Conservation Law Foundation » Gulf of Maine shrimp http://www.clf.org For a thriving New England Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:45:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 This Week on TalkingFish.org – April 8-12 http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-april-8-12/ http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-april-8-12/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:47:15 +0000 Leah Fine http://www.clf.org/?p=14946 This week on Talking Fish, 100 scientists and 70,000 citizens have asked NOAA to keep protected areas closed to fishing; we explain some of the reasons why keeping these areas closed is so important; Fish Talk in the News rounds up stories on elver, menhaden, river herring, shrimp, and more.

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]]> April 10 - 70,000 Citizens, 100 Scientists Want New England’s Waters Protected - More than a hundred prominent scientists are urging federal officials to prevent the return of damaging, bottom trawl fishing to waters that have protected fish habitat and spawning areas in New England for nearly two decades. The scientists aren’t the only ones speaking up. More than 70 thousand people sent comments opposing the proposal.

April 12 - Top Ten Reasons to Protect New England’s Closed Areas - Why should NOAA reject the plan to expand commercial fishing in 5,000 square miles of protected waters? Let us count the ways.

April 12 - Fish Talk in the News – Friday, April 12 - In this week’s Fish Talk in the News, communities react to the start of spring herring runs; Maine’s legislature approves a bill to open fishways on the St. Croix to alewives; other Maine bills would help out large vessels and allow groundfishermen to sell lobster bycatch; the elver fishery continues to draw crime and controversy; New Bedford processors diversify; healthy menhaden stocks support smallmouth bass; the disastrous Gulf of Maine shrimp season ends; debate on closed areas continues.

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]]> http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-april-8-12/feed/ 0 This Week on TalkingFish.org – February 13 – February 17 http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-february-13-february-17/ http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-february-13-february-17/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:53:04 +0000 Emily Long http://www.clf.org/?p=7667 This week's posts on TalkingFish.org: news on Gulf of Maine cod regulations; end of this year's Gulf of Maine shrimp season.

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The Gulf of Maine (Northern) shrimp season ends today (Photo credit: Aldric D'Eon, courtsey of the NEFSC).

  • February 13: “A behind the scenes peek at the Gulf of Maine cod stock assessments” - What really happened to Gulf of Maine cod? Heather Goldstone of Climatide investigated last week by talking to Liz Brooks and Mike Palmer, two of the scientists at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center who were involved in producing the 2011 Gulf of Maine cod stock assessment.
  • February 14: “To help GOM cod, NMFS should not touch closed areas” - It’s been widely reported that at its February meeting, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to ask the National Marine Fisheries Service to take emergency action on Gulf of Maine cod for the 2012 fishing year. The measures proposed, including a mere 3-13% reduction in the catch limit, were notable largely for their failure to address the condition of the depleted cod stock. But there is an aspect of the proposed package that has received little attention, which is troubling, because it would have NMFS open up five of the six existing areas currently closed to groundfishing.
  • February 17: “Fish Talk in the News” - A weekly roundup of stories we think will interest readers. This week: news and opinion on Gulf of Maine cod regulations and fisheries science, the end of this year’s Gulf of Maine shrimp season.

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