US: New England fishers protest proposed changes to region's cod management plan

Published 2024년 12월 4일

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U.S. New England fishers are protesting a new cod management plan, Amendment 25, proposed by the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), claiming it will destroy the region's cod fishery. The plan aims to science-based management and begins a 10-year rebuilding process for the overfished Gulf of Maine cod population. However, the plan's low acceptable biological catch recommendations for 2025 have drawn concern, with fishers worried about the potential impact on their businesses and hoping for a rollback under the new Trump administration.

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Commercial fishers in the U.S. region of New England are protesting a new cod management plan under consideration by the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), claiming the changes will destroy the region’s historic cod fishery.“These restrictions are going to be the end of the trawlers and anyone else buying fish,” New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) CEO Jerry Leeman said in a statement. “Everyone in the fisheries expects Addendum 25 to torpedo their businesses.” The NEFMC is moving forward with a plan to divide the region’s cod fishery into four stock units, as recommended by the 2023 Atlantic Cod Research Track Assessment.In September, NEFMC finalized action on Amendment 25 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan, which begins incorporating those new changes. Amendment 25 establishes the Eastern Gulf of Maine, Western Gulf of Maine, and Southern New England as new stock units. The existing Gorges Bank stock unit will be ...

Source: Seafoodsource