Get Your Daily Dose: April Council Meeting
Today begins a three-day meeting of the NEFMC (New England Fishery Management Council), the body responsible for the oversight and planning of commercial and recreational fishing in New England. CLF’s...
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Care about river herring? Then pay attention this week!
Recently we covered the pending bans on fishing for river herring in most Atlantic state waters. But what protections are afforded to these fish when they travel beyond states’ jurisdiction three miles...
View ArticleNew England Council Makes a Move on Herring
We’ve lately been reporting on the progress of the New England Fishery Management Council to protect river herring and make other important changes in the Atlantic herring fishery. This process took a...
View ArticleReady to hear about herring?
For the next few weeks, fishery managers will hear from the public on proposed changes to the Atlantic herring fishery. New rules (called Amendment 5) have been in development for a long time – five...
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We can restore river herring, but the Mid Atlantic Council and NOAA Fisheries...
This post was originally published on Reel-Time.com and is excerpted here; click here for the full version of the post. Captain John McMurray is a recreational charter boat captain and voting member of...
View ArticleKeeping Watch: Another attempt to monitor the largest vessels fishing our waters
The nation’s most-widely read daily newspaper recently took a close look at fisheries observers, focusing on the problems New England has with monitoring the catch. The Wall Street Journal’s Jennifer...
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A Big Step for Our Little Fish
In the coming month, members of the New England Fishery Management Council will try to jumpstart a stalled effort to adequately monitor the activity of the midwater trawl vessels that fish for Atlantic...
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And the Beat Goes On
Despite over a decade of outcry from both the general public & multiple stakeholder groups within the fishing community, on this coming Thursday the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC)...
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