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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 34 Number 10
June 2007
ASMFC toughens penalty for lobster reg delays
ARLINGTON, VA – Except for Area 3 fishermen, all other lobstermen who are residents of a state that fails to implement lobster management measures required by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will be subject to short-term shutdowns of the fishery to account for the state’s delinquency. ...continued
Lobsters on draggers divides Maine again
PORTLAND, ME – Less than two months after the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources killed LD 170, the controversial bill that would have allowed draggers to land lobster in Maine, the issue has taken on new life and is once again bitterly dividing the two most important fisheries in the state. ...continued
Industry worries about herring 1A fishery
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The only thing that’s safe to say about this summer’s herring fishery in Area 1A is that no one really has a clue about how it’ll go. There are too many new rules and uncertainties. ...continued
ASMFC herring section holds off on TAC changes
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Besides discussing days-out of the fishery, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Section took up several other topics of interest to industry during its May 7 meeting. ...continued
NMFS implements hagfish data collection program
GLOUCESTER, MA – Beginning May 23, seafood dealers who buy or intend to buy hagfish caught in federal waters will have to submit weekly electronic reports to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and owner/operators of hagfish vessels may be asked to carry an observer on occasion. ...continued
Potential areas of particular concern trouble fishermen
MYSTIC, CT – When scalloper Eddie Welch heard that the Great South Channel was being considered as a special habitat area for cod, he immediately became nervous. ...continued
NE council proposes nine HAPCs in habitat amendment
MYSTIC, CT – Here – in very general terms – are the nine proposals for habitat areas of particular concern (HAPCs) in Phase 1 of the New England Fishery Management Council’s omnibus habitat amendment. The council is expected to make final decisions about which areas to designate as HAPCs at its June 19-21 meeting in Portland, ME. ...continued
Maine State News
• Legislature revisits trap molestation; groundfish bill action ...continued
• The DMR and the Maine Lobstermen’s Association also supported the minority report. ...continued
• MLA wins intervenor status in whale lawsuit, mediation ...continued
Offshore aquaculture triggers fishermen concerns
MYSTIC, CT – Michael Rubino probably has heard it all by now, but he certainly got an earful when he traveled to Connecticut to present the Bush administration’s position on offshore aquaculture to the New England Fishery Management Council and an audience of commercial fishermen. ...continued
US House to debate offshore aquaculture act
WASHINGTON, DC – On April 24, US Rep. Nick Rahall II (D-WV) introduced HR 2010, the National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007, into the House of Representatives.
Rahall took this step at the request of the Commerce Department, which drafted the bill. ...continued
Tuna purse seine vessels head to herring fishery
KENNEBUNK, ME – The long-time bluefin tuna purse seine fishery has lost two of its vessels to the herring industry and a third is up for sale.
Mark Bichrest of Harpswell purchased the bluefin purse seiner Ruth & Pat from Sonny and Jimmy Avila of Darmouth, MA, who had the boat built in 2005. Bichrest brought the Ruth & Pat to her new home in Maine on Dec. 30. ...continued
RI signs off on striped bass, tautog changes
NARRAGANSETT RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has approved a number of commercial fisheries regulations for the upcoming striped bass, tautog, and weakfish seasons. ...continued
Lobster settlement index updated for 2006
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME – Researchers have released the 2006 New England Lobster Settlement Index, noting that a number of areas in Maine continued the trend of strong settlement that began in 2001. However, in some parts of the state, settlement was not as strong as it was in 2005. ...continued
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