After listening to input from local scallop harvesters, Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher today announced scallop management measures for the Cobscook Bay area that will allow harvesters to continue fishing three days a week.
The measures, implemented through emergency rule making, go into effect Friday, January 24, 2014.
“After careful consideration of the comments I received at a meeting with industry last week in Whiting, I have amended an original proposal in order to accommodate the industry’s desire to fish three days a week,” said Commissioner Keliher. “This measure provides a balance between conserving the resource and protecting economic opportunity for commercial harvesters.”
The conservation closures of Cobscook Bay and the St. Croix River on alternating days aims to provide for 3 days of fishing in three different areas of Zone 3.
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