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FISH-SAFE: Overboard! How will you get back in your boat? <\/a><\/h3>Finally, it is spring.\u00a0 The air is noticeably warmer and soon the water will be warmer too, but not warm enough that you would want to spend a lot of time in it waiting for rescue should you go overboard.\r\n\r\nThe injury epidemiologists might bring ou...

EDITORIAL \u2013 Butterfish: An assessment success story<\/a><\/h3>The latest butterfish stock assessment is a game changer, not just for the long-finned (Loligo) squid fishery, which has been stymied by a butterfish bycatch cap, but for the way some stock assessments could be conducted in the future.\r\n\r\nPublished i...

New England council proposes new\/altered closed areas to protect habitat, spawning fish<\/a><\/h3>DANVERS, MA \u2013 Who among us can\u2019t see Closed Area II or the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area in our sleep?\u00a0 The age-old, familiar boundaries of these and New England\u2019s other closed areas \u2013 some of which have been in place for two decades no...

Gulf of Maine habitat, spawning, research areas<\/a><\/h3>DANVERS, MA \u2013 The New England Fishery Management Council\u2019s habitat alternatives for the Gulf of Maine cover three distinct subregions \u2013 Eastern, Central, and Western \u2013 and include three options each for spawning area closures and Dedicated Ha...

Georges Bank habitat proposals vary widely in scope, economic impact<\/a><\/h3>DANVERS, MA \u2013 There\u2019s a lot of money at stake on Georges Bank, so scallopers, surf clammers, offshore groundfish fishermen, and lobstermen are starting to pay especially close attention to the eight vastly different habitat management alternative...

Gear restrictions, modifications proposed for GSC\/Southern NE<\/a><\/h3>DANVERS, MA \u2013 The Great South Channel\/Southern New England (GSC\/SNE) area may become home to a couple of new habitat management areas depending on which way the New England Fishery Management Council decides to go in its omnibus essential fish habi...

Momentum builds for Maine Lobstering Union<\/a><\/h3>JONESPORT, ME \u2013 The fledgling Maine Lobstering Union (MLU) has hit a number of significant milestones since a Vinalhaven sternman named Magnus Lane got the idea to investigate unionizing nearly two years ago.\r\n\r\nFrustrated when prices hit rock bott...

Guest Column - Disaster aid distribution raises tough questions<\/a><\/h3>by David Pierce\r\n\r\nDisaster aid is the talk of the waterfront and within the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), too.\u00a0 And why wouldn\u2019t it be?\u00a0 Many groundfish fishermen have been hit hard by very low groundfish catch limits, indivi...

Mid-Atlantic council tackles climate change<\/a><\/h3>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Climate change is here and fishermen, scientists, and managers alike are seeing shifts in fisheries populations, distribution, and productivity along the East Coast.\u00a0\r\n\r\nThat was the takeaway message from the March 19-21 East Coas...

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