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    Island Wind Farm was online after months of testing. The 30 MW Wind Farm Report: five-turbine array eliminated a diesel-run power station and supplies  First power flowing, cable surveys ongoing the island with a clean energy source. It also signaled there are more to come. and a new lease auction off Nantucket  This spring all four Northeast offshore wind energy leased areas are By: Joyce Rowley  hitting milestone activities. And two lease areas that did not receive ATLANTIC LINK May 5, 2017 marks the first time power was supplied to a United bids during the initial auction in 2015 received unsolicited bids over PG 40 States electrical grid from offshore wind: Deepwater Wind’s Block the winter. Those areas will go back out to competitive bid, according      YOU CAN NOW FOLLOW THE MLA ON THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIAS           

         

         

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2 0 1 7 to the Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy be completed include: geophysical and geotechnical Management (BOEM), the federal agency responsible surveys, benthic assessment, marine archaeological u n e for permitting energy facilities on the Outer assessment, avian and bat, marine mammals and sea J Volume 40• June 2017 Newsletter Continental Shelf. turtles, and fisheries.” www.lobstermen.com The next step for Deepwater Wind (DWW) is a 90 According to BOEM spokesperson Stephen MW utility-scale wind farm in its 256-square mile Boutwell, COP surveys are not available for public Published by the Mass. Lobstermen’s Assoc., Inc. wind energy area (WEA), previously known as the comment as they may contain confidential business 8 Otis Place Scituate, MA 02066 Rhode Island - Massachusetts Area of Mutual Interest. information. However, the data is used by BOEM Now called the Deepwater Wind One Wind Energy in evaluating the environmental and socioeconomic Published monthly Area, DWW proposes to phase in a total of 1,000 MW impacts of the COP. Mailed to all paid members of the there. The southern DWW WEA is still going through Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association This first phase will be a 15 tower array in the site assessment planning (SAP). Under the lease northern WEA in the vicinity of Cox Ledge. Named agreement, the COP must be prepared by January Newsletter Departments “South Fork” for the section of Long Island it will 2019. Editor, Industry News, Notice Section, Editorial, serve, it will go through an environmental impact In the nearby Massachusetts WEA, Bay State Wind Blog, Industry News, Promotions, Layout, statement review as part of the Construction and (DONG Energy) and Vineyard Wind are surveying Advertising: Beth Casoni — Executive Director Operation Plan (COP) review. cable routes for their leaseholds this summer. Both Billing: Elaine Kracov Buy Sell Swap: Tracey Abboud DWW anticipates a 2019 completion date for the Bay State Wind and Vineyard Wind submitted Site

South Fork COP and completion of the total wind Assessment Plans (SAPs) this spring. Newsletter Advertising Rates energy area’s COP by 2022. Currently, a COP survey Bay State Wind, a 300 square-mile WEA, is capable The MLA Newsletter is published monthly plan is under review by BOEM. of producing up to 2,000 MW of power. Danish-based “The COP Survey will include much of the same DONG Energy partnered with Eversource Energy, (Please note that all pre-paid ads for last year will be honored) analysis that was completed for the SAP survey, a local electrical power company with expertise in however for the COP survey the analysis will be transmission line construction. The team is proposing $35 — ¼ Page Ad completed on the entire South Fork Wind Farm to bring cable from its wind farm into Mt. Hope Bay $65 — ½ Page Ad project area and the cable route back to Long Island,” to the Brayton Point, MA substation or to the Kent, RI $95 — Full Page Ad said Ailleen Kenney, DWW’s vice-president for substation. Color Ads — + $25 per ad permitting and environmental affairs. “Some studies to Vineyard Wind, based in Copenhagen, Denmark,

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Again, I want thank all of YOU that have been participating right along side me, as you now know exactly how this slow beat goes on and on and on with no end in sight or liferaft! In due course, no matter where YOU fish or what YOU fish for WE must continue to be at the table or WE just might land up on the plate?! As always, safe fishing,

