Page 8. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2009
Commercial Fishing News
MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL FISHING NEWS
NOAA Will Work With Six Identified tations with officials from each of these six reference points and targets that can be used NOAA to Create Saltwater Angler
Nations to Address Illegal, Unreported, nations and encourage them to take correc- for each stock to prevent overfishing. An- Registry in 2010
and Unregulated Fishing tive action to stop IUU fishing by their ves- nual catch limits are required for U.S. commer- NOAA Fisheries Service has released a
NOAA has identified six nations - sels. Following consultations, NOAA will cial and recreational fisheries subject to over- final rule to create a national saltwater angler
France, Italy, Libya, Panama, the People’s formally certify each of the six nations either fishing by 2010, and for all other stocks by registry of all marine recreational fishermen.
Republic of China, and Tunisia - whose fish- as adopting effective measures to stop IUU 2011. The system accounts for scientific un- The improved quality of recreational fishing
ing vessels were engaged in illegal, unre- fishing, or having vessels engaged in IUU certainty in estimating catch limits for a stock, data achieved through a national registry will
ported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2007 fishing. If a nation is found to be engaged in and calls for strong accountability measures help demonstrate the economic value of salt-
or 2008. The identified nations had fishing IUU fishing, that nation’s vessels may be to prevent annual catch limits from being water recreational fishing, and will provide a
vessels that did not comply with measures denied entry into U.S. ports and the President exceeded, and to address such a situation more complete picture of how recreational
agreed to under various international re- may prohibit imports of certain fish products quickly if it does occur. fishing is affecting fish stocks. This kind of
gional fishery management organizations. from that nation or take other measures. information is essential to NOAA’s goal to
Annual global economic losses due to IUU New Economic Report Finds Commercial end overfishing as required under the
fishing are estimated to be about $9 billion, NOAA Issues Final Guidance on Annual and Recreational Saltwater Fishing Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation
according to an international task force on Catch Limits to End Overfishing Generated More Than Two Million Jobs and Management Act.
IUU fishing. NOAA Fisheries Service has published U.S. commercial and recreational saltwa- The final rule requires anglers and
The United States will continue consul- a final rule outlining a system of catch limits, ter fishing generated more than $185 billion in spearfishers who fish recreationally in fed-
sales and supported more than two million eral ocean waters to be included in the na-
jobs in 2006, according to a new economic tional saltwater angler registry by Jan. 1, 2010.
Redeem Your Bailout Bucks at
report released by NOAA Fisheries Service. NOAA will exempt anglers if they are licensed
The commercial fishing industry - harvesters, in states that provide complete information
NAUTILUS MARINE FABRICATION
seafood processors and dealers, seafood on their saltwater anglers to the national
wholesalers and seafood retailers - generated registry. NOAA had originally proposed that
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supported 1.5 million jobs in 2006, the most 2009, but based on public input decided to
recent year included in the report. Recre- give states another year to put in place their
ational fishing generated $82 billion in sales, own data collection systems. The registry is
$24 billion in income, and supported 534,000 one component of the agency’s new Marine
jobs in 2006. Recreational Information Program, an initia-
The report breaks down the sales, in- tive to enhance data collection on recre-
come and job figures for each coastal state. It ational catch and effort.
also includes descriptive statistics on com-
mercial fish landings, revenue, and price Consideration of a Control Date for the
trends; recreational fishing effort, catch, and American Lobster Fishery
participation rates; and employer and non- NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking pub-
employer establishments, annual payroll, lic comment on a proposed rule that would
and annual receipt information for fishing- limit or restrict future access to the American
related industries such as seafood retailers lobster trap fishery in the Federal waters of
and ship and boat building. Lobster Management Area 1 (the inshore
Gulf of Maine), based upon a permit holder’s
ability to document a history of fishing with
lobster traps in Area 1 prior to the date of this
notice. This notice should discourage Ameri-
can lobster non-trap vessels from entering
the lobster trap fishery, and discourage
American lobster trap vessels fishing in other
lobster management areas from entering the
Area 1 lobster trap fishery, based upon eco-
nomic speculation while NOAA, in consulta-
tion with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, considers whether and how
access and effort should be controlled.
Interested participants are advised to
locate and preserve records that substantiate
and verify their past participation in the
American lobster trap fishery in Federal wa-
ters. New participants to the Area 1 lobster
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