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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 34 Number 1
September 2006
ASMFC agrees to ‘analyze’ Massachusetts dogfish plan
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – Industry leaders came out in force to back up Massachusetts in its effort to gain support from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) for the immediate reinstitution of a small-scale directed fishery for dogfish. ...continued
ASMFC supports CT lobster v-notch proposal
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – Without endorsing any of the procedural details, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) American Lobster Management Board voted to approve a proposal from the state of Connecticut to use v-notching as a way to rebuild the lobster population in Long Island Sound. ...continued
ASMFC asks: Should lobster regs be uniform?
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – In the coming weeks, lobstermen in the Northeast will be asked whether they want to see more standardized lobster regulations throughout the range of the resource. ...continued
Maine launches lobster certification program
PORTLAND, ME – On a Portland pier on the last day of July, lobstermen, business owners, and representatives of the Maine Lobster Promotion Council looked on as Gov. John Baldacci affixed the first plastic tag with the trademarked “Certified Maine Lobster” logo to the claw of a live Maine lobster. ...continued
Herring boats granted haddock bycatch allowance
GLOUCESTER, MA – Category 1 herring vessels are now allowed to possess incidentally caught haddock under Framework Adjustment 43 to the groundfish plan. ...continued
ASMFC: No herring during spawning closures
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – Except for a small bycatch allowance, fishermen will not be allowed to “fish for, take, land, or possess” herring during a spawning closure under a new rule adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Herring Section. ...continued
Stock assessment: Dogfish ‘not overfished’
Peer review concerns: Fewer females, sex ratio imbalance, low recruitment
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – Mirroring what commercial fishermen say they’ve been seeing for several years now, scientists aboard the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s 2006 spring survey ran into dogfish – a lot of dogfish. ...continued
NMFS reimburses eligible fishermen for VMS buys
SILVER SPRING, MD – Qualifying general category scallop and groundfish fishermen who were required to purchase vessel monitoring systems (VMSs) during fiscal year (FY) 2006 are now eligible for a federal reimbursement. ...continued
Sept. 27 deadline for comments on proposed Area 2 trap transfer ‘tax’
CRYSTAL CITY, VA – Area 2 lobstermen now have a chance to comment on how much of a “conservation tax” they should pay as part of the trap transfer program being implemented under Addendum VII to the interstate lobster plan. ...continued
Maine DMR, industry hash over groundfish strategy
PORTLAND, ME – Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner George Lapointe and his staff have been meeting with fishermen and others since late May to get their feedback on what should be done with federal groundfish management so that it works for the Maine industry, rebuilds stocks, and preserves the state’s fishing infrastructure. ...continued
DMF changes Area 2 lobster v-notch definition to 1/8"
BOSTON, MA - The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) implemented a new v-notch definition for Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 on Aug. 17. ...continued
V-notch, fluke dominate RI council meeting
WAKEFIELD, RI – With official approval of a Rhode Island proposed effort control plan for Lobster Conservation Management Area 2 still pending, the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council turned its attention at its Aug. 7 meeting to revising the state’s v-notch definition, which is a critical component in the development of emergency regulations to further protect v-notched female lobsters. ...continued
NMFS-backed 2007 fluke cuts bode ‘disaster’
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Citing the 10-year stock-rebuilding requirement of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has shaken the commercial and recreational fishing worlds by floating a 2007 coastwide summer flounder total allowable landings (TAL) level of just 5.2 million pounds. ...continued
Aug. 28, 2002 hagfish control date holds firm
GLOUCESTER, MA – Anyone interested in the Atlantic hagfish -– or slime eel – fishery should take note that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has “reaffirmed” the Aug. 28, 2002 control date previously adopted for the fishery. ...continued
Maine DMR seeks scallop advisers, survey boats
HALLOWELL, ME – The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is looking to fill three vacant seats on the Maine Scallop Advisory Council and has put out a request for proposals (RFP) seeking scallopers interested in conducting this fall’s inshore scallop survey. ...continued
FISH SAFE
For 2006, terminations up, casualties down
The Coast Guard issues a vessel termination when a boarding team discovers a hazardous situation for the crew or vessel. When a termination is issued, the vessel must return to port and is not permitted to resume fishing until the infraction has been corrected. ...continued
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