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February 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15.
Commercial Fishing News
NOAA Issues Final Guidance on Annual Catch Limits to End Overfishing
NOAA’s Fisheries Service issued final does not occur. Additionally, the act calls for recreational saltwater fishing provide our limits for a stock, and calls for strong
guidance on annual catch limits designed to measures to ensure accountability with nation food, jobs and other incredible accountability measures to prevent annual
help restore federally managed marine fish these limits, and that the limits do not exceed benefits that we want to continue for future catch limits from being exceeded, and to
stocks and end overfishing. the scientific recommendations made by the generations when we end overfishing. “ address such a situation quickly if it does
Annual catch limits are amounts of fish regional fishery management councils’ NOAA’s Fisheries Service, the eight occur.
allowed to be caught in a year. The 2007 scientific committees. regional fishery management councils, and “We believe that these guidelines lay a
amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens “The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires fishing communities themselves have taken strong yet flexible foundation for ending
Fishery Conservation and Management Act that we end overfishing by 2010,” said Jim significant steps toward ending overfishing overfishing around the country, and we will
required fishery management plans to Balsiger, acting NOAA assistant and rebuilding stocks in recent years. In work closely with the councils to ensure
establish mechanisms for specifying annual administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service. 2007, seven fish stocks were removed from success,” Balsiger said. “The economic,
catch limits at such levels that overfishing “The commercial seafood industry and the overfishing list. Approximately 40 recreational and ecological stakes are high,
stocks are still experiencing overfishing, and these guidelines are a critical step as we
however, NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the move forward.”
SAMOSET BOAT WORKS
fishery management councils are in the U.S. commercial and recreational
process of ending overfishing for these fisheries generated more than $185 billion in
job.”
stocks. sales and supported more than two million
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Sledge went to work for Goetz at Bristol,
Annual catch limits are required for U.S. jobs nationwide in 2006, the latest data
all the foam they ground out the affected area
Rhode Island in September 1989. He worked
commercial and recreational fisheries available. The commercial fishing industry
and repaired it. To stiffen the hull skin be-
on some very notable racers including
subject to overfishing by 2010, and for all — harvesters, seafood processors and
tween the stringers they put down ¾ inch
MATADOR
2
, four Whitbred Volvo boats,
other stocks by 2011. dealers, seafood wholesalers and seafood
balsa core, which they vacuumed bagged
and eleven America’s Cup boats. He also did
The final guidance published in the retailers — accounted for $103 billion in
down and then bagged down four layers of 12
some racing rule modifications, built rowing
Federal Register today outlines a system of sales, and supported 1.5 million jobs in 2006.
ounce fiberglass. They also have repaired the
shells and some cruising sail and power
catch limits, reference points and targets that Recreational saltwater fishing generated $82
transom.
boats.
can be used for each stock to prevent billion in sales and supported 534,000 jobs in
They still have to install the new fuel
In August 2001 he left Goetz. He said that
overfishing. The system accounts for 2006.
tanks, rewire, re-plumb and a new engine.
he learned the basics at The Landing School,
scientific uncertainty in estimating catch
Fortune Inc. will be coming soon to put on
but while at Goetz he went to a different level.
new canvas. She will be done in a couple of
He learned lofting, vacuum bagging, pre-
months.
preg, large wet layups, painting, and even
Sledge has been around boats all his life.
woodworking. He added, “It was a great place
He grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
to learn pretty much everything about com-
He remembers seeing Dodge Morgan’s
posites and custom boatbuilding.”
AMERICAN PROMISE being built at Ted
After leaving Goetz Sledge was hired as
Hood’s yard. He even got a tour of the her just
service manager at Boothbay Region
after she was launched. “I always wanted to
Boatyard on Southport Island. After about a
be a naval architec,” said Sledge. “So, when
year he left and went to work at as a sub-
it came time to go away to high school, I only
contractor for Paul E. Luke Inc. in East
looked at prep schools that had naval archi-
Boothbay. He said, “I did pretty much any-
tecture classes and ended up going to Tabor
thing and everything. I did some systems
Academy (Marion, Massachusetts). If I
installations, and helped replanked the bot-
wasn’t in class I would go hang out down at
tom a Brownell sportfish. The only thing I
BECCA & MEAGAN frozen in at Rockport harbor.
Burr Brothers boatyard. I was having fun.
couldn’t do was metal work.”
After I graduated I went to Wentworth Insti-
While at Luke’s Sledge was looking to
tute of Technology studying house architec-
go into business for himself and made it
ture. I barely made it through my freshman
DownEast Lobstermen's
happen. He is hoping to sell this Samoset 30
year and I said, “This sucks.” That is when my
and get orders for others. He has also had an
roommate and I applied to the Landing
inquiry to build a 28-foot launch, similar to his
Association
School.”
30 footer, for a mega-yacht. He is also bidding
Sledge continued, “I did the Design pro-
on another cold moulded project. Looking for
gram first and the Building program the next
a new boat or to have yours repaired, Samoset "By the Fishermen - for the Fishermen"
year. I fell in love with actually building boats.
Boat Works is definitely worth a look.
Before I graduated Eric Goetz offered me a
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Species Weight Weight Low Ave. High
Cod, Large 582 582 1.57 2.09 2.57
Be Heard.
Cod, Market 1,893 1,267 1.41 1.52 1.65
Cod, Scrod 25 22 0.99 0.99 0.99
Float Rope Issue
Cusk 57 57 0.72 0.76 1.10
Dabs, Large 963 963 1.42 1.67 1.83
Dabs, Medium 1,539 962 1.13 1.24 1.42
Boat Insurance Discounts with
Dabs, Small 3,123 2,223 0.80 0.89 1.00
Grey Sole, Large 58 58 4.34 4.34 4.34
Membership
Grey Sole, Medium 320 320 3.25 3.33 3.52
Grey Sole, Small 1,981 1,981 1.64 1.97 2.20
Safety Courses
Grey Sole, Pee Wee 183 183 1.04 1.12 1.22
Haddock, Large 587 587 1.10 1.13 1.36
Haddock, Scrod 156 156 0.93 0.93 0.93
Hake, Sow 2,674 2,674 2.16 2.27 2.44
Call or e-mail for
Hake, Large 1,888 1,888 2.01 2.02 2.08
Hake, Medium 234 234 1.69 1.74 1.83
membership informa-
Hake, Small 211 211 1.50 1.50 1.50
Monkfish Livers 37 3 0.33 0.33 0.33
tion
Monktails, Large 4,488 4,488 2.58 3.25 3.38
Monktails, Small 2,249 2,249 2.58 2.58 2.58
Pollock, Large 6,448 6,448 0.41 0.58 0.72
DownEast Lobstermen's Association
Pollock, Medium 8,459 8,459 0.37 0.42 0.52
P.O. Box 88
Pollock, Small 4,423 4,423 0.31 0.35 0.39
Redfish 524 524 0.94 0.99 1.03
Belfast, Maine 04915
Yellowtails, Large 2 2 0.87 0.87 0.87
(207) 338-1406
Yellowtail, Small 2 2 0.90 0.90 0.90
TOTAL 43,106 40,966
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