Category: October ’12

Dogfish: Fishermen still struggle, despite quota hike, MSC label

BATH, ME – The spiny dogfish quota for the 2012-2013 fishing season is 35.6 million pounds, up from a 6-millionpound quota only six years ago. The increase is welcome news to fishermen facing what they perceive to be a fartoo- abundant resource, but has yet to translate into better pay for fishermen. Restrictions on the …

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Shrimp section considers allocating quota by state/gear in Addendum I

PORTLAND, ME – The northern shrimp fishery may be regulated very differently this winter if stateby- state quotas and/or trawl vs. trap allocations are adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Northern Shrimp Section. The section is considering both approaches and other proposals as part of Draft Addendum I to Amendment 2 to …

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Scalloper Liberty rebuilt from stem to stern

NEW BEDFORD, MA – There always seems to be something going on at Dan Eilertsen’s dock in New Bedford, and this past summer was no exception. Dan likes to take good care of his fleet, so he and a crew of guys from his company, Nordic Inc., undertook a major project – the stem-to-stern rebuilding …

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Seafreeze buys former Pt. Judith co-op plant

DAVISVILLE, RI – Earlier this year, Davisville-based Seafreeze Ltd., the largest producer and trader of sea-frozen seafood on the East Coast, purchased the 37,000-square-foot building that once housed the Point Judith Fishermen’s Cooperative from the Slavin Point Judith Fishermen’s Company. The former “co-op” building at 75 State St. in Galilee stands on property owned by …

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Lobster boat prices inch up; catch slackens off

After surprisingly good Labor Day lobster sales for almost everybody, things “quieted down dramatically” in mid-September, to quote dealers, co-op managers, and exporters. News of the earlier low lobster prices paid to the boats had reached the public, who decided to take advantage of them over the long holiday weekend. Some people, though, expected prices …

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