News Regulations NOAA Fisheries announces the Atlantic sea scallop access area trip assignments |
NOAA Fisheries announces the Atlantic sea scallop access area trip assignments |
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Scallop access area trip assignments for 2012 are provided in the attached list. These assignments are based on full-time vessel ownership information from January 9, 2012, and are dependent upon permit renewals for the 2012 fishing year. NOAA will update these allocation assignments and re-post this list on our website closer to March 1, 2012, to reflect any vessel replacements or ownership changes that may occur prior to the start of the upcoming fishing year.
The New England Fishery Management Council recently requested that NOAA implement an emergency action to close the Delmarva Access Area and redistribute trips allocated into that area into other areas. NOAA is currently considering this request for emergency action. Regardless of the agency’s decision on taking emergency action, NOAA will not take action prior to the March 1, 2012, start of the scallop fishing year. As a result, these trip assignments are effective for 2012 until further notice. Read the entire notice with the assignments here.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
