BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 18 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release: Following a two-day intense negotiation, ministers reached an agreement on the catch limits for over 200 commercial fish stocks in the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea for 2021 and, in the case of deep-sea species, for 2021 and 2022. More than 100 of these stocks in the Atlantic and North Sea have been co-managed with the UK during the last decades; given the ongoing EU  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 17 -- The European Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius after the Agriculture and Fisheries Council: * * * Today, the Council has come to an agreement about the fishing opportunities for 2021 in the Atlantic and the North Sea, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and for 2021/22 for deep-sea stocks. As always in the December Council the negotiations were intense. This year the Agrifish Council did not convene in Novem  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 19 (TNSRes) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement is increasing efforts to help ensure compliance with gear regulations in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic American Lobster Trap/Pot Fishery. OLE is deploying remotely operated vehicles that will make inspecting offshore lobster gear more efficient. This fishery operates primarily with traps that are set out by fishermen in fixed locatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 16: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to reject a petition for emergency interim fishery regulations regarding the North Atlantic right whale. The petition, submitted by a number of out-of-state interest groups, would bypass the established regulatory process and cou  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to reject a petition for emergency interim fishery regulations regarding the North Atlantic right whale. The petition, submitted by a number of out-of-state interest groups, would bypass the established regulatory process and could set a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 16: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to reject a petition for emergency interim fishery regulations regarding the North Atlantic right whale. The petition, submitted by a number of out-of-state interest groups, would bypass the established regulatory process and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 16: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to reject a petition for emergency interim fishery regulations regarding the North Atlantic right whale. The petition, submitted by a number of out-of-state interest groups, would bypass the established regulatory process an  more