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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 37 Number 1
September 2009
TRAC says herring stock ‘not overfished’ but ...
ALEXANDRIA, VA – A new stock assessment update for Atlantic herring has concluded that overfishing is not occurring on the overall Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank stock complex and the resource is not overfished. ...continued
Industry awaits word on river herring emergency request
WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this summer, Commerce Sec. Gary Locke was showered with requests for emergency action to immediately increase observer coverage and monitoring measures for river herring. ...continued
Herring fishery in midst of more change
PORTLAND, ME – Industry members with a stake in Atlantic herring found themselves caught up in a whirlwind of regulatory activity this summer, and the intense schedule of meetings and decision-making didn’t show any signs of abating. ...continued
NMFS eyes NE trawl gear limits to protect turtles
PORTLAND, ME – New England and Mid-Atlantic fishermen who are already struggling to cope with changing regulations in numerous fisheries may need to begin paying closer attention to a whole other issue – turtles. ...continued
Turtle measures to impact Mid-Atlantic fishermen the most
SILVER SPRING, MD – Mid-Atlantic fishermen who work on summer flounder or fish for Atlantic sea scallops with nets will want to pay particular attention to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Phase I turtle protection strategy, which is focused on trawl gear. ...continued
What’s in that diesel exhaust you breathe?
A researcher from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) spent time aboard 19 Maine lobster boats from Jonesport to Kennebunk in July and August, measuring the amounts of various components that make up diesel exhaust as part of a collaborative study between HSPH and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). ...continued
Davis Wharf: Working waterfront preserved
WEST TREMONT, ME – The words “family” and “future” were used many times during an Aug. 6 celebration of the preservation of the Davis Wharf on Mount Desert Island. ...continued
Sector update: NMFS to pay for monitoring;
sets ’11 data deadline
GLOUCESTER, MA – In late July and early August, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued several significant notices related to groundfish sectors and how they will operate in the future under Amendment 16 to the federal groundfish plan. ...continued
Lobster zones reject tiered licenses, trap cuts
AUGUSTA, ME – A clearly frustrated Gerry Cushman arrived at the Aug. 13 Lobster Advisory Council meeting armed with black T-shirts brandishing a tiny lobster and the phrase “Do Nothing” across the chest. ...continued
2009 SMAST video survey results
Scallop recruitment up on Georges Bank; Mid-Atlantic weak
NEW BEDFORD, MA – Scallopers received welcome news in late July when the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) released the results of the 2009 Atlantic sea scallop video survey. ...continued
NMFS scallop survey enhanced by HabCam high-rez digital photos
WOODS HOLE, MA – The Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s annual scallop dredge survey, which wrapped up on July 3, was further enhanced this year by high-resolution digital photos taken in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution using the Habitat Mapping Camera System, commonly referred to as HabCam. ...continued
NMFS proposes more harbor porpoise rules
GLOUCESTER, MA - The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has identified noncompliance with existing regulations as its reason for proposing new, beefed-up rules to keep harbor porpoise out of gillnets and reduce the number of porpoises killed as a result of encounters with fishing gear. ...continued
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