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What is a sector?

The new fisheries-management system for New England officially began May 1. Roughly 800 of the eligible vessels, representing about 98 percent of the groundfish landings in recent years, have joined one of 19 sectors. Fishermen who have not opted into a sector will continue to fish under the days-at-sea effort-control management system. A sector is

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A Question of Scale Midwater trawlers are transforming the herring industry

The Atlantic herring fishery, long a mainstay of coastal Maine’s economy, took center stage in January at the Maine Environmental Resource Institute (MERI) in Blue Hill. As part of MERI’s winter lecture series, Peter Baker, director of the Herring Alliance (herringalliance.org), explained the significance of the fishery and recent changes that have made the herring

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Providing Access to the Coast

Projects funded thus far through Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program (WWAPP) have protected access that supports over 475 jobs and a related $8.5 million in annual income. These properties provide berthing, wharfage, parking, supplies, bait, sales, gear storage, landings and access for over 250 boats. To date, this program has provided matching funds to secure

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Lobster fishermen, researchers, managers gather at Prince Edward Island

On Sept. 23, over 275 participants representing 22 countries converged in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada for the weeklong International Conference on Lobster Biology and Management. This was the 8th annual conference and the second one to be hosted by Canada. It provided an opportunity for lobster fishery mangers, fishermen and scientists from all over

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