ON DECK
Fishing Back When September By Jessica Hathaway
1990 — Handliner Fred Fox yanks a mackerel aboard off Hatteras Island, N.C. Handliners and drift gillnetters are fighting over allocations of king and Spanish mackerel in the South Atlantic.
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The Polaris, the most recent addition to the U.S. tuna fleet, in sea trials following the launch from J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding in Tacoma, Wash.
Jim Clarke baits hooks on the longliner Polaris near Kodiak Island in Alaska.
Shrimpers in the Vessels of Opportunity program assist in the cleanup of oil leaking of Grand Isle, La.
New England groundfishermen are tasked with reducing effort and catch by more than 50 percent in a call to revitalize stocks of cod, haddock and flounder. The Massachusetts Groundfish Task Force claims the reductions would still require six to 10 years to pay off.
New England’s groundfish catch shares opened in May. The fleet is now establishing itself as part of sectors or the common pool, which includes individual fishermen with individual allocations.
Reports of a Bristol Bay bonanza out of King Salmon, Alaska, include a catch of 19.5 million sockeye salmon through July 16 with projections for a season total of up to 38 million fish. The run, however, was forecast at 45 million to 65 million. At roughly $1.25 each, the haul could be worth $80 million. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association looks for ways to drum up support when only 25 lobstermen show up its the annual meeting in Ellsworth. 4 National Fisherman \ September 2020
Seattle’s Fisheries Management Foundation writes to Congress to urge action on limited entry plans for commercial fisheries, getting support from fisheries leaders nationwide.
NOAA Inspector General Todd Zinser reports to Administrator Jane Lubchenco that the Office of Law Enforcement’s penalties fund is “neither transparent nor conducive to accountability, thus rendering it susceptible to both error and abuse.”
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