{"id":5777,"date":"2014-12-23T13:35:52","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T18:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=5777"},"modified":"2014-12-24T10:20:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T15:20:03","slug":"lobstermen-still-able-to-fish-traps-in-groundfish-closed-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/lobstermen-still-able-to-fish-traps-in-groundfish-closed-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobstermen still able to fish traps in groundfish closed areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWPORT, RI \u2013 New and very severe measures to protect Gulf of Maine cod under Framework Adjustment 53 to the groundfish plan will not<\/i> apply to lobstermen, who may continue to set and haul traps in groundfish closed areas.<\/p>\n

However, the issue of cod bycatch in lobster gear and the question of whether or not hauling practices disrupt cod spawning behavior remain on the New England Fishery Management Council\u2019s \u201cradar\u201d and will be further investigated.<\/p>\n

During its Nov. 17-20 meeting here in Newport, the council considered a well-publicized motion from its groundfish committee proposing that any adopted cod closures include a restriction on \u201cfishing with or using lobster pot gear.\u201d<\/p>\n

I did catch some cod in my traps this year.\u00a0 Three.\u00a0 I had 3,600 hauls where I could have caught cod, and I caught three.\u00a0 I had to fight to get them out of the trap, and they swam away in good condition. \u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u2014Bill Adler<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With time in advance to prepare a response, lobstermen and their industry representatives turned out to testify, well versed with their talking points.\u00a0 So did groundfish fishermen who had their own concerns about the implications of the outcome.<\/p>\n

In the end, the council determined that there wasn\u2019t enough concrete scientific information available to justify banning lobster pots in closed areas.\u00a0 But it voted to direct its groundfish plan development team (PDT) to collaborate with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission\u2019s (ASMFC) lobster technical committee (TC) to \u201cfully analyze all available data to better understand the bycatch and interactions of cod in the lobster fishery.\u201d
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NEWPORT, RI \u2013 New and very severe measures to protect Gulf of Maine cod under Framework Adjustment 53 to the groundfish plan will not apply to lobstermen, who may continue to set and haul traps in groundfish closed areas. However, the issue of cod bycatch in lobster gear and the question of whether or not … <\/p>\n

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