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Massachusetts holding meetings on cod zones |
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The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries will hold two public meetings — including
one in Gloucester — this week to discuss the renewal of the winter and
spring cod conservation zones, as well as commercial and recreational
management measures for scup, black sea bass and fluke.
If adopted, the addendum would allow a single state or a group of states to devise specific recreational fishery regulatory measures for 2011. If the addendum is not adopted region-wide measures would be enacted, including a closure of the fishery from May through June, an increase in minimum size from 12.5 inches to 13 inches and a 20 or 25 fish bag limit. Read the complete story from The Gloucester Times. See also: The Saving Seafood Event Calendar.
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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."
