Category: NEFMC

New England council asks NMFS to modify monkfish emergency action

Filed under Fish, June '13, NEFMC

MYSTIC, CT – The New England Fishery Management Council has asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to expeditiously modify its recent monkfish emergency rule so that groundfish fishermen can keep more monkfish while working under a groundfish day-at-sea in the northern area, which covers the Gulf of Maine and northern Georges Bank. The council …

NE council moves to protect Elephant Trunk seed scallops

Filed under NEFMC, November '12, Scallop

PLYMOUTH, MA – Eager to protect what appears to be the second highest level of recruitment ever recorded in the Elephant Trunk area, the New England Fishery Management Council has asked the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for emergency action to close the area as soon as possible. During its Sept. 25-27 meeting here, the …