NMFS wants midwater trawl fleet offshore, but can they take the bait?

摘要

With political battles over herring done for the moment, lobster fishermen are braced for higher bait prices, and trawler captains are learning the fine points of purse seining in the Gulf of Maine. Some predict the closure of Area 1A in the inshore gulf to herring midwater and pair trawls will be a classic case study of unintended consequences in fisheries management.