Tag Archives: Webinar
Gloucester Fishing industry reps raise concerns about wind energy areas
Commercial fisherman Al Cottone, executive director of the Gloucester Fisheries Commission, and Angela Sanfilippo, executive director of the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership and president of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association, outlined the fishing industry’s concerns with offshore wind development. “First of all the construction process, the areas that are going to be used will probably be lost forever for commercial fishing,” Cottone said. “There are going to be a lot of losers when it comes to activity within these areas. You are not going to be able to find an area to put these arrays where someone is not going to lose their ability to fish and make a living,” Cottone said. He said this was a critical time for the local fishing industry. >click to read< 07:46
Gloucester webinar tackles concerns about wind farm projects
At the nascent stage of wind farm development in the Gulf of Maine, a webinar last week looked at the possible impacts to marine life, coastal communities and fisheries while acknowledging there are many unknowns to such projects. Capt. Al Cottone, a commercial fisherman and executive director of the Gloucester Fisheries Commission, said the industry has “a ton of questions that haven’t been answered yet. And I don’t think these questions will be answered in the time frame that was shown earlier in the presentation and it’s very concerning to the industry.” “We are very concerned about the displacement of vessels,” Cottone said. “Once you start losing access to fishing grounds, it puts a lot of pressure on other fishing grounds.” >click to read< 12:28
Public Information Sessions for Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Proposed Rule Begin Tonight
To give the public an opportunity to learn about the proposed rule and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, we are holding 4 public information sessions. The information sessions run from 6:30-9 pm,,, We will be opening the sessions at 6 pm for troubleshooting, so please log on early. The sessions are focused on the proposed requirements for particular areas, though you may attend any session, and ask questions about any area. Tuesday, January 12: Rhode Island, Southern Massachusetts, LMA3, Wednesday, January 13: Outer Cape Massachusetts, LMA1 Massachusetts and LMA1 New Hampshire, Tuesday, January 19: Maine, southern focus ,Wednesday, January 20: Maine, northern focus. >click to read, and for links< 12:15
Webinar on the Dids, Dos, Don’ts, and Developments of Data-Limited Catch LImits.
Webinar starts at 14:00 EST – Presented by NOAA egg heads Dr. Jim Berkson, and Dr. Jason Cope . Info and link to webinar here 20:58
September 23rd – EPA’s Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) for Vessels Less than 79 Feet in Length Webinar
For information about this (The Vessel General Permit, i.e., the VGP, provides NPDES permit coverage for ballast water and for other discharges incidental to the normal operation of commercial vessels greater than 79 feet in length.) Click here Webinar Tuesday, September 23, 2014 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT Click here to register 20:28
NEFMC Meeting December 16-18, 2013 – Listen LIVE! (Thats a Crapshoot, though) The NEFMC webinar quality track record sucks!
New England Fishery Management Council Meeting DoubleTree Hotel 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923 Phone: 978/777-2500 ; Fax: 978/750-7959 December 16-18, 2013 Agenda pdf Webinar Registration 19:16
Webinar: The Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”: Linking hypoxia to fish and fisheries 10:30 – 11:30 am EDT on Wednesday 25-September 2013
INFO: Dr. Kevin Craig is a Research Fishery Biologist at the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service in Beaufort NC. He studies how natural and anthropogenic processes influence the population and community dynamics of harvested species in coastal ecosystems. He is currently investigating linkages between coastal watersheds and habitat quality of estuarine and nearshore shelf ecosystems, in particular the effects of nutrient enrichment and hypoxia on juvenile fishes and invertebrates. Info @ public notices
Register for the webinar ASMFC 2013 Spring Meeting Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT – Listen via webinar
Webinar Registration The webinar will provide audio and visual access to the proceedings of the ASMFC management boards meeting from May 20-23, 2013. For a detailed agenda and meeting materials, go to http://www.asmfc.org/spring2013Mtg.htm. Register to listen The eel management board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is voting Tuesday on proposed new regulations. The three options are to keep the status quo, close the fishery or set a catch quota.
