Reminder — Gillnet Bycatch Workshop in Ocean City, Maryland — on January 22 and 23 — You can join via webinar!

January 15, 2013 Mid Atlantic

NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission are hosting a workshop to discuss protected species bycatch in mid-Atlantic gillnet fisheries. While gillnet fisheries interact with several species protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act, this workshop will focus specifically on sea turtles and Atlantic sturgeon. The objective of the workshop is to generate ideas for technological solutions through a collaborative process that involves the fishing industry, conservation community, species experts/researchers, managers, and other interested parties.

Those unable to attend the workshop in person will be able to listen to the discussions via webinar.

Click here to view the agenda

For more information, contact Ellen Keane at [email protected]

This Webinar is held on the following dates:
Jan 22, 2013 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM EST
Jan 23, 2013 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Register Now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/127363126

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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