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Cape Elizabeth on 17 October. She is 71 feet long, 16½ foot beam, and 7½ foot draft. She will be commanded by Captain Paulson, and will fi sh out of Portland. At the Morse yard in Thomaston


the 93-foot dragger DARTMOUTH was launched for Capt. Robert Mitchell of South Dartmouth, MA on 30 October. She is similar in design to JOHN G. MURLEY and CHARLES S. ASHLEY. She will be commanded by Capt. T. F. Landry. Maine was not the only yards building;


Casey Boat Building Company of Fair- haven, MA launched the 64-foot dragger CATHERINE AND MARY for Capt. Isaac Norton of Edgartown, MA on 5 December. She is a little diff erent in design with more straightness to her sides, a fuller deck for- ward and the stern is a full-round type. She is schooner rigged, but is powered with a 165 hp, six cylinder Gray-General Motors diesel. At Ipswich, MA W. A. Robinson, Inc.


launched the dragger LADY OF GOOD VOYAGE for Capt. Manuel Rocha on 28 November. She is 90 feet long, 21½ foot beam and 11½ foot draft, and is powered with a 260 hp Cooper-Bessemer diesel. She was towed to Gloucester by the tug MARINER where she would be outfi tted for redfi shing. At the end of winter in 1941, Morse


Boatbuilding Co. of Thomaston launched the redfi sh dragger BEN AND JOSEPHINE, for Capt. Ben Curcuru, on 15 March. She is 92 feet overall, 20 foot beam and a 9½ foot draft. She is schooner rigged and is powered with a 220 hp Atlas diesel engine. Philip Curcuru of Gloucester has order a dragger, 92 feet by 20 feet by 10 feet, with a capacity of 140,000 pounds from Morse. She will be powered with a 220 hp Atlas diesel, and will launch the end of the year. Essex, MA is well known for the schoo- ners they built in the 1800s, and they contin-


ued to build as the fi shing vessels changed to diesel power. On 3 April the James Shipyard launched the 97-foot dragger MANUEL F. RODERICK, owned by Capt. Manuel Avila. She has a 21 foot 4 inch beam and 11 foot draft, and will carry 125,000 pounds of fi sh. She as a schooner-type hull with cutaway bow and schooner stern. She is powered with a 300-hp Atlas diesel. The Morse yard receives another order


for a 100-foot dragger from L. C. McEwen. She will be of similar design to JOHN G. MURLEY now under construction and is scheduled to be launched the end of the year. From the Simms Brothers yard in


Dorchester, MA, the sardine carrier WIL- LIAM UNDERWOOD was launched on 12 April for the William Underwood Company. She was designed by Eldridge-McInnis and has a length of 70 feet 7 inches, waterline length of 63 feet 3 inches, beam of 15 feet 6 inches and draft of 5 feet 11 inches. She was built of yellow pine over oak and has a pod-stern. She is powered with a 150-hp MRD-6 Superior diesel. She will be under the command of Capt. Ernest Wolfe and will operate out of Jonesport. Of all the boats mentioned, this is the only survivor as she is presently being completely rebuilt at Rockport Marine in Rockport. Gray Boat launched the scalloper


ANNIE M. JACKSON for Capt. Robert Jackson, Jr. of Edgartown, MA on 14 April. She was designed by Albert Condon and is 67 feet 6 inches by 17-feet by 8 feet 6 inch, with a capacity of 65,000 pounds. She has a square stern. She is powered with a 170-hp Superior diesel, with a 3:1 reduction gear, 3-inch bronze shaft and a 46 x 30 Hyde propeller. From Rockland Boat Shop in Rockland,


Axel Gronros launched the 70-foot scallop dragger IVA M. for Capt. Charles Carver of Rockland on 6 May. She has a beam of 16 feet, draft of 8 feet and a fi sh capacity of 60,000 pounds. She has steam bent, laminat- ed, oak frames and is planked with hard pine.


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inviting other NOAA Fisheries offi ces to provide updates, if available, on their ac- tivities relevant to HMS fi sheries such as listings under the Endangered Species Act and Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Team rulemaking. Finally, we intend to invite other NOAA Fisheries offi ces and the United States Coast Guard to provide updates on their activities relevant to HMS fi sheries. Additional information on the meeting


and a copy of the draft agenda will be posted prior to the meeting on the meeting agenda web page.


