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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 34 Number 11
July 2007
’07 bluefin season starts on optimistic note
KENNEBUNK, ME – Fishermen began the first weekend of the 2007 bluefin tuna season with a bang. The fishery, which opened on June 1, saw four fish landed in Gloucester and 11 more landed in the southern Maine ports of Kennebunkport, Ogunquit, and York. ...continued
Japan now requires wood in tuna coffins to be heat-treated
KENNEBUNK, ME – Bluefin tuna dealers who export fish in boxes known as “tuna coffins” need to be aware of a new international regulation. ...continued
Lobster gauge, v-notch changes coming for SNE
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has adopted a comprehensive rebuilding program for the Southern New England (SNE) lobster stock that will result in new regulations for lobstermen working in management Areas 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. ...continued
Monkfish Defense Fund decries NMFS action
NEW YORK, NY – The Monkfish Defense Fund has requested a meeting with top National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) officials to communicate industry’s deep frustration over NMFS’s decision to take independent action on monkfish instead of implementing Framework Adjustment 4 to the federal monkfish plan. ...continued
Demand low, but lobster bait supply concerns grow
KENNEBUNK, ME – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) closed herring Area 1A to midwater trawlers on June 1, leaving the area open only to vessels that opt to use purse seine gear to catch herring. ...continued
Lobster maximum size exemption for draggers fails
ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a move that took many by surprise, Vito Calomo of Gloucester, MA attempted to win support for exempting “nontrap” lobster fishermen from the maximum size provisions adopted for Southern New England under Addendum XI to the interstate lobster plan. ...continued
MA tackles lobsters, tuna, limited-access
WESTON, MA – The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) was poised in late June to take some kind of action to rein in the growing harvest of lobsters by gillnetters that was happening off the backside of Cape Cod. ...continued
Lobster council backs alternative bait ban
AUGUSTA, ME – During its May 24 meeting, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Lobster Advisory Council voted to recommend that the DMR ban the use of alternative bait. ...continued
Watch for monkfish egg veils; think about research
WOODS HOLE, MA – Scientists who are trying to learn more about when and where monkfish spawn are asking fishermen to be on the alert for monkfish egg veils floating near the water’s surface. ...continued
F/V Liberty, SMAST tag 40,000 scallops
NEW BEDFORD, MA – In what turned out to be the largest scallop tagging expedition to date, the fishing vessel Liberty returned to port on June 8 after its research crew successfully tagged and released 40,000 scallops in Closed Area I and Closed Area II. ...continued
Scallopers prepare for 2008-2009 actions
GLOUCESTER, MA – With a brand new scallop stock assessment almost ready to guide the decision-making, the New England Fishery Management Council’s scallop committee and industry advisers were preparing to begin work in earnest this summer on Framework Adjustment 19 to the federal scallop plan. ...continued
Swordfish final rule falls short of industry revitalization goal
SILVER SPRING, MD – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has released its final rule detailing measures that were supposed to revitalize the US swordfish industry. ...continued
Maine float rope exchange project starts without a hitch
SCARBOROUGH, ME – During the last week of May, 127 lobstermen turned in 140,000 pounds of float rope as part of Phase One of the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation’s Bottom Line Project voluntary groundline rope exchange. ...continued
Maine enacts groundfish fuel sales tax exemption
AUGUSTA, ME – On June 7, Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed into law the state’s biennial budget. Incorporated into this budget is a one-year emergency provision that allows a sales tax exemption on diesel fuel for Maine groundfish vessels. ...continued
Shut-out lobstermen sue RI over Area 2 trap allocation plan
PROVIDENCE, RI – Hundreds of Rhode Island’s commercial fishermen were angered last year when the state Department of Environmental Management decided to adopt a controversial trap allocation program to comply with interstate Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 effort control rules. ...continued
SNE lobster stock put on 15-year ‘adaptive’ rebuilding timeline
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Fishermen who work on the Southern New England (SNE) lobster stock will have 15 years to rebuild the resource to an acceptable abundance level. ...continued
CT pushes lobster v-notch as swap for 3-3/8" gauge
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Although Addendum XI to the interstate lobster plan calls for a uniform 3-3/8" minimum gauge for Areas 2, 4, 5, and 6, the state of Connecticut is moving forward with a “conservation equivalency” ...continued
Tautog, scup, squid changes in the works
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council have taken management actions in recent months on a number of species, including tautog, scup, and squid. ...continued
AFM honors Valleau, Soule, Haskell for LD 170 lobster effort
PORTLAND, ME – During its May 17 annual meeting, Associated Fisheries of Maine (AFM) presented its distinguished service award to three individuals who devoted “countless hours” fighting for LD 170, a bill that would have allowed Maine groundfish fishermen to land lobster bycatch in the state. ...continued
Three new officers graduate, join Maine Marine Patrol
HALLOWELL, ME – Three new enforcement officers graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy during a ceremony held at Thomas College in Waterville on May 25 and immediately became official members of the Maine Marine Patrol. ...continued
Safety Alert: Sink rope hang downs
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) knows what it is talking about when it says, “The Maine lobster industry can’t live without floating groundlines.” ...continued
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