Some better news for haddock, and fishermen. Really?
THE GLOOMY clouds hanging over New England’s fisheries lifted a bit last week when the NOAA reported that several species were no longer overfished off US shores, including haddock in the Gulf of Maine. Regardless, a battle continues between the fishing industry, environmentalists, and regulators as to the extent that some types of fishing affect the ocean floor’s ecosystem. In a new effort to study those impacts, the New England Fishery Management Council is expected to vote Thursday on creating a 55-square-nautical-mile reference research area. Read the rest here 07:44
Better news about haddock, & then the “Boston Globe” posts a picture apparently from the “New York Times” showing a lumper holding up a codfish from a fish chute that looks to be full of cod. No wonder the cod numbers are down while the haddock are rebuilding!
Jim Kendall – NBSC