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The Coast Guard, a co-chair of the Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT), in coordination with four other signatory agencies announced the new policy for the Dispersant Use Plan For Alaska. The new policy is more inclusive, comprehensive, and conservative and … Continued
PFMC Pacific Sardine 2016 Stock Assessment Meeting Doubletree by Hilton Sacramento Yuba River Room 2001 Point West Way Sacramento, California 95815 Telephone 916-929-8855 The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) will convene a review of the 2016 Pacific sardine stock assessment … Continued
NOAA Fisheries recently announced new regulations for Snapper-Grouper and Golden Crab in the South Atlantic, and Dolphin and Wahoo in the Atlantic Region. The final rule for the Generic Accountability Measures and Dolphin Allocation Amendment including: Amendment 34 to the … Continued
NOAA Fisheries is requesting comments on proposed 2016-18 specifications and management measures for the Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish fisheries. NOAA is proposing to decrease the Atlantic mackerel quota by 56 percent to 9,177 mt, citing low catches since 2011and … Continued
41st Annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum March 3rd, 4th, & 5th, 2016 Samoset Resort 220 Warrenton Street Rockport, ME 04856 The 41st Annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum will be held on March 3rd, 4th, and 5th at the Samoset Resort. Captain Keith … Continued
NOAA archaeologists have discovered the battered hulls of two 1800s whaling ships nearly 144 years after they and 31 others sank off the Arctic coast of Alaska in one of the planet’s most unexplored ocean regions. The shipwrecks, and parts … Continued