May 2011 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13. Commercial Fishing News MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL FISHING NEWS
collection, provide additional opportunities for the U.S. swordfish quota to be attained, and accommodate traditional gears that occasionally capture North Atlantic swordfish and smoothhound sharks (i.e., trawls), while maintaining landings at incidental levels . NOAA Fisheries is accepting public comments on the proposal until April 17. Public hearings will be held at the following times, dates, and locations: March 21,2011, 1 -3 p.m., NMFS Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA, 01930
March 22,2011,4:30 -6:30 p.m., Ocean County Library, Barnegat Branch, 112 Burr Street, Barnegat, NJ, 08005
March 28, 2011, 5 -7 p.m., Manteo Town Hall, 407 Budleigh Street, Manteo, NC, 27954 April 6, 2011,8:30 -10 a.m., HMS Advisory Panel Meeting, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 20910
April 13, 2011, 11 :00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Meeting, Historic Inn of Annapolis, 58 State Circle, Annapolis, MD, 21401.
NOAA Proposes 2011 Atlantic Bluefln Tuna Quotas and Atlantic Tuna Fisheries Management Measures; Comments due April 28
NOAA Fisheries proposes to: modify Atlantic bluefin tuna base quotas for all domestic fishing categories; establish bluefin tuna quota specifications for the 2011 fishing year; reinstate pelagic longline target catch requirements for retaining bluefin tuna in the Northeast Distant Gear Restricted Area; amend the Atlantic tunas possession at sea and landing regulations to allow removal of Atlantic tunas tail lobes; and clarify the transfer at sea regulations for Atlantic tunas.
You may submit comments on the proposed actions through April 28 via the Federal eRulemaking Portal; fax: 978-281- 9340, Attn: Sarah McLaughlin; and mail: Sarah McLaughlin, Highly Migratory
NOAA Announces Control Date for New England Groundfish Fishery
Clears the way for potential council measures to prevent fishing fleet consolidation
At the request of the New England Fish- ery Management Council, NOAA today es- tablished a control date of April 7, 2011 for the groundfish fishery. The council can use a control date to develop management mea- sures that limit excessive accumulation of fishing privileges in this fishery. Establishing the control date itself does not impose limits or restrictions on the groundfish fishery. However, fishermen are encouraged to preserve any documents re- lating to their ownership or control of fishing privileges in the event that the council does decide to take a future action.
“NOAA, along with fishermen and mem- bers of Congress, is concerned about the need to maintain fleet diversity, fishery infra- structure and fishing ports throughout the Northeast,” said Patricia Kurkul, administra-
tor, Northeast Region, NOAA Fisheries Ser- vice. “Establishing this date, as requested by the council, is crucial for developing any future actions that address excessive control or ownership of fishing allocation in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery.” Fishing privileges acquired after the control date may be restricted or treated dif- ferently than those acquired before this date. The council could also impose limits on per- mits acquired prior to the control date. Setting the control date is also intended to discour- age speculative behavior in the market for fishing privileges, until the council decides whether and how to develop limitations on accumulation of fishing privileges. The setting of the control date does not mean the council, which is made up of repre- sentatives from state and federal agencies, the fishing industry, and the environmental community, will necessarily take additional management measures.
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Species Management Division, NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. NOAA Fisheries will also hold four public hearings to receive comments from fishery participants and other members of the public regarding the proposed rule, as follows:
March 22, 2011, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ocean County Library, 112 Burr Street, Barnegat, NJ March 28, 2011, 7-9 p.m., Manteo TownHall, 407 Budleigh Street, Manteo, NC April 1, 2011, 3-5 p.m., NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA April 5, 2011, 5:15-7:15 p.m., Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
NOAA Proposes New Atlantic Sea Scallop Management Measures; Comments Due May 26
NOAA Fisheries has proposed new measures for the Atlantic sea scallop fishery
primarily to implement annual catch limits and accountability measures to bring the scallop fishery management plan into compliance with requirements under Federal fisheries law. Additional proposed measures include: a revision of the overfishing definition; modification of the essential fish habitat closed areas under the Scallop management plan; adjustments to measures for the Limited Access General Category fishery; adjustments to the scallop research set-aside program; and additions to the list of measures that can be modified through framework adjustments. Comments on the new measures must be received by 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, by May 26, 2011.
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