Page 14. MAINE COASTAL NEWS December 2008
Commercial Fishing News
Fish $ - Portland Fish Exchange
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Hake, Large 6,205 6,205 1.15 1.29 1.53
Hake, Medium 2,481 2,481 1.00 1.09 1.25
Monktails, Large 3,535 2,376 3.20 3.51 3.99 Hake, Small 877 877 0.81 0.89 0.93
Monktails, Small 931 931 2.60 2.81 2.89 Halibut 10-50 lbs. 45 45 6.50 6.73 7.01
Pollock, Large 89,521 53,726 0.45 0.60 0.87 Monkfish Livers 222 40 1.75 1.75 1.75
Pollock, Medium 52,883 52,883 0.42 0.53 0.74 Monkfish, Large 4,662 2,996 3.30 3.66 3.87
Pollock, Small 4,954 4,954 0.42 0.56 0.68 Monktails, Small 1,778 563 2.52 2.56 2.92
Redfish 1,709 1,709 0.40 0.62 1.11 Pollock, Large 44,777 44,777 0.43 0.48 0.56
Whiting 64 39 0.15 0.74 0.91 Pollock, Medium 57,533 57,533 0.42 0.44 0.60
Yellowtails, Large 13 13 0.64 0.64 0.64 Pollock, Small 13,459 13,459 0.42 0.43 0.79
Yellowtail, Small 2 2 0.64 0.64 0.64 Redfish 2,917 2,917 0.43 0.75 1.02
TOTAL 190,332 150,007 Whiting 3 3 0.40 0.40 0.40
Yellowtails, Large 27 27 0.63 0.63 0.63
24 October through 30 October Yellowtail, Small 3 3 0.62 0.68 0.80
Consigned Sold Prices TOTAL 173,788 168,789
Species Weight Weight Low Ave. High
Blackbacks, Large 27 27 1.00 1.03 1.04 2 November through 6 November
Blackbacks, Small 80 80 0.60 0.68 0.84 Consigned Sold Prices
Blackbacks, Pee Wee 4 4 0.45 0.45 0.45 Species Weight Weight Low Ave. High
Catfish 1,159 1,159 0.53 1.88 0.55 Blackbacks, Lemonsole 4 4 0.91 0.91 0.91
Cod, Large 8,109 6,190 1.41 2.15 2.80 Blackbacks, Large 80 80 0.65 0.85 1.12
Cod, Market 11,225 11,214 1.05 1.69 1.94 Blackbacks, Small 110 110 0.55 0.78 0.98
Cod, Scrod 189 189 0.85 1.18 1.30 Blackbacks, Pee Wee 3 3 0.58 0.73 0.81
Cusk 425 425 0.90 1.07 1.16 Catfish 26 22 0.70 0.70 0.70
Dabs, Large 2,098 2,098 1.20 1.65 3.25 Cod, Large 7,492 7,278 1.30 1.69 2.56
Dabs, Medium 3,117 3,117 0.93 1.37 2.24 Cod, Market 21,945 19,442 1.07 1.26 1.54
Dabs, Small 4,641 4,635 0.85 1.26 1.59 Cod, Scrod 159 130 1.01 1.06 1.34
Grey Sole, Large 6 6 5.00 5.00 5.00 Cusk 406 406 0.64 0.90 1.14
Grey Sole, Medium 156 156 2.50 6.12 6.97 Dabs, Large 4,739 4,739 0.87 1.00 1.28
Grey Sole, Small 2,175 2,175 2.05 2.88 3.02 Dabs, Medium 9,103 9,103 0.79 1.00 1.13
Grey Sole, Pee Wee 655 655 1.20 2.30 2.32 Dabs, Small 17,268 16,968 0.63 0.78 0.92
Haddock, Large 1,155 1,155 1.29 1.40 1.62 Grey Sole, Large 6 6 6.24 6.24 6.24
Haddock, Scrod 2,646 2,646 1.27 1.31 1.40 Grey Sole, Medium 71 71 2.05 5.24 6.14
Hake, Sow 932 932 2.42 3.22 3.50 Grey Sole, Small 1,623 1,623 2.15 2.69 3.02
Grey Sole, Pee Wee 710 710 1.38 1.48 1.74
CANADIAN FISHING NEWS
Haddock, Large 857 605 0.98 1.11 1.54
Haddock, Scrod 497 497 0.82 1.01 1.33
Hake, Sow 986 986 1.85 2.62 2.90
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marked and unclearly marked lobster pots as Hake, Large 5,513 5,513 1.35 1.80 2.40
well as pots illegally constructed with insuf- Hake, Medium 4,259 4,259 0.78 1.01 1.94
in depths greater than six feet as a conserva- ficient space between the wall slats to allow Hake, Small 4,019 4,019 0.50 0.76 1.03
tion measure to protect migrating Atlantic smaller lobster to escape. In addition, Mr. Halibut 10-50 lbs. 57 57 7.51 7.65 7.77
salmon. Brown was convicted for possession of v- Monkfish Livers 216 216 3.21 3.21 3.21
Alex Lush of Triton was fined $400 for notched lobsters and having illegally set bait Monktails, Large 6,340 4,308 3.32 3.66 4.06
possessing illegal ammunition while seal nets. His fines totaled $1,900. Monktails, Small 3,183 3,183 2.60 2.73 2.88
hunting. Under marine mammal fishing regu- V-notching is a voluntary conservation Pollock, Large 48,733 48,733 0.40 0.50 0.76
lations, it is illegal to use or possess shot program with the purpose of increasing lob- Pollock, Medium 48,889 48,889 0.40 0.44 0.56
ammunition. If using a shotgun when seal ster egg production for a sustainable fishery. Pollock, Small 8,179 8,179 0.42 0.43 0.45
hunting, only single slug ammunition is per- Lobster harvesters cut a small v-shaped mark Redfish 2,615 2,615 0.76 1.19 1.34
mitted. in the tail fan of every fourth egg-bearing Unspecified 24 12 0.37 0.37 0.37
