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Maine Sea Scallop Fishery Information

2012 - 2013 Season and New Management Measures

 

Updated Local Charts (effective February 23, 2013)

• Casco Bay Area
• Damariscotta/Sheepscot Area
• Muscongus/West Penobscot Bay Area
• Lower Penobscot Bay Area
• Jericho Bay/Mount Desert Island Area
• Blue Hill/Mount Desert Island Area
• Gouldsboro/Addison Area
• Addison/Jonesport/Machias Area
• Cobscook Bay and St. Croix Area
• Machias to Lubec Area

 

Scallop fishing laws and regulations (Chapter 11 March 22, 2013 version, pdf file, 130 kb, 18 pages).

News - Maine

• Posted March 8, 2013:  Chapter 11.09 Atlantic Sea Scallop Harvesting Season (2)(C) and 11.22 2012-13 Closures (20) East Bay and South Bay Area-Emergency rulemaking.  Effective Saturday March 9, 2013--pdf file 451 kb, 14 pages

  • East Bay and South Bay Area Closure
  • Zone 3 Calendar (revised March 9, 2013)

   

• February 21, 2013:  Chapter 11.22 Scallops 2012-13 Closures (17) Inner Western Penobscot Area (18) Union River (19) Whiting Bay and Denny's Bay Area--Emergency rulemaking.  Effective Saturday February 23, 2013--pdf file 93 kb, 9 pages

  • Inner Western Penobscot Area Closure
  • Union River Closure
  • Whiting Bay and Denny's Bay Area Closure

   

• No Scallop Changes the Week of February 18
• February 1, 2013: Chapter 11.22 Scallops 2012-13 Closures (10) Blue Hill Bay Area (13) Jonesport/Machias Area--Emergency rulemaking.  Effective February 4, 2013--pdf file, 86 kb, 7 pages
• Blue Hill Bay Area Closure
• Jonesport/Machias Area Closure
  • Chandler Bay Closure
  • Machias Bay Closure
  • The Reach Closure

• January 18, 2013: Chapter 11.22 Scallops 2012-13 Closures (14) Gouldsboro & Dyer Bays, (15) Damariscotta River and (16) Somes Sound -- Emergency rulemaking. Effective January 21, 2013--pdf file, 80 kb, 6 pages

  •        Gouldsboro and Dyer Bays Emergency Closures
  •        Damariscotta Emergency Closure
  •        Somes Sound Emergency Closure

• January 16, 2013:  Chapter 11.10(1)(F)&(G)  Scallops 2012-13 Daily Possession Limit Reduction.  Emergency rulemaking.  Effective January 16, 2013--pdf file, 6 pages, 78 kb

 

• December 21, 2012: Chapter 11.22 Scallops 2012-13 Closures (11) Muscongus Area, (12) Southeast Harbor and (13) East Moosabec Reach. Emergency rulemaking, effective Dec. 22
  • Muscongus Area Emergency Closure
  • Southeast Harbor Emergency Closure
  • East Moosabec Reach Emergency Closure (Revised February 4, 2013)

 

• December 17: Vessels in Cobscook Bay should exercise caution in the area of an underwater turbine located in position 44°54.36"N 67°02.45"W

 

• December 7: Chapter 11.10(1)(F) Atlantic Sea Scallops, Shellstock Ratio to Meat Conversion, Possession Limit, Daily Limit and 11.22 2012-13 Closures (10) Inner Blue Hill Harbor. Emergency rulemaking, effective Dec. 8
  • Inner Blue Hill Harbor Emergency Closure (Revised February 4, 2013)

 

• November 30: DMR Press Release - New Scallop Management Measures Designed to Improve Resource Sustainability

General

• Maine landings data
• General information from the National Marine Fisheries Service
• Sea scallop seafood information c/o NMFS FishWatch

 

Management - Maine

• Maine Scallop Advisory Council
• 2012 scallop management meetings and proposals
• 2011-12 Maine scallop fishing season
• 2010-12 closed zones and maps
• New safety training requirements for divers and tenders, effective Dec. 21, 2009
• Commercial and non-commercial scallop fishing license applications (go to Marine Harvesting Application)

 

Management - Federal

• Presentation by Dvora Hart, NEFSC, at 2012 Fishermen's Forum, on management and recovery of federal fishery & rotational closed areas - PDF file, 18 slides, 588 kb
• Federal sea scallop fishery management info and announcements c/o NERO
• New England Fisheries Management Council scallop page
• Sea scallop fishery and stock status c/o Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)

Maine Research and Surveys - most recent first

• 2011 Scallop Survey Report, (PDF file, 67 pages,7 MB)
• 2010 Maine Sea Scallop Survey report - PDF file, 1 MB, 30 pages
• Research priorities as set in 2010
• 2009 Maine Sea Scallop Survey report - PDF file, 731 kb, 42 pages
• Scallop Enhancement - literature review by Danielle Brzezinski, 2008 - PDF file, 393 kb, 62 pages
• 2008 Maine Sea Scallop Survey report - PDF file, 1.3 MB, 23 pages
• 2007 Cobscook Bay Survey report - PDF file, 1.15 MB, 21 pages
• 2006 Maine Sea Scallop Survey report - PDF file, 2.34 MB, 35 pages
• 2005 Maine Sea Scallop Survey report - PDF file, 1.0 MB, 19 pages
• 2005 Monitoring and Enhancement report - PDF file, 5.2 MB, 73 pages
• Scallop enhancement workshop presentations, February 2005
• Field Trials of 4" Rings in the Inshore Scallop Fishery of the Gulf of Maine, PDF file, 374 kb, 18 pages

instructions & help

• PDF files may require Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader (download here) .
• Please contact Kevin Kelly if you need an alternate format.

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• For Management questions or comments, please contact Trisha Cheney De Graaf.
• For questions or comments about Research, please contact Kevin Kelly.

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