JUNE 2008

Legislature approves gill net bill
Source: Press-Register, Mobile, Ala., Friday, May 9, 2008

MONTGOMERY The state Legislature approved a bill Thursday evening that would allow fishermen to voluntarily retire commercial gill nets in exchange for a financial settlement.

Salmon Gone, Fishermen Try to Adapt on a Changing Coast
Source: The New York Times, Friday, May 9, 2008

CHARLESTON, Ore. — So long, salmon. Steve Wilson is refitting his 51-foot troller to fish for the future. No longer will he cast for the conflicted symbol of Northwest abundance and bitterness. No more fishing for a myth.

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Lobster float rope to be collected again in May

The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation held two of three scheduled groundline exchanges this spring. This month the program has registered more than 180 lobstermen who will bring roughly 230,000 pounds of float rope to the third exchange, held May 20-22 in Scarborough, Maine.

Lobstermen who want to exchange rope must pre-register by contacting the foundation.

Bottom Line Project, Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
P.O. Box 523, Kennebunk, ME 04043
tel. (207) 985-8088, fax (207) 985-8099
gomlf@gwi.net
www.gomlf.org

GOMLF plans to hold at least one more rope exchange before the October Final Whale Rule deadline.