January 2, 2018 — ARLINGTON, Va. — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
States from Maine through New Jersey have scheduled their hearings to gather public input on American Lobster Draft Addendum XXVI/Jonah Crab Draft Addendum III. The details of those hearings follow.
Maine Department of Marine Resources
January 10, 2018; 6 PM
Scarborough Middle School Cafeteria
21 Quentin Drive
Scarborough, ME
Contact: Pat Keliher at 207.624.6553
January 11, 2018; 6 PM
Ellsworth High School
24 Lejok Street
Ellsworth, ME
Contact: Pat Keliher at 207.624.6553
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
January 16, 2018; 7 PM
Urban Forestry Center
45 Elwyn Road
Portsmouth, NH
Contact: Doug Grout at 603.868.1095
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries*
January 19, 2018; 1PM
Resort and Conference Center of Hyannis
35 Scudder Avenue
Hyannis, MA
Contact: Dan McKiernan at 617.626.1536
* The MA DMF hearing will take place at the MA Lobstermen’s Association Annual Weekend and Industry Trade Show
Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife
January 17, 2018; 6 PM
University of Rhode Island Bay Campus
Corless Auditorium, South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI
Contact: Conor McManus at 401.423.1943
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
January 18, 2018; 7 PM
CT DEEP Boating Education Center
333 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, CT
Contact: Mark Alexander at 860.447.4322
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
January 9, 2018; 6:30 PM
NYSDEC Division of Marine Fisheries
205 N. Belle Mead Road
East Setauket, NY
Contact: Jim Gilmore at 631.444.0430
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
January 8, 2018; 6 PM
Wall Township Municipal Building
Lower Level Community Room
2700 Allaire Road
Wall Township, NJ
Contact: Peter Clarke at 609.748.2020
The Draft Addenda seek to improve harvest reporting and biological data collection in the American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries. The Draft Addenda propose using the latest reporting technology, expanding the collection of effort data, increasing the spatial resolution of harvester reporting, and advancing the collection of biological data, particularly offshore.
Learn more about the ASMFC by visiting their site here.