The annual Maine Fishermen's Forum opens Thursday and the NEFSC is there. The forum is a great time and place for meetings and discussions among a variety of people interested in healthy, sustainable fisheries, seafood businesses.
Cameras can go where humans cannot and new fisheries research tools can save hundreds of hours in analyzing information contained in collected photographs.
Small group of pelagic longline fishing vessel owners will take a six-month voluntary repose, can continue to fish with alternative gear, improving populations and supporting supply chains.