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The Addendum will be available on Fisheries Commission’s American Lobster approved by the Section: the Commission website, www.asmfc.org (on the AManagement Board approved moving forward Atlantic Herring webpage). with the goal of increasing egg production for the Days Out Program (effective for The Section also approved continuing the use of Southern New England (SNE) stock of American the GSI30-based forecast system to determine lobster by 5%. This increase in egg production can be the 2017 fishing season) spawning closures in Area 1A. This method was achieved through a suite of management tools including The Section will separately address days out developed by the Technical Committee, then tested gauge size changes, trap reductions, and seasonal provisions for federal herring Category A vessels and evaluated for effectiveness during the 2016 closures. The recreational fishery is only subject to and small-mesh bottom trawl vessels with a federal fishing season. The modified GSI‐based spawning changes in the gauge size should any be proposed. In herring Category C or D permit. monitoring system tracks reproductive maturity to making its decision, the Board took into consideration • In addition to landing restrictions associated align the timing of spawning area closures with the the extensive public comment, which overwhelmingly with the days out program, Category A vessels onset of spawning. The modeling efforts to forecast supported status quo, and the fact that stock declines are now prohibited from possessing herring the spawning closures will be made available via a are largely a result of climatic changes, including caught from Area 1A during a day out of the website. increasing water temperatures over the last 15 years. fishery. For more information, please contact Ashton Harp, • Small-mesh bottom trawl vessels with a Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at aharp@ asmfc.org or 703.842.0740. The next step in the process will be for the Lobster Category C or D permit will notify states of Conservation Management Teams (LCMTs) in Areas their intent to fish in Area 1A prior to June 1st. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to develop area-specific proposals on Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts ASMFC Presents Annual Awards how to achieve the 5% increase in egg production. will make days out decisions by consensus. If of Excellence As established through Amendment 3 to the Interstate a consensus cannot be reached, then the default The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster, landing day scenario will be zero landing days. LCMTs are composed of lobster industry members who presented Mr. Robert Glenn, Dr. Amy Schueller and are charged with recommending area-specific measures Lieutenant Conservation Officer Zane Batten with its for Board consideration and approval. The LCMT Weekly Landing Limit (effective Annual Awards of Excellence for their outstanding proposals will be submitted for Technical Committee for the 2017 fishing season) contributions to science and law enforcement along the review in June and Board consideration in August. The Addendum implements a weekly harvester Atlantic coast. Once area-specific measures have been approved, the landing limit for vessels with a Category A permit. Board will consider final approval of Addendum XXV. The weekly limit will be adjusted throughout the “Every year a great many people contribute to the fishing season based on effort. Forty-five days prior success of fisheries management along the Atlantic In its deliberation on the SNE lobster stock, the Board to the start of the fishing season, Category A vessels coast. The Commission’s Annual Awards of Excellence discussed the need to consider changes to the current will notify states of their intent to fish in Area 1A, recognize outstanding efforts by professionals who management goals and reference points, noting changes including a specification of gear type. This will have made a difference in the way we manage in the marine environment may limit the ability to provide states with an estimate of effort to calculate and conserve our fisheries,” said ASMFC Chair rebuild the stock to levels seen in the 1990s. The Board the weekly landing limit. For the 2017 fishing Douglas Grout of the New Hampshire Fish and will continue to discuss these issues, particularly as the season, the notification date is set at May 23rd. Game Department. “This evening, we honor several Commission’s Climate Change Work Group develops exceptional individuals for their contributions to the management and conservation of Atlantic coast recommendations regarding the management of stocks New Fishery Management Plan impacted by changing climate conditions. fisheries.” Tools For more information, please contact Megan Ware, The following measures may be considered as Scientific & Technical potential management tools prior to the start of the Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at mware@ Contributions-Mr. Robert Glenn, asmfc.org or 703.842.0740. fishing year: • Herring caught in Area 1A can only be landed Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries ASMFC Atlantic Herring Section by the respective harvester vessel (i.e. no Mr. Robert Glenn has dedicated his career to carrier vessels) furthering our understanding of American lobster – Approves Addendum I its biology, environmental drivers and limitations, The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s • Herring carrier vessels are limited to receiving and how best to model and predict its stock Atlantic Herring Section approved Addendum I to at-sea transfers from one harvester vessel per condition. For more than two decades, Mr. Glenn has Amendment 3 of the Interstate Fishery Management week and landing once per 24-hour period provided leadership on the Commission’s American Plan for Atlantic Herring. The Addendum includes Lobster Technical Committee and Stock Assessment management measures intended to stabilize the State Landing Report Subcommittee. Over this 20-year span, he contributed to a total of four lobster benchmark stock rate of catch in the Area 1A fishery and distribute NOAA Fisheries has granted access to vessel assessments and served as the lead scientist on two the seasonal quota throughout Trimester 2 (June monitoring system-submitted daily catch report of those assessments. His considerable investment in through September), which has 72.8 % of the data for select staff in Maine, New Hampshire 12• M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m Law Enforcement Contributions- Lieutenant

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J Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of law Enforcement Lieutenant Conservation Officer Zane Batten has been with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Law Enforcement for nearly 25 years. First as a volunteer Deputy Conservation Officer, next as a Lt. C.O. for the Special Investigations Unit, where he served for five years and lastly as District supervisor. Lt. Batten is being recognized for his efforts on behalf of the Special Investigation Unit, where he worked on several cases of magnitude that resulted in both domestic and international charges. Two cases in particular exemplify Lt. Batten’s perseverance, self-sacrifice and dedication to resource conservation.

