Category: 2012

NMFS, ASMFC ultimately agree on 2012 dogfish quota, trip limit

Filed under Fish, July '12

GLOUCESTER, MA – It wasn’t seamless, but after the dust settled, fishery managers took steps to implement matching spiny dogfish quotas and possession limits in both state and federal waters for the 2012 fishing year. Late in May, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it had approved a commercial quota of 35.694 million …

NOAA Fisheries Navigator – September 2012

Filed under NOAA Fisheries Navigator, September '12

Insert to the September 2012 Commercial Fisheries News Contents: Area 1 Lobster Trap Program Application Process Underway NOAA’s FishWatch Helps Consumers Make Well-Informed Seafood Choices Cut Fuel Consumption to Increase Profitability NOAA Fisheries Forms Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Working Group Federal Funding Helps Improve Northeast Cooperative Fisheries Data Collection 2012 Sector Overview and New Exemptions …

NOAA Fisheries Navigator – July 2012

Filed under July '12, NOAA Fisheries Navigator

Insert to the July 2012 Commercial Fisheries News Contents: NOAA Fisheries Considering Increasing Opportunities to Sustainably Harvest Swordfish Watch for Socio-economic Surveys this Summer High Rate of Harbor Porpoise Take Results in Fall GOM Gillnet Closure Changes Implemented for the Northeast Small-Mesh Fishery FW 47 Sets New Groundfish Catch Limits, Management Measures for ’12 Recreational …