Make striped bass a real commercial fishery in Massachusetts ...
MA DMF Advisories
MarineFisheries Advisories
| Corrected Notice: Changes to the
Commercial Seasons, Trip Limits, and Open
Fishing Days for Black Sea Bass and Scup "New commercial fishing regulations for black sea bass and scup are now effective..." [April 2, 2013] |
| April, May, and June Commercial
Horseshoe Crab Spawning Closures "The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MarineFisheries) is advising commercial horseshoe crab harvesters on the rules and regulations for the upcoming season..." [March 29, 2013] |
| ASMFC Public Hearing on American Eel
Management: April 23 "The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries will host an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) public hearing on Draft Addendum III to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American Eel..." [March 26, 2013] |
| Public Comment Period for Annual
Spiny Dogfish Specifications "For the 2013/2014 commercial spiny dogfish fishery, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Spiny Dogfish Board approved a 23.69 million pound quota and 4,000 pound trip limit for the Northern Region (ME-CT)..." [March 15, 2013] |
| Notice of Public Hearing Scheduled
for April 25, 2013 "Under the provisions of M.G.L. c. 30A and pursuant to the authority found at M.G.L. c. 130 § 17A and and 21 the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission have scheduled a public hearing and public comment period to accept comment on regulations to amend 322 CMR 6.00 and 8.00, as pertaining to shad and river herring management..." [March 15, 2013] |
| Notice of Public Hearings Scheduled
for April 17 & 18, 2013 "Under the provisions of M.G.L. c. 30A and pursuant to the authority found at M.G.L. c. 130 § 17A and and 80 the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission have scheduled a public hearing and public comment period to accept comment on regulations to amend 322 CMR 4.00, 6.00 and 7.00..." [March 15, 2013] |
| Storm Related Shellfish Harvest
Advisory "The public should be aware the current northeast storm may wash ashore quantities of shellfish along Nantasket and Revere Beaches..." [March 8, 2013] |
| Public Comment Period for Smooth
Dogfish Management Measures "The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) is accepting public comment on proposed revisions to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Coastal Sharks, affecting smooth dogfish only..." [March 5, 2013] |
| Public Comment Period for Winter
Flounder Addendum "The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) is accepting public comment on proposed revisions to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Inshore Stocks of Winter Flounder..." [February 27, 2013] |
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Cape
Cod Today-1
hour ago
An
elevated area
of the sea
floor between
Cape Cod and
Nova Scotia,
Georges Bank
is one of the
best fishing
grounds on
Earth. For
decades
scientists ...
Wicked Local- Marshfield
Many
were owners of
local
commercial
boats. “I am
interested in
learning what
we can do ...
to the
survival for
small
fishermen.
Update from Stripers Forever
Fly Rod & Reel Magazine (blog)
HARVESTING
PETITION
UPDATE/ REPORT
On April 4th
in Lincoln, MA
the Massachusetts
Marine
Fisheries
Advisory
Commission
(MMFAC) met to
discuss many
issues.
Petition Calls for Drastic Cuts to Striped Bass Fishing Limits
Martha's Vineyard Gazette
Last
year,
commercial fishermen
in Massachusetts
landed
1,218,426
pounds or
115.2 per cent
over the
1,057,783
pound state
quota.
Fishermen say seals are devastating fishing
WCVB
Boston
-
The
population of
gray seals
around
Nantucket
Sound is
rising 20
percent a
year, but
that's the
wrong
direction as
far as some
fishermen are
...
Hard times for Bay State fishermen
Wicked
Local
Tourists
love the sight
of gray seals
sunning on the
beach, but
Cape Cod
fishermen say
their booming
numbers around
Nantucket
Sound are
devastating
their ...
USA TODAY
That year,
shellfish beds
were shut down
along the New
England coast
and cost about
$50 million to
the Massachusetts
shellfish
industry
alone. Another
bad outbreak
was in 2008.
Red tide has
also been in
the news
recently in
Florida: In
southwestThe Catch 22 of New England Fisheries' Catch Share Scheme
Earth Island Journal
Born
in Essex, MA,
a town over
from
Gloucester,
Maxfield began
digging for
clams and
surf-casting
for striped
bass when
he was 13,
then put
himself
through
college by
crewing aboard
commercial
vessels.
Too many seals?