In the first case, Lt. Batten was instrumental in identifying fishermen involved in the illegal commercialization of elvers. As he worked to document the activities of the our stock assessment process has helped to develop Dr. Amy Schueller, NOAA Fisheries new and improved ways to analyze data and model fishermen, Lt. Batten was also able to gain the trust population dynamics, as well as assess the effects Beaufort Laboratory of a number of large buyers who were knowingly of climate change on the lobster population. Mr. In only a short period of time, Dr. Amy Schueller purchasing illegally harvested eels for export overseas. Glenn’s analysis of spatial shifts in fishing effort in with NOAA Fisheries Beaufort Laboratory has made Spanning three years, the investigation uncovered a the Massachusetts fishery south of Cape Cod was notable contributions to Atlantic menhaden science multi-million dollar black market in elvers and exposed among the earliest indicators of movement by female and management. As the lead assessment scientist the identities of numerous fishermen and buyers, from lobsters into cooler, deeper water. He found that for the 2015 Atlantic menhaden benchmark stock Florida to Maine, that were involved in the black movement of egg bearing female lobsters into more assessment, Dr. Schueller took on the formidable market. The charging and prosecution of those involved offshore waters could be expected to cause drastic task of assessing the high profile and controversial is still pending. changes in lobster larval recruitment patterns and forage species. Through consideration of new and collapse of the Buzzards Bay fishery. His leadership, existing datasets and exploration of alternative During another case, Lt. Batten coordinated a joint knowledge and insight on the Southern New England model configurations, the 2015 assessment ushered investigation with the Pennsylvania Game Commission lobster resources were instrumental in bringing in a new period of unprecedented support for involving the illegal commercialization of striped bass together all of the other information pertinent to fully menhaden science from industry, NGOs and the from Delaware Bay. The investigation, which spanned document the region’s lobster recruitment failure. public. In addition to her participation on the two years, identified an organized ring of 8 commercial Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee, Stock fishermen illegally selling striped bass to a seafood Underlying these accomplishments are Mr. Glenn’s Assessment Subcommittee and Biological Ecological store. Both criminal and civil charges were filed, with calm and supportive leadership which fostered Reference Points Workgroup, Dr. Schueller actively the maximum fine for all charges filed in excess of $3.4 harmonious and productive working relationships pursues research relevant to menhaden science and million. between Technical Committee and Stock Assessment management. Some recent pursuits and publications Subcommittee members, even as stock conditions include securing grant money in support of Named New Jersey’s Conservation Officer of the Year in Southern New England deteriorated and recovering old menhaden tagging data; dedicating in 2014, Lt. Batten is widely respected by his fellow controversies arose. He was also instrumental in time and effort in support of the Beaufort Lab’s officers and colleagues. His commitment to ensuring enhancing relationships between the Commission, menhaden data collection program; conducting our fisheries management regulations are being upheld state agencies, National Marine Fisheries Service, research on age-structured movement and mortality is notable and worth recognition. Canadian and academic scientists and industry of Atlantic menhaden as well as trends in relative groups. Mr. Glenn has consistently performed in abundance and early life survival. AAE Recipients from left: Lt. C.O. Zane an exemplary manner, gracefully dealing with a Batten, Dr. Amy Schueller and Robert Gle contentious, complex and confounding species In just five years Dr. Schueller has greatly improved management program. Throughout it all, he has our understanding of Atlantic menhaden. Imagine nn maintained a balanced view and approach to lobster how much more she will achieve and how much management. His efforts and leadership have more the fisheries science and management process Tina Berger, Director of Communications, advanced our understanding of the American lobster has to gain from her accomplishments. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission resource and provided us with a solid scientific foundation to manage American lobster for years to come. M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m • 13 J e n u 7 1 0 2 Lost At Sea, Recovered Rust Free!

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J journalism students from Emerson College on a lobster run in April, explaining the mysteries of lobsters and “Captain Fred Penny, 69, is a Massachusetts man of the life of lobster fishermen. Penny and McGrail the sea. He has spent over 50 years catching lobsters volunteered to show the Environmental Reporting in the Boston Harbor, and has broken all ten of his class how to haul some lobster pots near Spectacle fingers at least once via a lobster’s crusher claw. But he Island to give the young reporters information about still manages to grip his Dunkin Donuts coffee every Massachusetts’ iconic fishery. morning with one hand and steer a boat with the other.

clenched fist, he says with a chuckle, looking at the “The Captain hauls lobster, “I asked him and he said this doesn’t hurt.” a trap out of the water with the help Penny, who operates Two Buoys Lobster out of South of his first mate Tim Boston’s Reserve Channel, offered to take the class out McGrail, 29. Water for a second year, after initially being contacted by the splashes up on them Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association. as they drop the trap on a small table Emerson College faculty member Doug Struck said on the right side of the experience is invaluable for budding environmental the boat. With no reporters. “Lobsters and lobstermen are ingrained in hesitation, the captain the soul of Massachusetts. Yet reporters often have to reaches into the trap write about both without ever seeing how lobstermen and grabs the only do their work. Thanks for Fred and Tim, these young lobster in the trap journalists have seen.” by the claws. As the lobster dangles out of the Captain’s M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m • 17 J Staying Hydrated - Staying Healthy e n u 7 1 0 2 When the temperatures rise, getting enough to drink is If you want to know exactly how important whether you’re playing sports, traveling or much fluid you need, Batson just sitting in the sun. recommends weighing yourself before and after exercise, to see And it’s critical for your heart health. how much you’ve lost through perspiration. It’s a particular good Keeping the body hydrated helps the heart more easily guide for athletes training in the pump blood through the blood vessels to the muscles. hot summer months. And, it helps the muscles work efficiently. “For every pound of sweat you “If you’re well hydrated, your heart doesn’t have lose, that’s a pint of water you’ll to work as hard,” said John Batson, M.D, a sports need to replenish,” Batson said, medicine physician with Lowcountry Spine & Sport adding that it’s not unusual for in Hilton Head Island, S.C., and an American Heart a high school football player, Association volunteer. wearing pads and running through drills, to lose 5 pounds or more of Dehydration can be a serious condition that can lead to sweat during a summer practice. problems ranging from swollen feet or a headache to life-threatening illnesses such as heat stroke. Batson says drinking water before you exercise or go Not sweating during vigorous physical activity can out into the sun is an important first step. How much water do you need? be a red flag that you’re dehydrated to the point of developing heat exhaustion. “Drinking water before is much more important,” he said. “Otherwise, you’re playing catch-up and your What does being well hydrated mean? The amount of Water is best. water a person needs depends on climatic conditions, heart is straining.” clothing worn and exercise intensity and duration, For most people, water is the best thing to drink to stay Not just for athletes or exercise. Batson said. hydrated. Sources of water also include foods, such fruits and vegetables which contain a high percentage Hydration isn’t just important during physical activity. A person who perspires heavily will need to drink of water. Sports drinks with electrolytes, may be useful Sitting in the sun on a hot or humid day, even if you more than someone who doesn’t. Certain medical for people doing high intensity, vigorous exercise in aren’t exercising, can also cause your body to need conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease, may very hot weather, though they tend to be high in added more fluids. also mean you need to drink more water. People with sugars and calories. cystic fibrosis have high concentrations of sodium People who have a heart condition, are older than 50 or overweight may also have to take extra precautions. in their sweat and also need to use caution to avoid “It’s healthier to drink water while you’re exercising, dehydration. And some medications can act as and then when you’re done, eat a healthy snack like It’s also a good thing to keep tabs on your hydration if diuretics, causing the body to lose more fluid. orange slices, bananas or a small handful of unsalted you’re traveling. nuts ,” Batson said. Thirst isn’t the best indicator that you need to drink. “You might sweat differently if you’re in a different “If you get thirsty, you’re already dehydrated,” Batson He cautioned against fruit juices or sugary drinks, such climate,” Batson said. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ said. as soda. “They can be hard on your stomach if you’re HealthyLiving/PhysicalActivity/FitnessBasics/Staying-Hydrated- dehydrated,” he said. Batson said the easiest thing to do is pay attention to --Staying-Healthy_ UCM_441180_Article. the color of your urine. Pale and clear means you’re It’s also best to avoid drinks containing caffeine, which jsp#.WR8YtuvyuM8 well hydrated. If it’s dark, drink more fluids. acts as a diuretic and causes you to lose more fluids.

