| Herring Alliance Submits Comprehensive Monitoring Proposal for the Atlantic Herring Fishery |
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As the development of Amendment 4 to the Federal management of Atlantic herring continues, the Council staff has turned to stakeholders for specific proposals outlining new monitoring measures for the fishery. The Herring Alliance submitted a strong proposal today
On October 16, 2008, The New England Fishery Management Council issued a Call for Stakeholder Recommendations for a comprehensive catch monitoring plan for the Atlantic herring fishery. The Herring Alliance developed and submitted a proposal that demonstrates that the Atlantic Herring fishery in New England could, should, and can have an effective monitoring system for catch and bycatch. The proposal describes a catch monitoring program that calls for
(1) 100% of hauls being sampled by Federally trained and certified at-sea employed by third party observer providers Everyone, from the conservation community to regulators to the midwater trawl industry agrees that the current monitoring system for the Atlantic herring fishery is unacceptable. This proposal is a reasonable, cost effective approach that will allow all stakeholders to be confident in the data that is produced. We look forward to working with the NEFMC as Amendment 4 is developed. Download the full proposal here:
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