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New Boat: Jessica Laura<\/a><\/h3>\r\nBuilder: Wesmac Custom Boats, Surry, ME\r\n\r\nFinisher: SW Boatworks, Lamoine, ME\r\n\r\nOwner: Jim Poole, Vinalhaven, ME\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDimensions: 46'x14'6\"x4'11\"\r\n\r\nFishery: Lobster\r\n\r\nHull: Solid fiberglass\r\n\r\nTop: Molded unit; foam cored\r\n\r\nPower: C18 ...

It\u2019s a reality now: Gulf of Maine cod under emergency restrictions<\/a><\/h3>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 Everyone knew it was coming, but the official Nov. 10 announcement of emergency closures and trip limits to further protect Gulf of Maine cod still hit people with hurricane force.\u00a0 The details were just so severe.\r\n\r\nThe day the ...

Raised gillnets could help fishermen avoid cod<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThe details were news, but the impact had been expected for months now.\u00a0 On Nov. 10, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Regional Administrator John Bullard announced in-season actions to reduce fishing pressure on Gulf of Maine cod that in...

Wind, waves sink Miss Sambvca: A harrowing account of the rescue<\/a><\/h3>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 On the evening of October 19, Tyler McLaughlin of the National Geographic Channel\u2019s hit television series \u201cWicked Tuna\u201d and his mate, Stephen Field, were fishing for bluefin tuna about 10 miles east of Gloucester on McLaughli...

H&H Marine keeps building \u2019em bigger and bigger<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThirty years or so of saying \u2018Why not?\u2019\r\n\r\nSTEUBEN, M...

EDITORIAL \u2013 Whale rule change shows that cooperation works<\/a><\/h3>On Nov. 6, barely four months after announcing the latest adjustment to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a proposed rule to change the Massachusetts Restricted Area closure start dat...

ICCAT adopts higher quotas for western, eastern bluefin tuna<\/a><\/h3>GENOA, ITALY \u2013 The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) concluded its annual meeting here on Nov. 17 and adopted, with overwhelming support, increases in both the western and eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas.\r...

SAFE-BOAT SMART-BOAT: Update on fishing vessel safety requirements<\/a><\/h3>On Dec. 20, 2012, President Obama signed the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 (CGMTA).\u00a0 This law made some significant changes to the US Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 (CGAA), which established safety and equipment requirem...

Lutcavage team to use \u2018hexacopter\u2019 drones to survey bluefin tuna<\/a><\/h3>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 Back in 1993, Molly Lutcavage, then a scientist at the New England Aquarium, launched one of the region\u2019s first cooperative research programs, working with fishermen and spotter pilots to photograph Atlantic bluefin tuna schools ...

ASMFC moves forward with Jonah crab plan<\/a><\/h3>MYSTIC, CT \u2013 If Jonah crabs are one thing and rock crabs are another, then what\u2019s a sand crab or a grass crab or, especially in Maine, a peekytoe crab?\r\n\r\n Rhode Island fisherman Brian ...

Shrimping moratorium continues for 2015 season<\/a><\/h3>PORTLAND, ME \u2013 Despite calls from industry for a 500-metric-ton (mt) research program or, alternatively, a very short shrimp season to at least provide a limited amount of product for consumers, things didn\u2019t turn out that way, to no one\u2019s real...

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