THE MLA LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association continues to need support for its Legal Defense Fund. This dedicated fund has been and will be used for the purpose of defending the Massachusetts lobster fishermen from legal and fisheries management action that could seriously impact our fishermen’s ability to conduct their businesses and earn a living. As we all know, any legal action costs lots of money and this Association needs to be prepared. We certainly would prefer and will continue to try and resolve issues on our fishery without going into court but we must be ready to do so in order to protect our industry and our individual fishermen’s livelihoods. These are real threats and our members frequently say – just sue them – well, that’s fine to say but to do that we need your support. Any contribution you can afford to make to this fund will be held in our legal defense fund and used only for defraying legal expenses if and when they are needed.

Thank you for your continued support. 18• M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m

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June 2017 7 1 0 2 11th International conference and Workshop Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, ME 6/4-9 on Lobster Biology & Management 6/15 Marine Fisheries Commission meeting 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough MA 10:30 am

6/20 MLA’s Annual “Lobster Day” At the State House, Boston, Grand Stair Case 11-2 pm

6/21 MLA Delegate Meeting Son’s of Italy Hall Quincy, MA 02169 7:30pm July 2017 7/4 Independence Day MLA and FISH office are closed

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J MLA’s 2017 Lobster Day at the State House Event The MLA’s annual “Lobster Massachusetts green Day” at the State House will be held on June 20, 2017 at the lobster bands are in Grand Staircase hall between As part of the MLA promotional efforts the MLA again has 11:00am and 2:00pm. Members available the whale safe Massachusetts “GREEN” lobster are encouraged to attend and bands for $50 per case. The MLA supports this on going talk to their state legislators promotion to truly identify a “locally” harvested lobster. on issues that are important Call 781-545-6984 before coming to ensure they have to the Massachusetts lobster arrived. All bands must be picked up at the MLA 8 Otis industry. The MLA will have a Place, Scituate, MA 02066 list of where to find your district legislators. The Association will have its booth with all types of free lobster handouts and the Silent Chef will be serving up “Summertime free lobster bisque samples. Also participating at the event will be Sweetness” the MA Seafood Marketing program and the New England Aquarium with their multi colored live The MLA as part of its’ ongoing promotional efforts lobster display and seafood marketing items. There will also be a free raffle for 5lbs of live lobsters has available for distribution these double sided rack generously donated by our various MLA dealers and fishermen. The purpose of this event is to let cards explaining all about new shell lobsters. We will be legislators know how important the lobster industry is to the economy and communities here in the distributing these at local fish markets and at various events Commonwealth. For more information please call the MLA office at 781-545-6984 and speak to we will be attending this summer. Educating the consumer Tracey Abboud. on how limited and local a product these are will in turn take them out of the processors hair! If you are interested in receiving some of these to distribute from your roadside stand, seafood counter, truck or boat please call the MLA office and ask for Tracey 781-545-6984.

