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ASMFC, MAFMC to hold joint meetings on new fluke quota management ideas<\/a><\/h3>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) are working together to develop a \u201cComprehensive Summer Flounder Management Amendment.\u201d\r\n\r\nTogether, they are planning to h...

FISH-SAFE: Be sure your EPIRB is registered biennially<\/a><\/h3>When you purchase an EPIRB, you can\u2019t miss the instructions about how to register it with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite and Information Service, but we sometimes forget that we have to re-register each EPIRB e...

Fraun Martin: A life of love and laughter<\/a><\/h3>Even when you know it\u2019s coming, the news hurts.\u00a0 The CFN family got word on Aug. 1 that Fraun Cragg Martin had left this world, nearly three years after receiving a stunning terminal cancer diagnosis.\u00a0 And though we knew the end was near, it was ...

ASMFC considers new FMP for Jonah, rock crabs<\/a><\/h3>ALEXANDRIA, VA \u2013 Fishermen will have a chance to speak out in September about whether or not the harvest of Jonah and rock crabs should be regulated and, if so, how.\r\n\r\nThe Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is proposing to develop...

Butterfish plentiful: Mid-Atlantic council green lights 22,530-mt directed fishery <\/a><\/h3>FREEHOLD, NJ \u2013 At its June 10-12 meeting, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved specifications for the butterfish fishery that will increase allowable landings by more than 500% for the 2015-2017 fishing years and allow for the\r\n\r\nre...

Kelly S latest scalloper to join Starvish fleet<\/a><\/h3>NEW BEDFORD, MA \u2013 Launched last year, the Kelly S is life-long fisherman Ray Starvish\u2019s sixth new boat and likely the last he will personally commission for his fleet.\r\n\r\nThe 95-footer is identical to Starvish\u2019s Defiant, which was launched in 2...

Pioneering yellowtail video surveys show promise for more accurate fish counts<\/a><\/h3>Building on more than a decade of experience conducting video surveys for Atlantic sea scallops, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) are now bringing this innovative survey techniq...

Lobster stock \u2018indicators\u2019 provide preview<\/a><\/h3>ALEXANDRIA, VA \u2013 Scientists conducting the 2014 \u201cbenchmark\u201d stock assessment for American lobsters have given the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) a \u201cpreview\u201d of the general condition of the resource based on a set of tel...

Arthur Hancock, 78, still loves the challenge<\/a><\/h3>FALL RIVER, MA \u2013 Arthur Hancock owns four Buick Roadmaster station wagons.\u00a0 He\u2019s owned 10 of them over the years, but currently only has four in his possession \u2013 some of them for parts.\u00a0 We\u2019re rolling through the streets of Fall River in on...

GUEST COLUMN - Reject distractions; fix catch shares now<\/a><\/h3>by Brett Tolley\r\n\r\nThree years ago, I sat among a group of fishermen testifying before the New England Fishery Management Council that the new catch share program was not working and needed to be fixed.\u00a0 The fleet was consolidating, access was becom...

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