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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 10
June 2006
Industry group floats groundfish buyout proposal
BOSTON, MA - A new groundfish buyout proposal is in the works, and the people behind it – all industry members – are looking for input from the region’s limited-access multispecies permit holders. ...continued
Canadian/US Lobstermen’s Town Meeting
Stock assessment, data collection, predators, water quality, and more
PORTLAND, ME – The focus of the third annual Canadian/US Lobstermen’s Town Meeting was lobster stock assessment, and, by the time the daylong session was over, the discussion had ranged from data collection to external factors affecting lobster populations to cross-border cooperation. ...continued
RI fishermen establish research foundation
KINGSTON, RI – Convinced that cooperative research is vital to the commercial fishing industry, a small group of Rhode Island fishermen have made an investment in research and, they hope, in their future. ...continued
NMFS authorizes GB cod hook sector for 2006
CHATHAM, MA – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has approved all but two provisions of the 2006 operations plan for the Georges Bank Cod Hook Sector. The agency also said it may “reconsider” the two requests it disapproved after the New England Fishery Management Council discusses them in June. ...continued
Coast Guard District 1 net measuring protocol
Here is the procedure – word for word with no editing by CFN – that US Coast Guard First District boarding officers follow when checking groundfish trawl nets for mesh size violations. Most states follow the same protocol. ...continued
Coast Guard standardizes net measuring practice
MYSTIC, CT – It might have been carried out in the past, but it’s not anymore. The Coast Guard’s official net measuring protocol specifically states that boarding officers “shall not shake the net to more firmly set the gauge in the mesh.” ...continued
New owners build on Fairhaven Shipyard tradition
FAIRHAVEN, MA – Gail, and Arne Isaksen and their son, Max Isaksen, recently joined in partnership with Kevin McLaughlin to take over ownership of the Fairhaven Shipyard and Marina Inc. in New Bedford harbor on Massachusetts’ south coast. ...continued
Pombo’s MSA bill clears House committee
WASHINGTON, DC - After hours of contentious debate, the US House Committee on Resources concluded a May 17 mark-up session by approving a revised version of HR 5018, “The American Fisheries Management and Marine Life Enhancement Act.” ...continued
MA sues NMFS over DAS counting scheme
BOSTON, MA - The commonwealth of Massachusetts is asking a federal district court to grant a permanent injunction on the groundfish 1.4-to-1 differential days-at-sea counting scheme mandated by the emergency rule the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published in mid-April. ...continued
Dogfish specs set for 3 years; 4-million-pound annual quota
GLOUCESTER, MA – It’s hard to imagine that fishermen felt a bit relieved when the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published final 2006 dogfish specifications setting a 4-million-pound annual quota for the next three fishing years. ...continued
Industry, NE council seek change in 5 kg weight
MYSTIC, CT – At the strong urging of industry, the New England Fishery Management Council has asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to process a “technical correction” to regulations describing the procedure for measuring trawl nets. ...continued
MA fishermen, families assistance centers reach end of the road
GLOUCESTER, MA – After 12 years of providing job retraining, counseling, and other kinds of help to nearly 3,000 individuals, Massachusetts’ three Fishermen and Families Assistance Centers may be closing for good. ...continued
Lobster Institute advisory board to proceed with meeting action points
ORONO, ME – While participants at the 2006 Canadian/US Lobstermen’s Town Meeting spent much of the meeting in serious discussion of a handful of topics, the consensus at day’s end was a desire for action. ...continued
Penobscot East Resource Center hires community coordinator
STONINGTON, ME - Penobscot East Resource Center (PERC), a Stonington-based nonprofit organization, has taken another step in its mission to enable a future for fishing communities from the Penobscot Bay islands to Jonesport. ...continued
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