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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 38 Number 1
September 2010
Industry asks for consistent, fair enforcement
WASHINGTON, DC – State and federal law enforcement personnel and fishing industry representatives were among the more than 80 people who came together on Aug. 3 for what was billed as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Enforcement Summit. ...continued
Area 1A herring elusive; 7 landing days now in effect
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME – Purse seine fishermen were having a hard time catching herring this summer in Area 1A in the inshore Gulf of Maine. Some said the water was too warm, keeping the fish hard on bottom and out of purse seine reach. Others said the fish just hadn’t bunched up yet. ...continued
Herring catch monitoring work ongoing; tensions mount
GLOUCESTER, MA – Tension thickened in meeting rooms this summer as the New England Fishery Management Council’s herring committee continued to work on catch monitoring proposals for Amendment 5 to the federal herring plan. ...continued
Groundfish accumulation limits on ‘front burner’
PORTLAND, ME – The New England Fishery Management Council has given its groundfish plan development team (PDT) guidance for shaping recommendations about “accumulation limits” in the newly restructured catch-share-based groundfish fishery. ...continued
GC scallopers may gain spring access to Great South Channel
PORTLAND, ME – General category scallopers are seeking year-round access to the Great South Channel through a proposal that would lift two yellowtail flounder spawning closures that are currently hampering the fleet. ...continued
Handgear fishermen seek exemption from dockside monitoring provisions
PORTLAND, ME – Groundfish handgear fishermen are seeking an exemption to the dockside monitoring provisions that will become effective in 2012 for all common pool fishermen under Amendment 16. ...continued
MA pushes to protect Whaleback cod spawning aggregations in May, June
PORTLAND, ME – Massachusetts officials are urging the New England Fishery Management Council to take decisive action to protect what they say is one of the last really big springtime spawning aggregations of cod in the Gulf of Maine. ...continued
Pollock ‘rebuilt’; NMFS boosts catch limits
GLOUCESTER, MA – Armed with a new stock assessment to justify its decision, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) took emergency action in mid-July to put in place a six-fold increase in the annual catch limit (ACL) for pollock. ...continued
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