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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 35 Number 11
July 2008
Groundfish stock status stuns NE council
PORTLAND, ME – New and very unexpected information about the status of groundfish stocks has led the New England Fishery Management Council to take a step back and to rethink its potential management alternatives for Amendment 16 to the federal groundfish plan. ...continued
Lobstermen urged to support sink rope delay
GLOUCESTER, MA - Maine lobstermen and any other fixed-gear fishermen having trouble with the new whale protection rule requiring the use of sink rope for groundlines now have a critical opportunity to tell the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that they need more time to comply. ...continued
Scoping done; work on scallop Amd. 15 begins
PORTLAND, ME – Scallopers have mixed opinions about whether or not capacity needs to be reduced in the regular limited-access fishery, but most people who turned out in April for scoping meetings on scallop Amendment 15 knew where they stood on the issue. ...continued
Scallop allocations set for 2008 and 2009
GLOUCESTER, MA – The 2008 scallop fishing year began on March 1 under temporary fishery specifications, and then on June 1, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) implemented actual days-at-sea allocations, access-area trips, and catch quotas for both 2008 and 2009. ...continued
Industry braces for new groundfish direction
PORTLAND, ME – Industry members met the grim news about the revised status of groundfish stocks with weariness, resignation, and a sense of futility, but most agreed with the New England Fishery Management Council’s decision to delay Amendment 16 in order to wait for final stock updates at the end of August. ...continued
Groundfish delay: Are there consequences?
PORTLAND, ME – A potential four-month delay in Amendment 16 to the groundfish plan was welcomed by industry members, especially those convinced that 2007 stock status updates will show the fleet shouldered a marked reduction in fishing mortality and result in slightly less severe stock rebuilding measures. ...continued
MA groundfish aid application process begins
BOSTON, MA – Following heavy pressure from state government officials and the Massachusetts congressional delegation, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced on May 28 that it had approved the “Framework 42, Massachusetts Groundfish Relief” grant proposal as submitted. ...continued
MA passes first-ever ocean management bill
BOSTON, MA – After several years of trying, including a failed attempt in 2007, the Massachusetts Legislature on May 22 passed the Massachusetts Oceans Act of 2008. ...continued
High fuel costs, low fish prices bench RI lobstermen, draggers
POINT JUDITH, RI – On a recent June day, the skies were clear, the sea was flat calm, and the forecast was looking good. One would think it was a perfect day for fishing in Narragansett Bay. Yet, the lobster fleet was in port. It was Monday morning at 7 am, and not a boat had left its slip. ...continued
Bait, giants arrive for bluefin season start
HARWICH, MA – In mid-June, two weeks into the opening of the 2008 commercial bluefin tuna season, New England waters were filled with baitfish, the weather was beautiful, and the giants had arrived. ...continued
CCA urges US to pursue bluefin CITES listing
HOUSTON, TX – The Coastal Conservation Association (CCA), one of the nation’s most powerful sportfishing organizations, is calling on the Bush administration to consider proposing a CITES listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna as a last-ditch measure for forcing eastern Atlantic countries to adopt effective and transparent conservation measures. ...continued
DMR, lobstermen discuss endline tradeoff
HALLOWELL, ME – June 17 marked the close of a series of community lobster meetings organized and hosted by the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) in each of Maine’s seven lobster zones. ...continued
Industry split on herring Amendment 4 focus
PORTLAND, ME – Dozens of people took advantage of the New England Fishery Management Council’s call for input on how it should proceed with the development of Amendment 4 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP). ...continued
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