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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 8
April 2009
MFA pursues herring midwater trawl lawsuit
WASHINGTON, DC – The Port Clyde, ME-based Midcoast Fishermen’s Association announced in late February that it was moving forward with its lawsuit to prevent herring midwater trawlers from fishing in groundfish closed areas. ...continued
Two fishermen charged with whale “takes”
BOSTON, MA - The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has filed charges against two commercial fishermen for interacting with endangered whales. ...continued
Industry cries: Let us catch bluefin quota
GLOUCESTER, MA - Angered over the very real prospect that US quota will be reallocated to other countries, bluefin tuna fishermen from all over New England packed a meeting room at the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) new Northeast Region headquarters on March 4. ...continued
New group organizing to protect US bluefin tuna quota share
SALEM, MA - In response to concerns that uncaught fish will result in a reduction of the US quota, members of several bluefin tuna organizations are cooperating in the creation of a new group, the Northeast Bluefin Tuna Association (NBTA). ...continued
RI to adopt fluke sector pilot program
PROVIDENCE, RI - Rhode Island is about to establish a Summer Flounder Sector Allocation Pilot Program. ...continued
Area 6 lobster gauge may increase Jan. 1
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Long Island Sound lobstermen may be faced with a 1/16" increase in the minimum lobster gauge come Jan. 1, 2010. That’s because, in all likelihood, the Area 6 v-notch program will not reach its Year-2 targets. ...continued
NEC announces new co-op research projects
DURHAM, NH – A new round of collaborative research projects between scientists and commercial fishermen from Gulf of Maine states is about to begin. ...continued
NMFS science OK; communication is the problem
WASHINGTON, DC – The Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the findings of its extensive four-month investigation into the quality of the science produced by the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center. ...continued
RI foundation funds 6 collaborative projects
NARRAGANSETT, RI – After an extensive review process and a lot of hard work by its fishermen-filled board of directors, the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation announced funding of six collaborative research projects on March 2. ...continued
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