Shawn Batstone of Nippers Harbour female lobster caught and carefully return it Yellowtails, Large 5 4 0.56 0.61 0.56
appeared in provincial court at Baie Verte on to the ocean. It is illegal to keep a v-notched Yellowtail, Small 1 1 0.60 0.60 0.60
September 10, 2008, for exceeding his 2007 lobster. TOTAL 198,118 192,771
capelin quota by 10,814 pounds. He was
fined $500 and ordered to repay $1,730.34 - Fisheries Violations - 9 November through 13 November
the value of his capelin quota overrun. Fish- Gulf Nova Scotia Area Consigned Sold Prices
ery officers discovered the infraction after a 18 November Species Weight Weight Low Ave. High
review of Mr. Batstone’s 2007 landings. ANTIGONISH (N.S.) – The Department of Blackbacks, Large 28 28 0.48 0.61 0.66
On August 19, 2008, Mr. Edgar Brown of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced the Blackbacks, Small 93 93 0.48 0.53 0.62
Summerford was convicted in Gander Pro- latest court sentences imposed to fish har- Blackbacks, Pee Wee 2 2 0.54 0.54 0.54
vincial Court as a result of several fishing vesters for violating regulations. Catfish 25 25 0.64 0.64 0.64
violations detected by DFO fishery officers Mr. David D. Fraser – Lobster Cod, Large 8,251 6,184 1.04 1.57 2.14
during a patrol along the northeast coast of Cod, Market 18,027 18,027 0.92 1.29 1.54
Newfoundland near Farewell. In June 2008,
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Cod, Scrod 65 65 0.81 1.11 1.22
fishery officers uncovered a number of un- Cusk 146 146 0.58 0.94 1.09
Dabs, Large 653 602 1.01 1.08 1.16
SNOWE SEEKS FEDERAL A SSISTANCE
Dabs, Medium 1,937 1,763 0.90 1.03 0.97
Dabs, Small 6,849 5,789 0.58 0.68 1.05
buy-back programs are critical to sustaining Grey Sole, Large 12 12 4.56 4.56 4.50
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struggling agricultural sectors during peri- Grey Sole, Medium 48 48 2.03 3.70 3.87
quite literally threatens the viability of this ods of temporary economic distress. We Grey Sole, Small 2,078 2,078 1.55 1.85 2.28
industry in some areas of Maine. To amelio- know the tools USDA has at its disposal are Grey Sole, Pee Wee 1,235 1,235 0.97 0.98 1.00
rate the problem, I request that you work with many. From school lunch procurements, to Haddock, Large 466 466 0.84 1.18 1.63
me to determine how your agency may be Agriculture Marketing Service programs, to Haddock, Scrod 334 334 0.92 1.03 1.58
able to apply existing programs designed to commodity buy-back programs, I urge you to Hake, Sow 550 524 1.68 2.50 3.31
assist our nation’s food providers during join me in seeking a creative, responsible Hake, Large 1,969 1,969 1.02 1.37 1.52
temporary periods such as this one when solution to the serious circumstances facing Hake, Medium 772 188 0.55 0.91 1.20
supply so vastly outpaces demand. America’s lobster producers. Hake, Small 529 99 0.34 0.53 0.65
While our lobster catch has been strong While we cannot always control the Halibut 10-50 lbs. 36 36 7.31 7.31 7.31
this fall, demand has declined sharply due to productivity of the industries that feed our Halibut 85-100 lbs. 89 89 6.00 6.00 6.00
plummeting orders from overseas proces- people, we certainly recognize that they are Monkfish Livers 39 11 3.89 3.89 3.89
sors pinched by current international credit an integral part of our culture, our society, Monktails, Large 5,572 1,730 3.01 2.74 3.52
markets, and tightening household budgets and our national strength. Given the dire Monktails, Small 3,215 926 2.53 2.55 2.55
here at home which have reduced Ameri- situation currently facing our lobstermen Pollock, Large 37,301 37,301 0.44 0.48 0.57
cans’ appetites for what is perceived as a and the businesses that support them, I look Pollock, Medium 44,056 44,056 0.43 0.44 0.49
luxury food. The USDA has long served as forward to your assistance finding ways to Pollock, Small 6,870 6,870 0.43 0.44 0.46
a bastion protecting food producers across help the industry through this difficult time. Redfish 1,019 1,019 0.36 0.55 0.81
the nation from serious economic impact; its TOTAL 142,266 131,715
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