WIND FARM REPORT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 SAVE THE DATES cable routes to land at the Cape Cod Canal Substation or the JANUARY 18-21, 2018 Oak Street substation on Cape Cod. Last winter, Norwegian-based Statoil Wind USA, LLC, The 2018 Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Associations Annual Weekend and Trade Show and German-based PNE Wind USA, Inc. submitted bids for will be held on January 18- 21, 2018 at the the two remaining lease areas in the Massachusetts WEA. Resort and Conference Center, BOEM will hold a competitive bid this summer, as required 35 Scudder Ave, Hyannis, MA 02601 under federal regulations. The two lease areas total 388,569 acres (607 square miles) This is an exciting show that focuses on the fishing industry in New England. The event will bring located between 17 and 42 nm offshore at depths to 64 m together experts and professionals from different parts of the region to come together and discuss about the new platform and opportunities that will play an important role in the advancement (209 ft). The nearest substation is Oak Street Substation on of the commercial fishing industry. Cape Cod. Statoil recently secured a lease in the New York bight off The attendees of the show will also get a golden opportunity to enhance their knowledge and gain Cholera Bank for $42 million, the highest bid received for an relevant and useful information about the commercial fishing industry. The Massachusetts offshore wind energy area to date. BOEM has received a total Lobstermen’s Association Annual Weekend and Trade Show will also help its exhibitors to connect of $68 million in bids for 1.4 million acres which includes all and interact with each other and establish a good relationship with the attendees. This show 13 East Coast leases. The Bay State Wind WEA is leased at significantly contributes in the development of the commercial fishing industry and the expansion $1.50/acre, and the Vineyard Wind WEA for $1.00/acre. of the businesses of the exhibitors.

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J Educating the public

The MLA receives numerous calls for the MLA’s participation at a multitude of events throughout the year whether it is to give a talk on the commercial fishing industry, participate in a local festival or marine trade show or be a judge at a seafood throw down one never knows what the inquiry holds.

We do our best to make sure the request is met and with over 1800 members from Canada to Virginia fishing for lobsters, crabs, scallops and groundfish we try to accommodate them with the appropriate industry contact in their area. While you may be thinking….NO WAY…..get up and talk in front of a group of people!? Remember, you are the expert and know your business better than anyone out there, why not give it a try!

By educating the layperson on the whole host of details on running a commercial fishing business today generally renders more supporters for the local commercial fishing industries as a whole. There have been several occasions when we are talking with people at a festival about everything fishing they leave with a realistic understanding and generally say “I never knew fishing was so complicated”, they are informed and will now think twice about where their seafood is coming from and how it is caught.

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Initial Management Measures for Trimester 2 7 1 0 2 Atlantic Sea Herring Fishery in Management Area 1A

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Carrier vessels are limited to landing Atlantic Herring Section met on May 23, 2017 to up to 80,000 pounds (2 trucks) of sea adopt days-out and landing limit measures for federal herring per week. The carrier vessel’s Category A permit holders during the Trimester 2 weekly landing limit will be combined Atlantic Sea Herring Fishery in Management Area 1A. with the harvester vessel, not to exceed a total of 400,000 pounds.* The at-sea To participate in this fishery, federal Category A permit transfer of sea herring between fishing holders were required to submit a declaration of intent vessels in prohibited. A carrier vessel is a (see notice) to DMF by noon on May 22. Vessels vessel with no gear on board capable of that have declared into the fishery will receive permit catching or processing fish. conditions from DMF establishing the limits adopted by the Section and described below: Federal Category A permits are issued to • Beginning on June 1, 2017, vessels with federal large scale sea herring harvesters, including Category A permits who have declared into the mid-water trawl and purse seine vessels. fishery may fish for, possess and land sea herring While Category A permits may be issued to from Management Area 1A beginning at 0001 mid-water trawl vessels, the use of this gear hours on Monday and continuing until 2359 is prohibited during the Trimester 2 fishery. The Section is scheduled to meet again on June 14th hours on Wednesday. From Thursday at 0001 Federal regulations at 50 CFR §648.202 establish and then on a bi-weekly basis after that. The purpose hours through Sunday at 2359 hours, fishing for, Management Area 1A as a purse seine and fixed gear of these meetings will be to review landings data possessing or landing of sea herring taken from only area from June 1 through September 30. and determine if adjustments to fishing limits are Management Area 1A is unlawful. Participating necessary to optimize quota availability throughout Undeclared vessels, including federal Category C and vessels may land up to 400,000 pounds (10 trucks) the Trimester. For more information, please contact D permit holders (e.g., small mesh bottom trawlers), are of sea herring per week. A week is defined as Cate O’Keefe by phone (617-626-1512) or by e-mail authorized to participate in the Trimester 2 Management Sunday – Saturday. (catherine.o’[email protected]). Area 1A fishery under the exempted sea herring limit • The use of carrier vessels is authorized. However, [322 CMR 9.05(3)]. This allows these vessels to fish a fishing vessel may only utilize one carrier vessel. for, possess and land sea herring seven days per week. 30• M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2 0 1 7 Division of Marine Fisheries u n e J 30 Emerson Ave. Gloucester, MA 01930 David E. Pierce (617)727-3336 Director fax (617)727-3337 Charles D. Baker Governor Karyn E. Polito Lieutenant Governor Matthew A. Beaton Secretary George N. Peterson, Jr. May 25, 2017 Commissioner Mary-Lee King Dear Fixed Gear Fishermen, Deputy Commissioner

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries’ (DMF) Industry-Based Survey for Gulf of Maine Cod (Cod IBS) began again in April 2017 and is now into its second year. The survey is being conducted in federal waters from Cape Cod Bay to Casco Bay and includes Massachusetts and New Hampshire state waters. This important cooperative research effort has several direct benefits to New England commercial and recreational fisheries, including lobster.

