December 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15.
Canadian Commercial Fishing News
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N.S., pleaded guilty to fishing snow crab in with or had on board his vessel, lobster traps sons Pond were convicted of fishing snow
Mr. Fraser of St. Margaret’s Village,
an unauthorized area. Mr. Boudreau, li- without valid tags issued by DFO, contrary crab in an unauthorized area. Roger Keough
N.S., was sentenced in Baddeck Provincial
censed to fish snow crab in CFA 19, had set to Section 62(1) of the Atlantic Fishery Regu- was fined $2,500 and Lewis Keough fined
Court on September 22, 2008, for having
crab traps inside CFA 12. lations, 1985. $2,000. In June, 2007, fishery officers on
fished lobster without valid tags attached to
Fishery Officers from the Cheticamp Provincial Court Judge Joseph vessel patrol in the Portland area detected
traps and fishing with undersized escape
Detachment laid charges against him under Michaud imposed a fine totaling $4,491.75 to fishing buoys without legible identification
mechanisms.
Section 22(7) of the Fishery (General) Regu- Mr. Robichaud for the illegal fishing activity, numbers. The fishery officers retrieved the
Fishery Officers from the Cheticamp
lations. Provincial Court Judge Laurel which included the forfeiture of his lobster attached crab pots and determined from the
Detachment laid charges under Section 62(1)
Halfpenny MacQuarrie imposed a fine of catch. He is also prohibited from fishing identification tags that the men were not
of the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985 and
$3,500 for illegal snow crab fishing. lobster on the first two days of the 2009 authorized to fish crab in area where their
Section 22(7) of the Fishery (General) Regu-
Mr. Jacques Lefort and Mr. Jason Chiasson lobster fishing season in Lobster Fishing pots were set.
lations. Provincial Court Judge Peter Ross
– Snow Crab Area (LFA) 25. On June 24, 2008, in provincial court at
imposed fines totaling $3,000 as well as pro-
On October 10, 2008, in Port Hood Pro- Mr. Sylvio Hébert - Lobster Rocky Harbour, three fish harvesters from
hibiting Mr. Fraser from fishing lobster for
vincial Court, Mr. Lefort and Mr. Chiasson of On October 15, 2008, Mr. Hébert of Trout River were convicted of not having
the first two days of the 2009 lobster season
Cheticamp, N.S., both pleaded guilty to Kouchibouguac, N.B., pleaded guilty in their landed catch of cod weighed and veri-
in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 27. His lobster
charges of illegal snow crab fishing dating Richibucto Provincial Court to possession fied by a dockside observer and for failing to
catch and eight traps were forfeited to the
back to 2007. of four illegal sized lobsters and one berried complete a fishing logbook. George Crocker,
Crown.
Using the Vessel Monitoring System female lobster, contrary to Sections 57(2) and Anthony Crocker and, in a separate case,
Mr. William Francis MacKinnon – Snow
(VMS), Fishery Officers laid charges against 59(3) of the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, Larry Crocker were each fined $700. The men
Crab
them for hauling snow crab gear that be- 1985. Provincial Court Judge Joseph were apprehended in September, 2007, by
On September 16, 2008, in Port Hood
longed to another fish harvester, contrary to Michaud imposed a fine totaling $1,350.00 to fishery officers and fishery guardians from
Provincial Court, Mr. MacKinnon of Bay St.
Section 56(1) of the Atlantic Fishery Regula- Mr. Hébert for illegal possession of a berried the DFO Rocky Harbour detachment follow-
Lawrence, N.S., pleaded guilty to fishing
tions. Provincial Court Judge Laurel female and undersized lobsters. ing a video surveillance and investigation in
snow crab in an unauthorized area. Licensed
Halfpenny MacQuarrie imposed a $3,500 fine Both Conservation and Protection the community of Trout River.
to fish snow crab in Zone F, located in a
to each fish harvester. cases were handled by Fishery Officers of Four individuals were convicted in pro-
portion of Crab Fishing Area (CFA) 12, Mr.
