February 2015 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13. Commercial Fishing News NEWS FROM MAINE DEPARTMENT OF RESOURSES


accepted the position of Lieutenant, taking responsibility for direction and supervision of 18 Offi cers and 3 Sergeants.


The Marine Patrol is a Bureau of the Maine Department of Marine Resource that provides law enforcement, search and rescue, public health, maritime security, and public safety services on Maine’s coastal and tidal waters. More information about the Maine Marine Patrol can be found on the Marine Patrol’s website.


NOAA Kicks off 2015 Survey Season in Gulf of Maine


The corresponding electronic navigational charts (NOAA ENC®) are US5ME01M, US5ME02M, US5ME10M, US5ME12M, US4ME01M, and US4ME03M. Information about the survey project has been included in the 1st District Local Notice to Mariners since November. To reduce the chance of entangling any fi shing gear during survey operations, Coast Survey, which manages NOAA›s hydrographic survey operations and maintains the nation›s charts, has also notifi ed the Maine Lobstermen›s Association about the location and timing of planned activities. The ship will exercise every caution while surveying to avoid entanglement of fi shing gear.


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Jon Cornish Promoted to Colonel of the Maine Marine Patrol


Jon Cornish, a 30-year veteran of the Maine Marine Patrol, was offi cially promot- ed to Colonel during a change of command ceremony Friday, January 9, 2015. Colonel Cornish relieved Joseph Fes- senden who retired after a 40-year career in the Maine Marine Patrol, the last 20 of which were as Colonel.


“Major Cornish brings the perfect combination of wisdom, and practical expe- rience to his new post,” said Patrick Keliher, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources during his remarks. “As he takes the helm today, I am confi dent that Major Cornish will provide the leadership necessary to take Maine Marine Patrol into the future.”


The ceremony, held at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, was attended by approximately 80 members of partner agen- cies, family members, Maine Marine Patrol personnel, and Governor Paul R. LePage. Since July, 2014, Cornish had served as Major of the Maine Marine Patrol, taking that position after the retirement of 25-year Marine Patrol veteran Alan Talbot. Prior to accepting the position of Major, Cornish served 28 years in the Marine Pa- trol, the last nine as Lieutenant of Division I, which includes the Maine coast from Kittery to the St. George River.


Colonel Cornish began his career in the Marine Patrol in 1985 as an Offi cer. In 2001 he was promoted to the rank of Ser- geant, supervising 6 Marine Patrol Offi cers and one Boat Specialist. In 2004, Cornish


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The Gulf of Maine is the fi rst area to be surveyed by NOAA ships in 2015, with a hydrographic project scheduled for about 142 square nautical miles in January and February. NOAA ship Ferdinand R. Has- sler will conduct the survey from January 5 to February 13, subject to weather and operational conditions, to acquire data for nautical chart updates. Hassler will survey areas from Fletcher Neck to Moody Beach, and from Taylor Reef to Woody Island, which are heavily traffi cked by commercial fi shermen and are priority areas for NOAA chart updates. After Hassler acquires the soundings and other observations with her multibeam echo sounder and side scan sonar, the data goes to NOAA’s Offi ce of Coast Survey hydrographic processing team in Norfolk, and then to cartographers who will update charts by this summer.


The paper and raster nautical charts that will refl ect changes in water depths, aids to navigation, or dangers to navigation are 13286, 13287, 13288, 13290, and 13292.


Although the 2015 Gulf of Maine shrimp season is closed, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Maine DMR are sponsoring a program to collect shrimp samples from industry boats. Four trawlers and fi ve trappers have been selected to conduct limited fi shing in order to collect samples. The samples will be used to track the timing of egg hatch and other information about the population. The four trawlers will each fi sh on fi ve days spread out between late January and March, will provide shrimp samples to the


Massachusetts DMF or the Maine DMR, and will be allowed to keep or sell up to 1,800 lbs per day to defray expenses.


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interested in buying shrimp should contact the trawlers directly.


The trawlers and the areas they plan to fi sh are: Mark Carroll, Gloucester MA, fi shing the Ipswich Bay and Scantum Basin areas; Vincent Balzano, Saco ME, fi shing between Wood Island and Small Point out to Dog- gett’s Ridge; Reggie House, South Bristol ME, fishing between Pumpkin Island, Monhegan, Pemaquid Point and Johns Bay; and Ricky Trundy, Deer Isle ME, fi shing the east side of Vinalhaven to Spoon Island (Isle au Haut). The fi ve trappers will each fi sh up to 10 traps, will each provide samples to DMR fi ve times between February 1 and March 20, and will be allowed to keep up to 100 pounds per week for their personal use only (no sale). The trappers are: Arnie Gamage, South Bristol; Bill Iliffe, Tenants Harbor; Lee Oxton, Vinalhaven; John Williams, Stonington; and Fred Backman, Winter Harbor. We will be posting information here on the sampling results as they come in. The fi rst Maine trawl trip was made Jan. 21 and the samples are being worked up at the DMR lab. For more information, contact Maggie Hunter at DMR .


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