The cod IBS is conducted onboard the F/V Miss Emily, a green hulled 53’ trawler based out of Scituate MA. Each month the vessel attempts 50 randomly-selected tows that are evenly distributed throughout the survey area. The biggest challenge for the survey is the presence of fixed gear at tow sites. Although DMF makes every possible effort to avoid fixed gear, conflicts do occur. This creates an unsafe situation, typically resulting in a monetary loss to the fishermen and the survey. Also, the presence of fixed gear negatively affects tow completion rates, resulting in a loss of critical data.

In order to facilitate the completion of tows and minimize gear interactions, DMF has identified planned tows for the month of June in areas where high densities of fixed gear have burdened the survey. Rather than giving one central point, we have identified a tow line with coordinates at either end. Note that the vessel requires a clear path that is approximately 1500 feet wide and 1.5 nautical miles long and are requesting that all gear be temporally removed from these areas.

The attached table contains a tentative schedule and a list of tows that will be attempted in June. If it is not possible to survey the identified tow line, the survey vessel will find a new tow within 2.25 nautical miles of the coordinates.

Updates on future planned tows and their completion will be available from the Cod IBS website and text messages sent by the cod IBS text message alert system. Additionally updates will be provided to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, and New Hampshire Fish and Game.

If you have questions regarding the Cod IBS please contact William Hoffman at (978) 281-0308 x106.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

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250m - 300m EXAMPLE OF SURVEY VESSEL AND GEAR M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m • 33 J tail………..3 ½ pound lobsters are much scarcer than may be in the spotlight, tails continue to develop new e n u The Lobster Clause one pounders. markets in retail and foodservice. There are customers 7 1 0 2 Rumor, Innuendo, and Random Speculation for every size tail as the smaller tails and largest tails The 2016 Maine lobster fishery set a record for have found niche positions across the country. Lobster in the U.S. & Canadian Frozen Lobster tonnage, roughly 130,000,000 pounds. The 2017 was once reserved for ‘white table cloth’ sales, lobster Industry fishery does not have an ‘accurate’ prediction for the tails are now sold across the foodservice spectrum. A Brought to you by the Barry Group Inc. coming year’s catch, however, the industry is optimistic quick reminder, for every 100 pounds of tails, there are Packer of Premium Seafood Since 1854 that landings will be in the same neighborhood. This only 50 pounds of meat….and it is our job to sell ‘both Featuring the Best Damn Lobster Plant in is an MSC fishery with some of the tightest regulations ends’ of the animal. in the world; these regulations provide for the brood North America stock as well as protection for undersize juveniles. “We await the season with baited breath” As mentioned, PEI is the ‘first season’ of the year and In a historic relationship, Maine and Canada have will set the initial price guidelines; we are about a week developed a symbiotic affiliation with a market driven away from the opening and roughly 3 weeks away The ‘season’ hasn’t started, but there have been flow of lobster moving north and south to maximize from ‘hard pricing’. The variables of the catch, new lobsters caught all winter long; lobsters have been market opportunities. products, new markets, new politics, and a wide spread caught in Canada as well as New England, these are between the Loonie and the Dollar will be tossed in the good lobsters, these are expensive lobsters that go The Canadian fishery faces some challenges and blender and become something to bitch about. to the live trade. The frozen industry, with minor growing pains in coming year. Meat and tail prices exceptions, never sees winter lobster. The volume continue to be strong as the markets begrudgingly The Barry Group’s Neguac lobster plant will continue is low, the catch is sporadic, and they are too damn come to accept this as ‘the new normal’. Wild to pack premium quality tails and meats in 2017. We expensive; for our purposes the season starts on the caught shellfish of all types continue to reflect their pack our stock items as well as custom production first week of May when Prince Edward Island opens for value with pricing that reflects the costs involved in for volume customers in the domestic and export harvesting. harvesting, processing, transportation and overhead. markets. All of our production is MSC certified and The relaxation of tariffs with the EU will potentially we boast third party accreditation from the toughest PEI is a sixty-day bell weather fishery with a unique strengthen live lobster exports to those markets. inspection agencies. The majority of our 2016 labor pricing system, the first two weeks of the season China’s demand for lobster increases with each e-mail, force will return for 2017; we are finishing major plant are done with price hints and suggestions that allow the demand for live and frozen lobster grows by the renovations and look forward to opening day. packers to test the market and fishermen to determine week. The dramatic increases in ‘netted’ production their initial catch volume. At the end of two weeks destined for The Middle Kingdom promises to remove the respective groups find common ground and that a sizable percentage of raw material from the overall Dana Staples price becomes retroactive to day one. The minimum supply. Initial lobster production after the PEI opening pricing is set, traditionally with a 25-50 cent spread may be stymied if plants between Canners (under a pound) and Markets (pound choose to pack crab plus) and becomes the price paid to the boats; bonuses, instead of lobster. Current middlemen, extras, and layaways are all added before raw material (live lobster) the processor gets the lobster. This pricing is not costs are at record highs, sacrosanct and can bump up and down over the eight but will tumble over the weeks of the fishery. One thing that it does is that it coming weeks, but to what sets the tone for the rest of the year. level?