Ms. Monica Augustine – Snow Crab the Baie Ste-Anne Detachment. vincial court at Plum Point on September 15,
MacKinnon had set traps in the closed buffer
On October 16, 2008, in Port Hood Pro- 2008. Todd Dredge of Black Duck Cove was
zone set between CFA 19 and Zone F.
vincial Court, Ms. Augustine of Big Cove, Court Convictions for Cases of Netting fined $350.00 for obstruction. Mr. Dredge
Fishery Officers from the Cheticamp
N.B., pleaded guilty to fishing snow crab in Salmon, Unauthorized Crab Fishing and refused to allow an inspection of the bag he
Detachment laid charges under Section 22(7)
a closed area. She had set snow crab traps in Unmonitored Catch was carrying when approached by fishery
of the Fishery (General) Regulations. Provin-
the closed one mile buffer zone between CFA 25 November guardians near the falls on Castor River on
cial Court Judge Laurel Halfpenny
12 and CFA 19. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR – the Northern Peninsula.
MacQuarrie imposed a fine of $4,000 for
Fishery Officers from the Cheticamp Two residents of Trout River have been Absalom Chambers of Plum Point was
illegal snow crab fishing.
Detachment laid charges under Section 7 of convicted of illegal net fishing in inland fined $100.00. A fishery officer from the DFO
Mr. Daniel Camus – Snow Crab
the Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licenses waters, possession of illegally caught St. Anthony detachment on routine patrol
On October 16, 2008, in Port Hood Pro-
Regulations. Provincial Court Judge Laurel salmon and trout, and possession of a net near Blue Cove, during the 2008 commercial
vincial Court, Mr. Camus of Cheticamp, N.S.,
Halfpenny MacQuarrie imposed a fine of near inland waters. In provincial court at seal harvest, observed Mr. Chambers pelting
pleaded guilty to fishing snow crab in a
$3,000 for illegal snow crab fishing. Corner Brook in July 2008, Hilliard Snook was seals. Upon inspection, it was determined
closed area. Mr. Camus, licensed to fish
fined $1,200 and Martha Snook fined $750. that Mr. Chambers failed to bleed a harvested
snow crab in CFA 19, had set traps in a
Lobster Fishery Violations - Both individuals are prohibited for five years seal, which is a violation of seal licence
portion of CFA 19 closed due to the presence
Eastern New Brunswick from being within ten metres of the inland conditions.
of soft-shell crabs.
20 November waters or in the vicinity of a cabin located at Two fish harvesters from Green Island
Fishery Officers from the Cheticamp
TRACADIE-SHEILA (N.B.) – The Depart- Chimney Cove Brook. One salmon, 32 trout Brook were fined $250.00 for failing to hail in
Detachment laid charges under Section 52(a)
ment of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Gulf and fishing gear were forfeited. They were accurate catch totals and failure to complete
of the Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985.
Region, announced the latest sentences im- apprehended by fishery officers from the an accurate fishing log. Laud Noseworthy
Provincial Court Judge Laurel Halfpenny
posed to fish harvesters for violating the DFO Rocky Harbour detachment and pro- and Primus Noseworthy were charged after
MacQuarrie imposed a fine of $3,000 for
Atlantic Fishery Regulations, 1985. vincial inland enforcement officers during a an investigation by fishery officers from the
illegal snow crab fishing.
Mr. Robert Robichaud - Lobster joint surveillance operation investigating DFO detachment in St. Anthony. A compari-
Mr. Guy Boudreau – Snow Crab
On October 20, 2008, at the Richibucto salmon poaching in the Chimney Cove Brook son of the harvesters’ hail in information with
On October 16, 2008, in Port Hood Pro-
Provincial Court, Mr. Robichaud of Pointe area. the landed weight of their cod catch for July
vincial Court, Mr. Boudreau of Cheticamp,
Sapin, N.B., pleaded guilty to having fished On August 26, 2008, two men from Par- 4 and 5, 2007, revealed the discrepancies.
Sea Scallop Survey
from the New England Fishery Management sion of the estimates relative to survey costs million dock-side, with major landing ports at
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Council’s Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside will help determine the best mix of technolo- New Bedford, MA, Cape May, NJ, and
citizens. (RSA) program, administered by the gies used in future surveys.” Hampton Roads, VA.
