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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 36 Number 10
June 2009
GOM lobster stock defies conventional wisdom
ALEXANDRIA, VA Nothing in the American lobster world seems to confound scientists more than the status of the Gulf of Maine resource. ...continued
ME ‘clean engine’ program: Applications exceed funds
AUGUSTA, ME Fishermen and other mariners who have applied for financial assistance to pay for half the cost of replacing older, in-service diesel engines with newer, cleaner models should know by the end of May whether or not their boats qualify. ...continued
NMFS seeks to reduce sea turtle bycatch in Atlantic trawl fisheries
SILVER SPRING, MD The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is gathering public comment on the next step in its gear-based strategy to reduce turtle bycatch in trawl fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. ...continued
New lobster assessment reveals stock nuances
ALEXANDRIA, VA The status of the American lobster resource hasn’t changed a whole lot over the past three years at least not at first blush. ...continued
Lobster addendum to cap Area 1 federal permits
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Now that the Area 1 lobster fishery in the federal-waters portion of the Gulf of Maine is subject to a Jan. 2, 2009 control date, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Lobster Management Board has begun to outline proposed language to limit entry into the area. ...continued
Maine governor’s lobster task force ... stay tuned
AUGUSTA, ME -- As the new lobster season was dawning along the Maine coast in April, a palpable anxiety hung heavy in the air in coastal communities: What would 2009 bring for lobster prices. ...continued
2008 lobster settlement index down from ’07
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME The latest installment of the lobster settlement index indicates that 2008 wasn’t the best year for very young lobsters in nearly all areas of New England and Atlantic Canada. ...continued
Maine MPOs check lobster gear for sink rope
HALLOWELL, ME The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Bureau of Marine Patrol is finding that a good number of Maine lobstermen who fish outside of the large whale “exemption line” are in full compliance with the new April 5 requirement to use sink rope groundlines instead of float rope. ...continued
2009 monkfish cooperative survey a wrap
WOODS HOLE, MA Two New-Bedford-based commercial fishing vessels recently carried teams of scientists and successfully completed the 2009 cooperative monkfish survey. The survey was the third of its kind between industry and scientists, following up on similar work done in 2001 and 2004. ...continued
Feature film to showcase fishermen’s plight
NEW BEDFORD, MA One of the last remaining independent owner/captains of a groundfish boat working out of New Bedford struggles to hang onto his boat and his way of life against tightening regulations and a harsh economic climate. ...continued
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