Pelagic Longline Closed Area Research Exempted Fishing Permit Update On August 11, 2017, NOAA Fisheries


issued an exempted fi shing permit to Dr. David Kerstetter, as affi liated with NOVA Southeastern University, to evaluate pelagic longline catch and bycatch rates from with- in two areas in the northern portion of the East Florida Coast pelagic longline closed area (north and south of 29°50’ N lat.) and to compare those to rates from outside the East Florida Coast pelagic longline closed area. Since its issuance six months ago, no research activity has occurred under this exempted fi shing permit. NOAA Fisheries received a revised


exempted fi shing permit application on December 14, 2017, changing the affi liation of Dr. Kerstetter, the principal investigator for the project, from NOVA Southeastern University to Florida Fisheries Solutions,


LLC. No other aspect of the research project was altered in the revised application. With receipt of the new application


and the change in affi liation of the principal investigator, NOAA Fisheries considers the original exempted fi shing permit, issued August 11, 2017, to be invalid. Because of this change and the controversial nature of the exempted fi shing permit request, con- sideration of the new permit application will require further evaluation including consul- tation with the Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel and informing the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Accurate and sound scientifi c informa-


tion is critical in making the most informed science-based decisions to sustainably manage U.S. fi sheries. NOAA Fisheries re- mains committed to ensuring that any future decisions regarding HMS conservation and management measures and closed areas are based upon current data. Obtaining current fi shery data from the closed areas can be con- troversial, diffi cult, and expensive. NOAA Fisheries intends to work collaboratively with the Highly Migratory Species Adviso- ry Panel, the International Commission for the Conservation Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee, commercial and recreational fi shing interests, academia, environmental non-governmental organizations, and oth- ers on appropriate next steps to improve long-term management of highly migratory species fi sheries. For more information contact either


Craig Cockrell at (301) 427-8503 or Rick Pearson at (727) 824-5399.


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The sardine carrier WILLIAM UNDERWOOD built at Dorchester, MA. (Photo from the Penobscot Marine Museum)


She is powered with a 165 hp Gray-General Motors diesel with a 4.4:1 reduction gear. The Morse yard launched the dragger


HARRIET N. ELDRIDGE for William Eldridge of New Bedford on 14 May. Her dimensions are 94 by 19½ by 10 feet, and is powered with a 230 hp Cooper-Bessemer diesel.


Almost a month later on 11 June the


dragger JOHN G. MURLEY was launched at the Morse yard for Capt. John G. Murley of New Bedford. She is 94 feet by 19½ feet by 10 feet. The engine is a 230 hp Coo- per-Bessemer diesel. The F. J. O’Hara & Sons, Inc. had a


number of their fi shing vessels taken over by the military so they ordered 10 boats (six 58-footers and four 86-footers) from the Maine Shipyards Corp. in South Portland in 1941. The second to be delivered was the dragger QUEEN OF PEACE was launched 10 June. The first was AVE MARIA, launched 1 May. On 14 July another 58-foot- er, TRINITY, went down the ways and she was followed by BOSTON COLLEGE, also a 58-footer, on 31 July. These boats were all designed by Eldridge-McInnis and are exactly the same, including power, which is a 120-hp Superior diesel. Mentioned already was the W. Scott


Carter yard in Friendship, who needed to expand so they purchased the Welt yard in Waldoboro, which had been idle for 40 years, and opened it for business. Over in Friendship on 24 July they launched the 75- foot dragger NANCY F. for Capt. Leonardo Ferrigno, of Boston. She is 75 feet by 16 foot 6 inches by 7 foot 6 inches and has a fi sh capacity of 65,000 pounds. She is powered with a 155 hp Atlas diesel. In design, she is identical to the Portland dragger DORO- THY AND ETHEL II, except for her round stern. She should be ready for fi shing the end of summer. On 29 September the 58-foot dragger


HOLY CROSS was launched from Maine Shipyards Corp. in South Portland for F. J. O’Hara & Sons. A 75-foot dragger was under construc-


tion at the Camden Shipbuilding & Maine Railways Co. in Camden. She is for Capt. Charles Carver of Rockland, and is sched- uled to be launched in January. A 97-foot dragger was now under


construction at Southwest Boat Corp. in Southwest Harbor. They are building her for Capt. Joseph Novello of Gloucester, and she will be powered with a 300-hp Atlas diesel.


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