November 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 11.
Commercial Fishing News
Herring Issues
States Schedule Hearings on Draft River The Draft Amendment has been devel-
Herring Amendment Public Comment oped in response to widespread concern
Accepted Until January 1, 2009 regarding the decline of river herring stocks.
Atlantic coastal states have scheduled While many populations of blueback herring
their hearings to gather public comment on and alewife, collectively known as river her-
Draft Amendment 2 to the Interstate Fishery ring, are in decline or remain depressed at
Management Plan for River Herring. The stable levels, lack of fishery-dependent and
dates, times, and locations of the scheduled independent data makes it difficult to ascer-
meetings follow: tain the status of river herring stocks
coastwide. Between 1985 and 2004, commer-
Maine Department of Marine Resources cial landings of river herring dropped by 90
December 2, 2008, 6 PM percent from 13.6 to 1.33 million pounds. In
Wiscasset High School 2007, Commission member states reported
272 Gardinner Road river herring landings of approximately 1.1
Wiscasset, Maine million pounds. In response to declining
Contact: Terry Stockwell at (207) 624-6553 stocks within their own waters, four states—
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
December 8, 2008, 6PM and North Carolina—have closed their river
Ellsworth High School herring fisheries. River herring stocks are a
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Ellsworth, Maine ers and coastal waters. River herring bycatch
Contact: Terry Stockwell at (207) 624-6553 continues to be a significant concern. Pre-
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December 11, 2008, 6PM years, the total bycatch of river herring spe-
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Machias, Maine in-river directed fishery on the East Coast.
Contact: Terry Stockwell at (207) 624-6553 The Draft Amendment proposes a suite
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New Hampshire Fish and Game concerns and ensure the survival and en-
November 5, 2008, 7PM hancement of depressed stocks or the main-
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45 Elwyn Center Amendment proposes mandatory data and
Portsmouth, New Hampshire bycatch monitoring provisions, as well as
Contact: Doug Grout at (603) 868-1095 options to close fisheries by river system or
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Draft Amendment 2 seeks input on pro- river herring fishery. Specific commercial
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tion and bycatch monitoring, as well as com- provisions, and landings reductions by river
mercial and recreational management mea- systems, as well as limited access. Recre-
sures. It is anticipated that the majority of ational measures include recreational li-
coastal states will be conducting public cense/permit, limiting recreational harvest
meetings on the Draft Amendment; informa- by the days of the week, coastwide creel limit,
tion on those meetings will be released once
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they become finalized.
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