{"id":4243,"date":"2013-12-23T11:57:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2013-12-23T23:13:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T04:13:53","slug":"100-percent-coverage-on-herring-midwater-boats-desired-by-all-cost-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/100-percent-coverage-on-herring-midwater-boats-desired-by-all-cost-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"100-percent coverage on herring midwater boats desired by all \u2013 cost the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWPORT, RI \u2013 While pledging to revisit a number of issues related to catch monitoring on Atlantic herring midwater trawl vessels, the New England Fishery Management Council on Nov. 20 did not<\/i> support the use of emergency action to prohibit the fleet from fishing pending 100% observer coverage.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Back in September, council member Tom Dempsey of Massachusetts put a motion on the table proposing such action.\u00a0 This request, which would have been submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), called for a ban on the use of midwater trawl gear \u201cin New England federal waters\u201d until \u201c100% at-sea monitoring and comprehensive dumping regulations\u201d were implemented.<\/p>\n

The motion caught most people off guard, and, since the issue had not been advertised on the agenda, the council postponed action until its next meeting.<\/p>\n

Word spread.\u00a0 People organized.<\/p>\n

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\"CFN_1_14cover\"Read the rest and much, much more in the\u00a0January issue of Commercial Fisheries News.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Read online\u00a0immediately and download for future reference.<\/p>\n

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NEWPORT, RI \u2013 While pledging to revisit a number of issues related to catch monitoring on Atlantic herring midwater trawl vessels, the New England Fishery Management Council on Nov. 20 did not support the use of emergency action to prohibit the fleet from fishing pending 100% observer coverage. Back in September, council member Tom Dempsey … <\/p>\n

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