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• What’s behind one lawsuit against Vineyard Wind
  September 21, 2021 — Annie Hawkins has a message you don’t hear very often in Massachusetts these days. The executive director of the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a national group of fishing interests, Hawkins is questioning the rush to develop offshore wind. Her organization is suing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, alleging the agency is...Read More
• Low oxygen is pushing fish into shallower water
  September 21, 2021 — Fish can drown. They require oxygen to breathe, and use the oxygen dissolved in water rather than that in the air. When there’s too little oxygen in the water, they have to move or suffer ill effects. Unfortunately, oxygen concentrations are dropping throughout the oceans. The new research, published in Global Change...Read More
• NORTH CAROLINA: Panel with stakes in clean water adds to coastal habitat plan
  September 21, 2021 — Natural solutions, voluntary, incentivize — these are some of the ways suggested by a stakeholder workgroup to enhance and protect North Carolina’s coastal waters. In all, 10 recommendations in Appendix A from the workgroup have been tacked on to the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan approved for public review by the three regulatory...Read More
• Rhode Island Announces Second Round of COVID Fisheries Funding
  September 21, 2021 — The Rhode Island Congressional Delegation and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced that commercial fishing and charter/for hire businesses, qualified aquaculture operators, seafood processors, and dealers are eligible to apply for an additional $255 million in assistance funding provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 on September 16. This funding...Read More
• Good news in the crab fishery comes from the Gulf of Alaska
  September 21, 2021 –Unlike in the Bering Sea, there’s good news for crab in the Gulf of Alaska. A huge cohort of Tanner crab that biologists have been tracking in the Westward region for three years showed up again in this summer’s survey. “We were optimistic and we did find them again. Pretty much all...Read More
• US Senate approves drift gillnet ban again
  September 21, 2021 — A bill banning large drift gillnets from being used in federal waters has unanimously been approved in the U.S. Senate. Now S.273, also known as the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, heads to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. The bill’s chances there are good, considering the legislative body...Read More
• September 2021 PFMC decision document online
  September 21, 2021 — The following was released by the Pacific Fishery Management Council: The Pacific Fishery Management Council met September 9-11, and 13-15, 2021 via RingCentral webinar. The September 2021 Council Meeting Decision Document contains the highlights of significant decisions made during that meeting. Results of agenda items that do not reach a level of...Read More
• NEFMC September 28-30, 2021 Webinar Meeting – Listen Live, View Documents
  September 21, 2021 — The following was released by the New England Fishery Management Council: The New England Fishery Management Council will hold a three-day meeting from Tuesday, September 28 through Thursday, September 30, 2021.  The public is invited to listen live and provide input during designated opportunities for public comment.  Due to ongoing public...Read More