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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 8
April 2006
Groundfish emergency action stuns New England fleet
GLOUCESTER, MA – With a sense of tremendous anxiety, fishermen up and down the coast were awaiting word from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) about whether the agency would modify its proposed secretarial emergency action for groundfish. ...continued
Point Club helps fishing vessel members buy safety gear
POINT JUDITH, RI - The Point Club, the largest organized fishing vessel mutual insurance club on the East Coast, is taking its commitment to promote safe practices among its members one step further, this time by agreeing to subsidize the cost of putting safety equipment on the boat. ...continued
Haddock movement mapped by tagging program
CHATHAM, MA - Anyone who comes across a haddock with a green spaghetti tag attached to its back should set it aside for some special attention. Doing so could lead to a nice cash prize and will definitely advance the cause of science and management. ...continued
Failure to file timely Fishing Vessel Trip Reports can net big fines
GLOUCESTER, MA - Rhode Island fisherman Greg Duckworth got the shock of his life last September when he opened a registered letter from the NOAA Office of General Counsel and found that the agency planned to fine him $280,000 and suspend his vessel and operator permits for two years for failing to comply with fishing vessel trip report (FVTR) regulations back in 2002 and 2003. ...continued
Chatham MA fleet set to test electronic Fishing Vessel Trip Reporting
CHATHAM, MA - Tinkering with software developed for the Study Fleet cooperative research program, researchers and industry members think they have come up with a viable way to allow fishermen to electronically transmit fishing vessel trip reports (FVTRs) on their way back to port. ...continued
NMFS moving toward electronic FVTRs
GLOUCESTER, MA - It looks like the days of filing paper fishing vessel trip reports (FVTRs) are numbered. ...continued
Gloucester small pelagics group grows again
GLOUCESTER, MA - The small pelagics fishing, processing, and gear operation at the Jodrey State Fish Pier has grown again.
The common share-holder conglomeration – Cape Seafoods Inc., Western Sea Fishing Company, and Swan Net East Coast Services Ltd. – has recently bought both an existing freezer company as well as real estate to expand its gear business. ...continued
Pollution’s effects worry New England council, industry
PORTLAND, ME – Those who make their living on the water intuitively know that pollution is bad for fish. ...continued
‘Box theory’ protects safety gear from fire
After reading the Fish Safe article by Ann Backus in the January issue of CFN about the devastating fire on John Sanfilippo’s dragger Giovanna and his survival, I was prompted to dedicate my next three articles to onboard fires. ...continued
Report on pollution and fisheries available from New England council
Following are a few excerpts from the “Coastal Pollution and New England Fisheries” report prepared for the New England Fishery Management Council by council staffer Chad Demarest and Yale University graduate student Christopher Meaney. ...continued
Scallopers restricted to ‘open’ areas until FW 18 implemented
GLOUCESTER, MA – The 2006 scallop fishing year got underway on March 1 even though Framework Adjustment (FW) 18 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan won’t be implemented until early June. ...continued
ME fishermen’s forum scores with successful event
ROCKPORT, ME - The 31st annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum and Trade Show was held here March 2-4, and by all measure it was a great success. ...continued
DMR hires Myrick; fills protected species program staff positions
HALLOWELL, ME - When Terry Stockwell was promoted to Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) director of External Affairs late last year, his move up left a vacancy in the critical field liaison position between fishermen and the department. ...continued
GMRI initiates socioeconomic survey of lobstermen
ROCKPORT, ME - Gulf of Maine lobstermen may soon be getting a phone call from someone asking questions about their business operation and their financial dependence on the lobster fishery. ...continued
MLA picks Dan White as DMR’s marine patrol officer of the year
ROCKPORT, ME - For the 13th year in a row, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) paid tribute to the state’s Bureau of Marine Patrol by honoring one of its top officers during the Maine Fishermen’s Forum closing banquet. ...continued
Fishermen asked to watch out for Stellwagen acoustic whale buoys
SCITUATE, MA - Researchers have set out nine acoustic buoys in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and are asking fishermen to return them if any should break their moorings. ...continued
Groundfish observers axed due to funding reduction
FALMOUTH, MA - An early March e-mail from a federal fisheries observer was the first tip-off that something big was going on with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Fisheries Sampling Branch (FSB). ...continued
DMR council approves lobster hatchery license
AUGUSTA, ME - The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Advisory Council worked its way through a light agenda at its meeting here on March 15. ...continued
Whales: Winter of gear restrictions in Gulf of Maine, Southeast Atlantic; new ALWTRP rules in the making
GLOUCESTER, MA - The presence of aggregations of northern right whales caused a series of fixed-gear-restricted zones in January and February in the Gulf of Maine, while a right whale calf mortality prompted a gillnet ban off Georgia and Florida that was in effect through the end of March. ...continued
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