Cape
Cod Today-by Teresa Martin-17 hours ago
Fishermen
warn that
infect fish
with parasitic
cod worms,
steal fish
from nets,
weirs ...
northwest
Atlantic seal
population
stretching
from Cape Cod
to Nova
Scotia.
Gloucester
Daily Times
Both
of
Gloucester's
general fish
auction houses
are confirming
reports by
fishermen that
cod - the fish
that helped
make this city
the world's
oldest, most
famous and,
for a long
time, its
busiest
fishing port -
appears to be
following its
age-old ...
Sandwich harbormaster preparing for job since '88
Capecodonline
"I'm
excited," he
said Friday
morning
sitting in his
office that
overlooks the
180 commercial
fishing and
boat slips in
the marina.
NOAA economic report seen as 'sham'
Gloucester Daily Times
NOAA's
annual
statistical
progress
report on the
vitality of
the nation's fishing
industry,
which
traditionally
accentuates
the positive,
indicates that
2011 produced
the "highest
landings
volume since
1997 and the
highest value"
in dollars
"ever ...
Pallone Questions NOAA Official on Fisheries Management: Challenges Administration on Its Data Collection Program ...
PolitickerNJ -
Pallone
Questions NOAA
Official on
Fisheries
Management:
Challenges
Administration
on Its Data
Collection
Program and
Economic
Impacts ...
A Historian's Perspective on Cod Fishing's Drastic Downturn
UConn Advance
“At the
meeting there
were lots of
angry,
frustrated,
scared
fishermen
standing in
... McKenzie
remembers from
his own youth
on Cape Cod
the ...
End to end" fish assessment planned in NE
End to end" fish assessment planned in NE
Boston.com
- 1 day ago
BOSTON
(AP) — An
''end to end''
analysis of
how regulators
determine the
health of New
England
groundfish
stocks is now
planned after
...
Who Owns Fish Under BRIBERIZATION – Featured Writer Stephan ...
fisherynation.com/archives/5616
Susanne Rust's
“Who owns the
fish?” is a well
written and
insightful
piece. But, like
all Catch Share
authors,
including
myself, we are
still ...
Guest Editorial: Witness list shows Magnuson talks a sham from start
Cape Cod Today
Pappalardo
was the head of
the New England
Fishery
Management
Council - and
policy chief
with the Cape
Cod fishing
group - when his
council rammed
through NOAA's
poorly planned
and
ill-conceived
catch share
management
system that, by
virtually ...
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Boston
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Nantucket Island
Great Point
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Harbor Entrance (current)
Off Cape- Massachusetts Tides
NOAA -Ma Tides
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CapeTides.com (Buzzards Bay Tides)
National Data Buoy Center
NE BUOY MAP
NANTUCKET SOUND
Nantucket Sd.(Cape Wind data tower)
Menauhant, Waquoit Bay
Woods Hole, MA
BB
Boston
Buzzards Bay
Georges Bank
Gulf of Me.
Isle Of Shoals
Mass. Bay/Stellwagen
Nantucket
Portland
Web Cams
Hyannis harbor
Hyannis Hyline ferry cam
Nauset Spit (1)
Nauset Spit (2)
Chatham: Outermost Harbor Webcam
Woods Hole Eel Pond
Woods Hole Ferry
Woods Hole Landfall
Cape Cod Canal Cams
MV South Beach
Oak Bluffs harbor - live
Maciel Marine VH Lagoon
Main Street Nantucket
Padanaram Harbor
Sebastian Inlet (FL)
Local Tides
Cape Cod
Woods Hole
Falmouth Heights
Hyannisport
Cotuit Highlands
Bass River
Wychmere Harbor
Stage Harbor
Chatham (inside)
Chatham (outer coast)
Nauset Harbor
Race Point
Provincetown Harbor
Wellfleet(inside)
Barnstable Harbor, Beach Point
Cape Cod Canal (E. entrance)
Cape Cod Canal (Buzzards Bay)
Marthas Vineyard
Edgartown
Oak Bluffs
Vineyard Haven
off-Tashmoo
Menemsha Bight
Squibnocket Point
Wasque Point
Nantucket Island
Great Point
Wauwinet (outer shore)
Eel Point
Nantucket Island (ferry dock)
Harbor Entrance (current)
Off Cape- Massachusetts Tides
NOAA -Ma Tides
Cape Cod Canal Tides
CapeTides.com (Buzzards Bay Tides)