Samples are collected using a modified NEFSC’s Cooperative Research Program. In 2007 and 2008, the HabCam image “One of the key pieces of information
eight-foot sea scallop dredge with two-inch “Dredge catches give some information surveys revealed the occurrence and spatial generated by the NOAA scallop survey is
rings, a 4.5-inch stretched mesh twine about bottom type and habitat, but this is distribution of invasive species like the tuni- estimates of recruitment of small scallops
top,and a mesh liner to retain the very small difficult to quantify,” said Hart. “The dredge cate Didemnum, first reported on Georges that will grow and be available to the fishery
seed scallops. At each sampling station, the data provide relative indices of the average Bank in 2003. Didemnum smothers many over the next few years,” said Russell Brown,
gear is deployed on the bottom for 15 minutes density of animals over the towed areas, but bottom-dwelling organisms like sea scal- the lead scientist for the NEFSC’s Ecosystem
at an average tow speed of 3.8 knots (just do not provide finer spatial scale informa- lops. HabCam and drop camera images also Surveys Program. “We look forward to work-
over four miles per hour). Each station covers tion. The HabCam image surveys furnish provide information on the abundance of ing with university and industry partners to
an area about 4,500 square meters, or about absolute densities of scallops and other spe- bottom-dwelling finfish, starfish and other conduct additional surveys funded by the
one acre. After each haul, the catch is sorted, cies, are less labor intensive in terms of crew, marine life, and furnish detailed images of the Sea Scallop RSA program and other sources
counted and measured on deck. Some addi- and provide much more information about sea floor types (i.e., sand, rock, mud, to further refine estimates of these recruit-
tional stations are included in the survey to the bottom habitat, all in near-real time. Using gravel, cobble, etc.) in the survey areas. ment events.” Brown noted that accurate
monitor annual recruitment and growth the two methods provides the best of both Atlantic sea scallops (Placopecten estimates will promote effective manage-
rates. worlds.” magellanicus) are distributed in the North- ment of the scallop resource to optimize
Several scallop captains from New John Hoey, who coordinates coopera- west Atlantic from Cape Hatteras to New- economic benefits to the fishery and the
Bedford, Mass. helped NEFSC researchers tive research programs for NEFSC, said the foundland and also occur in the Gulf of St. nation.
redesign the scallop dredge for use on the continuous digital imagery from the HabCam Lawrence. They live on the ocean bottom, “NOAA Fisheries has been conducting
Sharp. A sorting table to make the work easier has the potential to sample a greater propor- generally at depths from 30 to 100 meters annual scallop surveys for almost thirty
on the crew was also installed on the vessel tion of the sea bottom than either the survey (about 100 to 300 feet) and can live up to 20 years, and landings data go back to the
this year. dredge or drop camera systems, such as the years. Scallops usually spawn in late summer beginning of the 20th century,” Hart said.
The HabCam, developed by the Woods cooperative industry survey with SMAST and early fall, although spawning in spring “We have observed large year classes of
Hole Oceanographic Institution and the (School for Marine Science and Technol- can also occur, especially in the Mid-Atlan- scallops on Georges Bank about every ten
Advanced Habitat Imaging Consortium, was ogy) at the University of Massachusetts tic region. After hatching, larvae remain in years, with the last occurring in 2000. Scallop
used aboard the New Bedford-based Kathy Dartmouth. the water column for four to six weeks before landings have doubled at the same time that
Marie in both 2007 and 2008. The bottom- “All three survey methods (dredge, settling on the sea floor. biomass or abundance of scallops has in-
mapping imaging system enables research- drop camera images, and continuous digital The sea scallop fishery is the largest and creased. The fact that there are now larger,
ers to compare the dredge survey data di- images) provide scallop population esti- most valuable wild scallop fishery in the more abundant scallops and many more re-
rectly with those from the high resolution, mates, including the variances of these esti- world, and in 2007 was the most valuable cruits indicates that management efforts
rapid fire, digital still camera images. Use of mates relative to the areas sampled,” Hoey single-species fishery in the United States. have been very successful.”
the HabCam was supported with funding said. “Evaluation of the variability and preci- Recent landings have been worth about $400
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