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MASSACHUSETTS: Sale of shell-on lobster claws bound for Senate floor

January 14, 2016 — BOSTON — Massachusetts lobstermen could get a leg-up if a Senate bill set for consideration next Thursday becomes law.

Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, a Gloucester Republican who sponsored the bill (S 469), said it would allow for shell-on lobster claws to be processed and sold in Massachusetts.

In contrast to the groundfishery, hampered by lowered federal catch limits on cod and other stock, the Bay State’s lobster fishery is “doing fairly well,” according to Tarr, who said there are concerns about the prices lobsters fetch at the market and competition from Canada.

Read the full story at Saugus Advertiser

President Obama signs new IUU fishing law

November 8, 2015 — Pirate fishing legislation signed into law by President Obama on Nov. 5 opens access to better protection for domestic fishermen from illegal competition from illegally harvested fish entering U.S. ports and markets.

A statement issued from the White House said that the United States will now join in a global effort to ratify and implement the Port State Measures Agreement, which will prevent vessels carrying fish caught illegally from entering American ports, keep illegal product out of domestic markets and demonstrate America’s continued leadership in the global fight against IUU fishing.

Of the 25 countries needed for the treaty to enter into force, more than half have signed and the U.S. will continue to work closely with its partners around the world to finalize this treaty, the statement said.

President Obama signed H.R. 774, the Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015, in the wake of congressional approval of the legislation several years in the making.

Secretary of State John Kerry on Oct. 23 hailed the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval of the bill, saying that he would continue to urge them to join the Port State Measures Agreement as well. 
”And because we know that no single nation can possibly police the entire sea, we’ll also begin to implement Sea Scout, an initiative I announced earlier this month at the Our Ocean conference in Chile,” he said.

“Sea Scout is aimed at enhancing global coordination, information sharing, and ultimately enforcement on IUU fishing from pole to pole and across the equator, to help ensure that no patch of it is beyond the law.”

Read the full story at The Cordova Times

 

US Senate passes IUU fishing act

October 22, 2015 — The Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 has been approved by the US Senate.

IUU watchdogs and task forces have come out to praise the bill, which came into legislation on Oct. 21, having passed the US House of Representatives in July.

The Pew Charitable Trusts said it would strengthen international fisheries conservation and stop vessels suspected of fishing illegally from selling their catch in the US market.

The legislation implements the international Port State Measures Agreement, which requires signatory nations to deny entry and services to ships that have fished illegally and to share information about the vessels with international partners.

Read the full story at Undercurrent News

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