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TUNA FOCUS: Slow start to this year’s bluefin season, few fish around so far
CHATHAM, MA – “It’s dead. We are just not seeing any fish on the Cape,” said Andy Baler, president of Nantucket Fish, based here and in Dennis, MA. Baler was echoing comments heard from other tuna buyers throughout the region who were lamenting a very slow start to this year’s bluefin tuna season which opened …
So you want to find fish? Start by finding a professional fishing forecasting service
by Mitch Roffer WEST MELBOURNE, FL – As all of you out on the water already know, time and fuel costs are always important considerations when fishing. Deciding on where you are going to fish before you leave the dock is as critical today as it was in the days before the various electronic aides …
OPEN MIC: Clive Farrin’s Fish House Punch
As we all know, New England’s commercial fishing community is made up not only of hard workers, but a surprising number of artists, as well. Be it music, poetry, painting, photography, storytelling – or baking a perfect batch of biscuits in a wildly-pitching fo’c’sle – we know there are a lot of talented folks among our readers. …
FISH SAFE: Safe and salty – Learning from island fishermen
Island fishermen living on the islands off the coast of Maine area a creative group. Early on the Tuesday after Memorial Day, six of us packed up and headed out from Stonington on the Sunbeam, the Seacoast Mission’s boat. This was the Sunbeam’s last trip to the islands before being hauled out at Billings Marine …
EDITORIAL: In defense of the council process
How do you know when the New England Fishery Management Council has made a good decision? Virtually nobody is happy. Cynical? Perhaps, but that has seemingly been the case with recent council actions that have spawned a firestorm of reactions – often negative – from within the fishing industry, the environmental community, and in the …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator – July 2015
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New England Council approves Draft EIS for AMD 18 to Groundfish FMP
MYSTIC, CT – Four years after its initiation, the New England Fishery Management Council (NEMFC) has approved the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Amendment 18 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan. The action, taken during the council’s April meeting here, was not without controversy. See Guest Column, page 6. The council also …
EDITORIAL: Summertime – Another season of lobster boat racing
By the time most of you see this, the pages of the old shop calendar will have turned to June. And that means just one thing. The start of another season of lobster boat racing here on the coast of Maine … and by all early indications this one promises to be a corker. Jon …
GUEST COULMN: Mosquito fleet fights consolidation
by Brett Tolley Control over the iconic New England groundfish is concentrating into fewer hands because of catch share policy, and the future of our ocean and seafood system is at stake. According to last year’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) report, one entity controlled 25% of the entire groundfish revenue. With no safeguards in …
SAFE-BOAT SMART-BOAT: Development of commercial fishing vessel alternative safety compliance programs
The following is Part 2 of a column that began in the last issue. To see Part 1, view online here, CFN May, 2015. —Editor The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 requires the Coast Guard to prescribe and develop, in cooperation with the commercial fishing industry, Alternate Safety Compliance Programs. The 2010 Act added …
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