PEI is a volume fishery with a small gauge allowance The frozen lobster industry that permits taking smaller lobsters than most of the varies between ‘meat industry. These smaller lobsters are not banded when years’ and ‘tail years’, caught and this enables them to attack each other in depending on market the boat tanks; they arrive on shore as living, bleeding demand. The past two pin-cushions and need to be processed quickly. The years have been driven old method was to put these in popsicles, the new trend by meat as foodservice is to make them netted whole cooks, whole blanched and manufacturing have and whole raw; the bulk of which will go to China. developed customer Processing and packing netted products takes minimal bases that eat lobster at labor which is good thing on PEI because they have breakfast (omelets), lunch minimal labor available. (sandwiches) and dinner (steamed). The tourist The Maine fishery starts to see volumes pick up during trade in New England and the PEI opening and it does take note of the PEI price the Maritimes both flaunt structure, but doesn’t necessarily follow it. Maine lobster like a legal drug, does not allow small lobster (under 3.25”) on the ‘bet you can’t eat just one’, carapace or large lobster (5” plus); this is a common- ‘Hello boys and girls, want sense regulation that allows the smaller lobster to be some candy’? The lure sexually mature and saves the big boys and girls to of lobster in new products breed. Roughly speaking a 3.25” live lobster weighs continues to drive R&D about a pound and a 5.0” live lobster is about 3 ½ departments to develop pounds………..the one pounder has about a 4 ounce delectable (usually) new raw tail and a 3 ½ pounder has about a 14 ounce raw creations. While meat 34• M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m Robert Glenn, the chief marine fisheries biologist a reason,” Holler said. The 19-hour days aren’t for Steve Holler has at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy everyone. and Environmental Affairs, there’s been a sharp 2 0 1 7 Still, the creative approach has paid off: It has more been fishing for decline in the number of commercial lobstermen in than kept his business afloat. He pulled up iPhone Massachusetts since the 1990s. This has been most u n e photos from some days when the line stretches all the

J lobster since he dramatic in southern New England waters, where there way down the dock and up the beach. was a roughly 60 percent decrease in active lobster was 14. He’s not fishing permits between 1995 and 2015. Indeed, last August, people lined up on the dock in Houghs Neck by November Gale well in advance of about to stop now. Scientists are increasingly concerned about the lobster the start time. Holler was still sorting lobsters into their There’s one road into Houghs Neck, Quincy, and if you stock throughout New England. Water temperatures crates, and waving to a few regulars — and he has drive in on a Friday or Saturday in the summer, you’re have been rising, and lobsters are boiling to death — in many. bound to see the signs: “Lobsters fresh off the boat, the ocean. “This is our Friday thing,” said Kathy Zuffanti of 3-6.” Arrows point toward the Maritime Center and “Inshore temperatures are reaching the physiological Wollaston. She and her husband, Tom, would go to the down a dock, where you’ll find Steve Holler’s boat, stress thresholds for lobsters,” EEA marine fisheries farmers’ market in Quincy and buy some corn, then November Gale. biologist Tracy Pugh said. “Lobsters can only handle pick up lobsters from Holler and steam them. They Holler is a fixture in Houghs Neck, selling some of warm water for so long before they start to develop liked to get there early to beat the lines. the freshest lobsters in the Boston area. He starts back internal and external disease.” “I didn’t even actually like lobster before we started up again June 2, and will keep going through August. This trend is also most dramatic in southern New getting them here,” Tom Zuffanti said. “You really Holler, 54, has been a commercial fisherman since the England, where waters are warmer and abundance was don’t know what it tastes like until you have them age of 14, when his uncle — a former Navy SEAL — at a record low in 2013. And it’s more dramatic for fresh.” pulled him off the corner, where he was hanging out inshore lobsters, which Holler noticed last year. with friends, and said, “You’re going fishing.” In Holler’s view, the best kind of lobster is a Usually, he fishes in Boston Harbor until late August Massachusetts lobster, especially if you eat it in Since then, barring a four-year break when he was and then moves to deeper waters. Last year, the Massachusetts. “I never put butter on my lobsters,” working on the Big Dig, Holler has been going fishing lobsters never showed up inshore, and he started Holler said. “Then what you taste is butter, not the in Boston Harbor. He’s a lifelong “Necker.” fishing 8-10 miles offshore in July. lobster.” Houghs Neck is a peninsula in Quincy that’s Holler said he thinks it was due to warmer waters last Steve Holler sells lobster Fridays and Saturdays surrounded by water and beaches on three sides. The year, but not a larger trend. “It’s not global warming,” from 3-6 p.m., starting June 2, through August. neighborhood is mostly residential, with an old-school Holler said. “The waters are warmer because of the Find November Gale at the Houghs Neck Maritime New England vibe and an enduring know-your- warm weather” last summer. Center, 137 Bayview Ave., Quincy. neighbors feeling. That’s what Holler likes about it. This sentiment is shared by other lobstermen. Jarrett Sophie Haigney can be reached at sophie.haigney@ “The closeness of the houses, the fact that there’s one Drake, who fishes near New Bedford, wrote in an yale.edu. Follow her on Twitter @SophieHaigney. road in and one road out,” he said. “And the water. I e-mail, “Everything in life is cyclical, and that includes https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/food-dining/2017/05/29/ fall asleep and I wake up to that sound.” lobsters.” He wrote, “The fishermen’s landings show it steve-holler-has-been-fishing-for-lobster-since-was-not-about- In the 1980s, Houghs Neck was known as the all, and they’ve been climbing.” stop-now/svCT8Kf5RJSLxvFizYVxyH/story.html “flounder capital of the world.” Boatloads of people Part of the disconnect traveled from all over the East Coast to fish for them. between what fisherman Then the flounder mostly died off. There also used to observe and the stark trends be a larger lobstering community: Holler remembers in lobster abundance may be about a dozen commercial lobstermen in the old days related to what Glenn called who lived around Houghs Neck. Now it’s more like the “pie-chart effect.” He six. said that in a way, lobstermen “Look at those boats,” Holler said, standing late last are right. The catch per unit August on the deck of November Gale in a faded pink effort is higher than it’s ever tank top and jeans with holes in the knees. There were been — but there are also 20 or so moored in the harbor. “Now multiply that fewer lobstermen splitting up number by 10. That’s how it used to be.” the catch. Nostalgia for bygone days seems central to the “If you think of [the lobster neighborhood — Holler mentioned riding bikes stock] as a piece of pie, even without helmets, and the pre-cellphone, pre- though the piece is much overparenting era. But in general he doesn’t dwell. smaller, it’s being cut up by He’s busy catching lobsters, tending to 800 traps. fewer people, so individual In the summer, he’s out four or five days a week, up catch rates are higher than around 3 a.m. The days when he sells lobsters fresh off they’ve ever been,” Glenn the boat, he’s not home before 9 or 10 p.m. said. “It’s hard work,” Holler said. “It’s very physical, the Holler’s idea to sell lobsters hours are long, you’re always worrying about the fresh off the boat came when gear.” In Holler’s view, the difficulty is why so many he realized he needed to do people haven’t taken up family businesses. something different to stay in business. “I’m the only The trend is quantifiable. According to data from guy who does this, and for M assachusetts L o b s t e r m e n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n • w w w . l o b s t e r m e n . c o m • 35 J e n u 7 1 0 2 Cape Seafoods Bait Shop Kicking off the Season!

