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trawler, and 1 New Hampshire trawler) and 5 trap fi shermen, fi shing for 8 weeks from mid-January to mid-March. The trawlers will have a maximum trip limit of 1,200 pounds per trip, with 1 trip per week, while the trappers will have a maximum posses- sion limit of 500 pounds per week, with a 40 trap limit per vessel. Preference will be given to individuals in the lottery with double Nordmore grates and having history prior to the June 7, 2011 control date. For more information, please contact
Max Appelman, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at
mappelman@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.
States Schedule Hearings on Jonah Crab Draft Addendum II
ARLINGTON, VA – The Atlantic coastal states of Maine through Virginia have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum II to the Jonah Crab Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The details of the scheduled hearings follow.
Maine Department of Marine Resources December 13, 2016; 6 PM Casco Bay Lines Conference Room 56 Commercial Street Portland, Maine Contact: Terry Stockwell at 207.624.6553 *This hearing will precede the Menhaden PID hearing
New Hampshire Fish and Game Depart- ment
December 6, 2016; 7 PM Urban Forestry Center 45 Elwyn Road
Portsmouth, New Hampshire Contact: Doug Grout at 603.868.1095 * This hearing will precede the Menhaden PID hearing
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fish- eries
December 12, 2016; 5 PM Bourne Community Center, Room 1 239 Maine Street Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Contact: Dan McKiernan at 617.626.1536 * This hearing will precede the Menhaden PID hearing
The Draft Addendum considers estab-
lishing a coastwide standard for claw harvest to address concerns regarding the equity of
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the current claw provision. Specifi c options include establishing a whole crab fi shery or allowing for the harvest of claws coast- wide. The Draft Addendum also considers establishing a defi nition of bycatch, based on a percent composition of catch, in order to minimize the expansion of a small-scale fi shery under the bycatch allowance. The FMP currently establishes a whole
crab fi shery with the exception of fi sher- men from NJ, DE, MD, and VA who have a history of claw landings prior to June 2, 2015. Following approval of the FMP, claw fi shermen from NY and ME were identifi ed. Currently, these fi shermen are required to land whole crabs. As a result, jurisdictions have expressed concern regarding the equity of this provision as some fi shermen with a history of claw landings are allowed to continue this practice while others must land whole crabs. In order to address concerns regarding
the expansion of a small-scale fi shery, con- sideration of a bycatch defi nition was added as a second issue in the Draft Addendum. Addendum I established a bycatch allow- ance of 1,000 crabs per trip for non-trap gears and non-lobster trap gears (i.e., fi sh pots, crab pots, whelk traps). Fishermen using these gears are not required to have other species on Board when harvesting Jonah crab. As a result, fi shermen harvesting Jonah crab under the bycatch limit may, in fact, directly target Jonah crab by landing 1,000 crabs per trip and nothing else. This does not refl ect the intention of the bycatch allowance which is to account for Jonah crab caught while targeting another species. Stakeholders are encouraged to pro-
vide input on Draft Addendum II either by attending state public hearings or providing written comment. The Draft Addendum can be obtained at
http://www.asmfc.org/fi les/ PublicInput/JonahCrabAddendumII_Pub- licComment.pdf or via the Commission’s website,
www.asmfc.org, under Public Input. Public comment will be accepted until 5 PM (EST) on January 6, 2017 and should be forwarded to Megan Ware, Fish- ery Management Plan Coordinator, 1050 N. Highland St, Suite A-N, Arlington, VA 22201; 703.842.0741 (FAX) or at mware@
asmfc.org (Subject line: Jonah Crab Draft Addendum II). The Board will review submitted public comment and consider fi nal action on the
Draft Addendum at the Commission’s Win- ter Meeting. For more information, please contact Megan Ware at
mware@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.
Monkfish Specifications Expected to Rise in FY 2017-2019 Monkfi sh total allowable landing (TAL)
limits for the 2017-2019 fi shing years are on track to increase under Framework Ad- justment 10 to the federal Monkfi sh Fishery Management Plan (FMP). So are: (1) days-at- sea allocations and trip limits for the Southern Fishery Management Area; and (2) incidental catch limits for monkfi sh C and D permit holders working under groundfi sh days-at-sea in the Northern Management Area. The New England Fishery Management
Council approved the framework today at its meeting in Newport, RI. The Mid-Atlantic Council, which jointly manages monkfi sh, is scheduled to take action at its Dec. 12-15 meeting in Baltimore, MD. The National Marine Fisheries Service must approve the framework before the new days-at-sea allo- cations and trip limits can be implemented. The New England Council adopted the
following allocations for days-at-sea: North- ern Fishery Management Area: status quo, 45 monkfi sh days-at-sea; and Southern Fish- ery Management Area: 37 monkfi sh days, a 15% increase from 32.
Commercial Fishing News Monkfi sh days-at-sea allocations have
not been restricting fi shing eff ort in the north- ern area, where the majority of fi shermen catch monkfi sh while groundfi sh fi shing. There- fore, the Council decided to leave monkfi sh days-at-sea at status quo in the north – 45 days – and instead raise the incidental landing limit for Category C and D monkfi sh permit holders
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