFC looks at lobster mandatory reporting, BRPs
ARLINGTON, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) American Lobster Management Board is considering two major changes intended to help it get a better grip on the status of the overall resource. ...continued
NMFS files groundfish emergency restrictions; to take effect May 1
GLOUCESTER, MA – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced it has filed an emergency action with the Federal Register to impose additional groundfish restrictions on May 1, the start of the 2006 fishing year. ...continued
Massachessetts DMF director changes groundfish endorsement rules
GLOUCESTER, MA - After hearing from the public, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Director Paul Diodati made some dramatic modifications to the agency’s new groundfish endorsement (GE), including significantly broadening the qualification criteria for getting one. ...continued
Trial to begin in LIS lobster die-off case
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – With March at hand and spring fishing on the horizon, most New England lobstermen are starting to think about getting their gear in the water. To the westward, though, three lobstermen have a March 1 date with a federal judge, and they’re looking forward to it. ...continued
Scallop Amd. 11 to address general category
PORTLAND, ME – In its first concentrated attempt to address capacity in the general category scallop fishery, the New England Fishery Management Council initiated Amendment 11 to the federal scallop plan and put its development on a “fast track.” ...continued
NE council keeps Area 1A seasonal gear ban; herring criteria altered, sectors dropped
PORTLAND, ME – Without wavering in its support for a four-month ban on midwater trawling in Area 1A during the peak of summer, the New England Fishery Management Council made three significant changes to Amendment 1 to the federal herring plan before casting a final vote on the package at its Jan. 31-Feb. 2 meeting here. ...continued
Council wrestles with mesh issues in FW 42
PORTLAND, ME – Two proposed mesh-size changes contained in Framework 42 to the groundfish plan generated considerable discussion at the New England Fishery Management Council’s Jan. 31-Feb. 2 meeting here. ...continued
NE council changes herring incidental permit criteria
PORTLAND, ME - At the urging of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the New England council made a significant revision to the limited-access incidental catch permit criteria in Amendment 1 to the federal herring plan during its Jan. 31-Feb. 2 here. ...continued
MA fishermen blast groundfish endorsement
PLYMOUTH, MA - More than 150 Massachusetts fishermen who came out to public hearings in Plymouth and Gloucester in early February voiced nearly unanimous opposition to a plan by the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) to severely restrict the groundfish fishery in state waters. ...continued
Mass Lobstermen’s Association celebrates its 43rd anniversary
HYANNIS, MA - After several years of getting together in Falmouth, the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) returned to Hyannis for its annual weekend and trade show at the Four Points by Sheraton Resort Feb. 2-5. ...continued
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