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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 35 Number 7
March 2008
Canastra brothers ready to open Boston Seafood Display Auction
BOSTON, MA – The Canastra brothers are ready to make a big investment in the future of the New England fishing industry by replicating their successful Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in Boston. ...continued
2007 herring catch: US down, New Brunswick up
ALEXANDRIA, VA – US fishermen landed significantly less Atlantic herring in 2007 than the previous year, while the New Brunswick weir fishery in Canada chalked up a huge increase. ...continued
Fishermen’s health, MSA flexibility bills introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – Members of Congress introduced two bills in February that could, if made into law, make a world of difference to commercial fishermen in the Northeast. ...continued
Maine 2007 lobster landings and value drop
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME – Preliminary 2007 lobster landings released by the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) on Feb. 19 confirmed what almost every lobsterman in the state already knew. The catch was down last year and, in some areas, it was down by a lot. ...continued
Bergeron leaves Mass partnership after 12 years
NEWTON, MA – David Bergeron has stepped down as executive director of the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership to take a new position at the Fishing Partnership Health Plan (FPHP) as vice president for development and community relations. ...continued
Herring spawning area analysis continues
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Technical Committee needs clearer goals and objectives and more data to properly evaluate how well the current “zero tolerance” spawning closures for sea herring are working. ...continued
Scallop Amendment 15 to address catch, capacity
PORTSMOUTH, NH – Scallopers can expect to see some significant changes in their fishery a few years down the road through Amendment 15 to the federal scallop plan. ...continued
RI council hears aquaculture, striper, tautog reports
NARRAGANSETT, RI – The Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council’s Feb. 11 meeting focused on advisory panel reports and recommendations, starting with a report from David Alves, aquaculture coordinator for the state’s Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). ...continued
Groundfish sector allocation
Permit-history formulas advance as industry considers monumental change
DANVERS, MA – The New England Fishery Management Council has narrowed the range of permit-history alternatives for determining potential fish contributions to groundfish sectors. ...continued
Council adds fourth formula to sector allocation options
PORTSMOUTH, NH – In a surprising move at the tail end of a long three-day meeting here, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to include a fourth formula into the list of alternatives for determining permit history in groundfish sectors. ...continued
NMFS tells industry: Groundfish sectors must meet deadlines
GLOUCESTER, MA – Nineteen different groundfish sectors are up for consideration in Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. ...continued
Anxiety builds over groundfish Amendment 16
PORTSMOUTH, NH – The fishing industry’s sense of trepidation about Amendment 16 to the groundfish plan escalated significantly following the Feb. 12-14 meeting of the New England Fishery Management Council here. ...continued
Pollock, redfish: Can NE rebuild demand?
GLOUCESTER, MA – Bryant Moulton, skipper of the Portland, ME dragger Theresa & Allyson now fishing out of Gloucester, knows where there are plenty of redfish and pollock. So does Timmy Cook of Harpswell, ME, who spent time last summer as the captain of the Gloucester dragger Jamie & Ashley, which until recently fished out of Maine. ...continued
RI fishermen faltering under harsh regs
POINT JUDITH, RI – Severe federal and state fishing regulations are causing hardships that can’t be missed on the Point Judith waterfront. Five fishing boats at one dock have “For Sale” signs posted in plain view by owners who have given up. ...continued
Coast Guard accounts of fishing vessel tragedies
Lady of Grace casualty report blames icing
BOSTON, MA – In a finding that came as no surprise to fishermen familiar with the tragedy, the Coast Guard announced on Jan. 25 that the sinking of the New Bedford-based Lady of Grace in Nantucket Sound on Jan. 26, 2007 with all hands was the result of capsize due to heavy icing. ...continued
FISH-SAFE
Lady Luck: Life raft weak link failed
This column is written in memory of our fishing colleagues Capt. Sean Cone, 24, and Dan Miller, 21, who perished on the night of Jan. 31, 2007 while heading from Portland, ME to Newburyport, MA aboard the Lady Luck. It is also to take action on the recommendation of the Coast Guard commandant to increase industry awareness about the installation and purpose of safety gear. ...continued
ME, MA lobster dealer reporting plans OK’d
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Lobster dealers in Maine and Massachusetts will not be required to report the “statistical area fished” by lobstermen every time they complete a lobster transaction. ...continued
ME DMR proposes ‘low-profile’ rope alternative
HALLOWELL, ME – With concern mounting over the rapidly approaching Oct. 5 deadline to switch floating groundlines to sink rope, lobstermen’s representatives and state managers continue to look for an alternative to the rule that many Maine lobstermen say they cannot live with. ...continued
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