2011 SMAST Scallop Video Survey finds U.S. Scallop Resource "constant and strong"
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The recently completed 2011 SMAST scallop video survey found that the US scallop resource remains constant and strong. Within the survey area sampled each year by SMAST, the overall biomass was 323 million lbs in 2011 compared to 322 million lbs in 2010. In fact, despite recent harvest, the exploitable biomass (collectable in a 4” ring) increased from 233 to 241 million lbs. Further, exploring new areas resulted in documenting an additional 23 million lbs. This year’s survey data are critical because for the first time the industry will face Accountability Measures if they exceed the 2011 Annual Catch Limit (ACL) of 55 million lbs for limited access vessels. These results confirm the assumptions of more resource outside traditionally surveyed areas, which were used to increase the overall estimate of scallop abundance during the 2010 sea scallop stock assessment. They also provide additional survey data that will allow the New England Fishery Management Council to refine the ACL for subsequent years.
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Latest survey shows healthy scallop stocks
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NEW BEDFORD — Using underwater video to survey scallop fishing grounds, researchers from UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology have hit the jackpot, discovering a trove of scallops in areas never before surveyed.
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Rep. Hall Announces Committee Investigation into Unauthorized NOAA Climate Service
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Washington D.C. - House Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX) today announced his intention to initiate a formal Committee investigation into the formation of a "climate service" at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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SMAST professor honored for fisheries work
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Dr. Brian Rothschild, a distinguished professor at UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology, has again been honored by his peers in the scientific community.
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Warming seas could smother seafood
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Seafood could be going off a lot of menus as the world warms. More than half of a group of fish crucial for the marine food web might die if, as predicted, global warming reduces the amount of oxygen dissolved in some critical areas of the ocean – including some of our richest fisheries.
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