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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 9
May 2006
Whiting, hakes up for limited access, TACs
MYSTIC, CT - One of the last open-access fisheries in the region is about to come under increased restriction. ...continued
GC scallop options for Amendment 11
MYSTIC, CT – In a move strongly supported by industry advisers, the New England Fishery Management Council recently announced its almost certain intent to use the Nov. 1, 2004 control date as the cut-off for limiting access to the general category scallop fishery. ...continued
US reps introduce competing Magnuson bills
WASHINGTON, DC - After an eerie period of silence following the US Senate Commerce Committee’s unanimous passage in December of a bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the House of Representatives swung into action in March with the introduction of three MSA reauthorization bills. ...continued
Hard course set for 2006 groundfish year
MYSTIC, CT - The New England Fishery Management Council reaffirmed its decision to stick by the current version of Framework Adjustment 42 to the groundfish plan, despite extraordinary efforts by the Northeast Seafood Coalition and the Massachusetts ports of Gloucester and New Bedford to gain support for an alternative. ...continued
NE council rejects herring permit splitting
MYSTIC, CT - By a hair’s breadth vote, the New England Fishery Management Council confirmed that it will not allow “permit splitting” in the Atlantic herring fishery. This means a vessel owner cannot “split off” a vessel’s limited-access permits and only retain its open-access herring history for future use. ...continued
NE stakeholders release vision for future of groundfish fleet
PORTLAND, ME – The people who participated in last year’s groundfish Fleet Visioning Project made one thing clear. They didn’t want the groundfish fleet to be reduced to a relatively small number of big, efficient boats. They wanted to see “a diverse, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable fleet that is managed through a participatory governance structure.” ...continued
NMFS modifies rule; groundfish emergency measures start May 1
GLOUCESTER, MA - Responding to a torrent of opposition to its proposed emergency rule for groundfish, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) made a significant change to the way it will count days-at-sea under the emergency rule, which went into effect May 1 and will remain in place until Framework Adjustment 42 is implemented later this summer. ...continued
Monkfish fishermen face daunting cuts in 2006
GLOUCESTER, MA - Back in December, monkfish fishermen began hearing disconcerting rumblings that they’d be limited to 12 days-at-sea in the Southern Fishery Management Area. ...continued
Industry coalition asks fishermen to support health, disaster bills
PROVIDENCE, RI - For just over a year, a group of industry leaders has been working to create a nationwide organization to represent the common interests of US ...continued
FISH SAFE
ME patrol vessels plan June harbor visits
The Maine Commercial Fishing Safety Council has developed a collaborative project with the Maine Bureau of Marine Patrol and the Coast Guard that calls for each of the state’s six marine patrol vessels to make one harbor visit in early June. ...continued
MA adopts limited Cape Cod Bay tuna seine ban
WESTON, MA - Bluefin tuna purse seiners will be banned from fishing in Cape Cod Bay for much if not all of the 2006 season. ...continued
LIS lobstermen accept $12.5 million settlement
CENTER ISLIP, NY – The spring weather that is starting to warm up the water on Long Island Sound is also bringing something to warm up the pockets of lobstermen who saw their fishery destroyed six years ago. ...continued
NMFS sets control date for charter, party boats
GLOUCESTER, MA – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced that March 30, 2006 will serve as the “control date” for potentially restricting future access to the charter and party boat fishery for groundfish. ...continued
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