Tag Archives: New England Fishery Management Council meeting
New Bedford mayor calls for closed scallop grounds to reopen to fishermen
“Recent research by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and others demonstrates that the Northern Edge can sustain scallop fishing. Given this research, I do not see a pressing need to conduct additional research before opening the Northern Edge,” Mitchell stated in written testimony submitted to the NEFMC. While New Bedford fishing vessels harvest multiple species, he said, “scallops are the prime drivers” of the Port of New Bedford’s economy, the most valuable commercial fishing port in the United States. >click to read< 06:31
New England Fishery Management Council Meeting in Gloucester, September 23-26, 2019
The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at Beauport Hotel, 55 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930. To read the final agenda, >click here< Register for the webinar >click here< to listen to the meeting, live. 18:12
NOAA Officials May Be Illegally Deleting Skype and Google Chat conversations
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) might illegally be destroying records of a recent meeting discussing new regulations against the fishing industry, according to a conservative legal group in Washington, D.C. Cause of Action Institute (CoA) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the NOAA to obtain communications during a New England Fishery Management Council meeting hashing out new rules foisted upon the country’s fishing industry. The group believes the agency is deleting Skype and Google Chat conversations that took place during the April meeting. The NOAA General Counsel considers communications through Google Chat to be off the record and will not be recorded anyway, according to a 2012 handbook guide CoA obtained. CoA disputed the agency’s claim, and pointed to provisions within the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The NARA, which maintains government records, states that any communications created on NOAA’s Gmail interface qualify under the Federal Records Act. CoA Institute requested e-mails, instant messaging, Google chat messages, text messages, and any Skype messages NOAA employees sent during the April 18–20, 2017 NEFMC meetings. click here to read the story 16:32
GET ON THE DAMNED BUS!
Industry Members Urged to Attend Dec. 20 New England Council Meeting;
Bus to Leave from New Bedford at 6:30am
December 17, 2012 — The Northeast Seafood Coalition is urging industry members to attend the December 20, 2012 New England Fishery Management Council meeting during which the Council is scheduled to take final action on Framework 48 to its Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, One Audubon Road in Wakefield, MA.
In order to assist fishermen and industry members from Southeastern Massachusetts who would like to attend, a bus will depart from BASE New England’s New Bedford facility (Whaling City Auction) at 62 Hassey Street, New Bedford MA 02740 at 6:30 am on the 20th. Industry members should let the Council know how will the proposed reductions affect you and your family, your business, your crew, and your community. With proposed cuts in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, every segment of the fleet and industry will be negatively impacted by reductions. Have your voice heard on record if you expect these reductions to have economic and social impacts for you, your crew, your community, and/or the fleet as a whole.
