Bullard applies for federal fisheries post
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NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford's John Bullard is among the applicants for the position of Northeast regional administrator at the National Marine Fisheries Service, headquartered in Gloucester. The regional office's jurisdiction extends along the East Coast from Maine to North Carolina and its responsibilities include planning and implementing fishery management programs as well as the conservation of fish stocks and habitat.
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Maine Department of Marine Resources contests federal shrimp gear mandate
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ELLSWORTH, Maine — Though they already face reduced catch limits and
fewer fishing days, some Maine shrimp fishermen might also have to use
certain gear modifications when they trawl for the crustacean, according
to officials.
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Harvest restrictions now mean female crabs outnumber males in Chesapeake bay
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BALTIMORE - Male crabs have their pick of mates in the Chesapeake Bay this year.
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Catch share 'study' bid reunites old ties
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It was back in 2004 that Jane Lubchenco — then an entrepreneurial
scientist, now President Obama's administrator of oceans and atmosphere —
was wooing the Intel founders' foundation to help finance one of her
projects, a pan-university research organization known by the acronym
PISCO.
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Eric Schwab statement on achieving goal of 2007 Magnuson-Stevens Act
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Eric Schwab, assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries, has issued a statement on the milestone reached 5 years after the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act in 2007 that required catch limits for all federally managed fisheries by 2012. Although there is still much debate within the industry on how these limits should be calculated and adjusted, Schwab is correct in asserting the the U.S. system has become a model for global fisheries management, and has demonstrated that sustainable commercial fishing can be undertaken on a large scale. This is an historic achievement; and on a 20 year time scale, shows exactly how successful NOAA and the industry has been in shifting to a sustainable harvest model for all U.S. fisheries.
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