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2 0 1 7 New Brunswick to the proposed landing point in Plym- and proposals are due in late July. Emera will propose participates in outh, Massachusetts is about 375 miles. For most of the its Atlantic Link project in response to that solicitation.

u n e route, we plan to bury the cable to a depth of approx-

J this year’s Maine imately six feet. Burial will occur using a hydro plow As we prepare our proposal, we are meeting with Fishermen’s Forum that uses high-pressure water jets to create a trench, interested people and organizations about the details of and bury the cable as it is laid. The machine that will cable routing, as well as talking to government agen- By Gerald Weseen, Emera Inc. be used for cable burial depends on the company that cies in the U.S. and Canada that will issue approvals Emera Inc., an energy company headquartered in Nova manufactures and deploys the cable. In certain areas and permits for Atlantic Link. Scotia, is proposing construction of a new submarine where the cable cannot be buried, it may be covered We have just completed marine survey work (multi- electricity transmission cable from Atlantic Canada with protective concrete matting or rocks. beam bathymetry/backscatter, which did not require to southern New England. Our team appreciated the the survey vessel to tow any gear) which will help opportunity to participate in this year’s Maine Fisher- Emera does have recent experience with this kind inform our decisions relating to route options and allow men’s Forum, where we shared information, received of project: we are currently completing installation us to better talk to our stakeholders and plan for more input and answered questions about the project. We of Maritime Link – a 110-mile submarine electric detailed survey work currently scheduled for 2018. have since learned even more through meetings with transmission line between the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The cable is being laid smaller groups of stakeholders up and down the coast. Feedback about our project is important to us. this summer and the transmission line is scheduled to Emera is working to refine the proposed route for be operational by the end of 2017. It will be one of Please visit our Web site for more information – Atlantic Link - a high-voltage direct-current (HVdc) almost 30 high-voltage direct-current transmission www.atlanticlink.com. We would be happy submarine transmission cable that will deliver 900 cables in-service around the world, and the longest to meet with you in-person to discuss the megawatts of clean hydroelectric and wind energy in North America. project. Send us an email at atlanticlink@ to southern New England, from eastern Canada and emera.com. possibly northern Maine. The project is intended to The state of Massachusetts has initiated a compet- help replace electric generation from sources that emit itive solicitation this spring to sign long- Gerald Weseen works for Emera and is greenhouse gases and to compensate for the early clo- term contracts for the purchase of large- based in Boston. He is responsible for sure of nuclear plants, which have no carbon emissions. scale clean energy and the transmission stakeholder and government relations line to deliver that energy (either hydro- for the Atlantic Link project. This transmission line will co-exist with fishing activities in the greater Gulf of Maine that everyone who attended this year’s forum holds dear and wishes to protect. The information we shared, and hope to gather in the coming weeks and months as we have follow-up meetings, will help us design a route and a development plan that address- es issues brought forward by stakeholders – including commercial fish harvesters.

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• There are over 27,000 identified species of fish on the earth and an estimated 15,000 fish species that have not yet been identified. There are more species of fish than all the species of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals combined.

• Sailfish, Swordfish, and Marlin are the fastest fish in the ocean, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, which is faster than the speed limits on most highways!

• Many Rockfish can live hundreds of years. Rougheye Rockfish are the longest known living fish on earth and can live over 200 years! That means that a Rockfish on your dinner plate tonight could have been alive when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on their famous expedition in 1804 to explore unknown territories in the United States.

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