wild, productive Penobscot Bay & the Gulf of Maine."
|
MAINE STATE WATERS
MEETINGS p> *Lobster Zone Councils Herring update (under construction) * Inshore Scallop Replenishment Project * Are we farming lobsters? N.E. Aquarium report says YES. * Results of Fall 2000 DMR inshore trawl survey CLICK HERE * Wild Scallop Replenishment Updates. Latest reports from Project leader Marsden Brewer Maine Lobster Fishery Maine Saltwater Game Fishery
<
|
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine. 1929 A highly detailed description of the undersea geography and seasonal fish ecology of the top three hundred fishing grounds of the Gulf of Maine, just before mechanized bottom trawling began damaging the complex seafloor ecology of this region. Learn when, where and why the cod, haddock, halibut, herring and other fishes could be found living on each of them. Required reading for anyone seeking to understand the fishes and fisheries of the Gulf of Maine. Archives of the United States Fish Commission for the Gulf of Maine 1873-1898 A remarkable compendium of reports sent in the late 19th century to the nation's first fishery agency by fishing captains, naturalists, scientists and other to the nation's first fishery agency. Also chronicles the amazing explosion in scientific study of the Gulf and of efforts to use government hatcheries in Maine to restore New England's wild salmon. And much more. Another must-read book for those seeking to understand the Gulf of Maine's wild fishes and the fishing communities that exploited this very productive resource *News and letters for federal fishing permit holders NMFS State/federal lobster fishery information Gulf of Maine Inshore Cod Habitat of Particular Concern Report The plan to protect the inshore waters where the young cod play is back in 2005. Groundfish Special groundfish area off Downeast Maine? DGI has a plan; Port Clyde and western GOM groundfishermen aren't so sure. Click Here HERRING Purse seiners struggle to keep their fishery afloat. . Listen to AUDIO online from the Aug 20th NEFMC Herring Advisory Committee meeting in Portland, ME. Governor Baldacci's Groundfishery Task Force. Read the Executive Order establishing the task force. Read the Task Force membership More about Maine herring fishery NEFMC's press release on Amendment 13 decision * Gulf of Maine Fisheries History & Prehistory |
|
Seaweeds! - Penobscot Bay's undersea forests
October 2001 Downeast lobstermen blockade state govt inshore trawl survey vessel.
* Fishermen's Voice story HERE
* Ellsworth American story
HERE
Victory for Great Eastern Mussel Farms, as US Commerce Department agrees to impose anti-dumping penalties against two Canadian shellfish companies.
Prince Edward Aqua Farms Inc. was assessed a 3.5 percent dumping margin and PEI-based Confederation Cove received a 4.7 percent dumping margin, according to a statement given to the media by Great Eastern sales manager Terry Callery. Two other Canadian firms were not assessed penalties.
* Stockton Harbor: GAC Corp sued for degrading bay's formerly top shellfishing grounds
Similar toxic fishing grounds
issue in Haifa, Israel
PENOBSCOT BAY WORM DIGGERS RESURFACE BID TO BAR MUSSEL DRAGGING FROM THE INTERTIDAL. Can our Bay's intertidal flats support wormdiggers, clamdiggers, mussel draggers AND
wildlife?
