{"id":4676,"date":"2014-03-24T13:07:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2014-03-24T13:07:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T17:07:54","slug":"dmr-asks-maine-lobster-industry-to-step-up-and-deal-with-latent-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/dmr-asks-maine-lobster-industry-to-step-up-and-deal-with-latent-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"DMR asks Maine lobster industry to step up and deal with latent effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROCKPORT, ME \u2013 Two sessions focused on the future of the state\u2019s lobster fishery drew standing-room-only crowds at the Maine Fishermen\u2019s Forum on Feb. 28 and March 1.<\/p>\n

Over the forum weekend, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) released preliminary state statistics that showed another year of exceptional lobster landings.\u00a0 At 125,953,876 pounds, 2013 landings were the second highest on record, valued at an estimated $378 million, a figure that reflected the agency\u2019s first attempt to factor in co-op dividends (see story page 14).<\/p>\n

But the message delivered by the DMR during the forum sessions was one of caution and the need to take stock of the fishery during this time of abundance rather than waiting for what many feel is an inevitable dip in harvest levels.<\/p>\n

During the March 1 DMR-sponsored session titled \u201cThe State of the Lobster Fishery,\u201d the first in a series of
\nmeetings DMR has scheduled with industry throughout Maine, Commissioner Pat Keliher noted that landings in 2013 dropped by 1.3 million pounds.\u00a0 Additionally, juvenile settlement, an indicator of future abundance, was down for the third straight year, and there were indications that shell disease was expanding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want anyone to come away thinking the sky is falling,\u201d Keliher said.\u00a0 \u201cThere is an urgency to talk about the future, but it doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re going to run to the Legislature with new bills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recalling how upsetting trap reductions imposed in 1997 were to lobstermen, Keliher emphasized, \u201cI\u2019m not here to talk about taking traps away.\u201d…<\/p>\n


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ROCKPORT, ME \u2013 Two sessions focused on the future of the state\u2019s lobster fishery drew standing-room-only crowds at the Maine Fishermen\u2019s Forum on Feb. 28 and March 1. Over the forum weekend, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) released preliminary state statistics that showed another year of exceptional lobster landings.\u00a0 At 125,953,876 pounds, 2013 … <\/p>\n

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