Fishing Back When

By Jessica Hathaway

1990 — Handliner Fred Fox yanks a mackerel aboard off Hatteras Island, N.C. Handliners and drift gillnetters are  ghting over allocations of king and Spanish mackerel in the South Atlantic.

The Polaris, the most recent addition to the U.S. tuna  eet, in sea trials following the launch from J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding in Tacoma, Wash. Reports of a Bristol Bay bonanza out of King Salmon, Alaska, include a catch of 19.5 million sockeye salmon through July 16 with projections for a season total of up to 38 million  sh. The run, however, was forecast at 45 million to 65 million. At roughly $1.25 each, the haul could be worth $80 million.

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association looks for ways to drum up support when only 25 lobstermen show up its the annual meeting in Ellsworth.

Jim Clarke baits hooks on the longliner Polaris near Kodiak Island in Alaska.

New England ground shermen are tasked with reducing effort and catch by more than 50 percent in a call to revitalize stocks of cod, haddock and  ounder. The Massachusetts Ground sh Task Force claims the reductions would still require six to 10 years to pay off. Seattle’s Fisheries Management Foundation writes to Congress to urge action on limited entry plans for commercial  sheries, getting support from  sheries leaders nationwide.

Shrimpers in the Vessels of

Opportunity program assist in the cleanup of oil leaking of Grand Isle, La. New England’s ground sh catch shares opened in May. The  eet is now establishing itself as part of sectors or the common pool, which includes individual  shermen with individual allocations.

NOAA Inspector General Todd Zinser reports to Administrator Jane Lubchenco that the Of ce of Law Enforcement’s penalties fund is “neither transparent nor conducive to accountability, thus rendering it susceptible to both error and abuse.”

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