We appreciate the opportunity for our members to get a little bit of relief in April.\u00a0 We feel that this is going to be a huge mitigating measure. \u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u2014Jackie Odell<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cI guess there is<\/i> life at the end of this and a reason for living again,\u201d said Gloucester fisherman Joe Orlando on Nov. 19 when the council voted up the new closure package as its \u201cpreferred alternative\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been fighting for April ever since I can remember,\u201d Orlando said.\u00a0 \u201cThis couldn\u2019t have come at a better time since you\u2019re giving us back Gulf of Maine haddock.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Framework 53 includes a staggering reduction in the annual catch limit (ACL) for Gulf of Maine cod, it also includes a gigantic increase in the ACL for haddock.<\/p>\n
Jackie Odell of the Northeast Seafood Coalition said, \u201cWe appreciate the opportunity for our members to get a little bit of relief in April.\u00a0 We feel that this is going to be a huge mitigating measure.\u201d Read the rest of this story and much, much more in the January issue of\u00a0Commercial Fisheries News<\/em>. \u00a0Buy this issue or\u00a0Subscribe<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0[add_to_cart=5805]<\/strong><\/p>\n (Read online immediately with access key and download for future reference.)<\/em><\/p>\n [metaslider id=5779] NEWPORT, RI \u2013 It\u2019s far from a done deal, but if the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) approves the New England Fishery Management Council\u2019s newly developed set of \u201cGulf of Maine Cod Protection Closures\u201d as part of Framework Adjustment 53 to the groundfish plan, sector fishermen may have access to inshore areas during … <\/p>\n
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