trawling – Commercial Fishing

3 Aug 2016

NOAA Considers Moving Trawl Surveys to Fishing Vessels

by Staff | posted in: Northeast, Science-Research | 0

NOAA Fisheries is initiating a planning process to support its intention to transition part or all of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s spring and fall bottom trawl surveys from the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow to fishing industry vessels provided … Continued

20 Jun 2016

Massachusetts Industry-Based Gulf of Maine Cod Survey

by Staff | posted in: Northeast | 0

Given the poor stock of Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod, low catch limits, and many fishermen’s claims that the cod status is better than currently assessed; the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game Division of Marine Fisheries is implementing a … Continued