. Development and evolution of the sea scallop fishery management plan. Scallop fisheries; Fisheries; Fishery management; Fishing. 54. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Northeast Regional Office 14 Elm Street Gloucester, Massachusetts. <$ gpfl M/fl^s ,^v* RECEIVED "S/fy V June 12, 1981 Mr. Robert Jones Chairman Mew England Fishery Management Council Suntaug Office Park Saugus, Massachusetts 01906 Dear Bob: JUN15 if;-£1 This Is to advise you of the completion of the National Marine Fisheries Service re
. Development and evolution of the sea scallop fishery management plan. Scallop fisheries; Fisheries; Fishery management; Fishing. 54. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Northeast Regional Office 14 Elm Street Gloucester, Massachusetts. <$ gpfl M/fl^s ,^v* RECEIVED "S/fy V June 12, 1981 Mr. Robert Jones Chairman Mew England Fishery Management Council Suntaug Office Park Saugus, Massachusetts 01906 Dear Bob: JUN15 if;-£1 This Is to advise you of the completion of the National Marine Fisheries Service review of the New England Fishery Management Council's draft Fishery Managment Plan for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, and to provide you with our comments. The scallop plan is the victim of changed circumstances, which is unfortunate, since all of us are aware of the considerable time and effort, over a period now of several years, devoted by the Council, Industry advisors, the Council staff, and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The changed circumstances will force us not only to extend our thinking, but to improve the plan and the management approach. This should result in a more flexible plan which Is both able to account for changing circumstances and which is more versatile and efficient for managing an extremely Important fishery resource. The results of public review of the plan are clear and suggest major modification of the plan. Unless we are able to determlr â and demonstrate that the proposed thirty meat count measure will not seriously impair the viability of large segments of the industry in the immediate future, a less stringent initial specification is indicated. I believe we should begin with a meat count which provides some resource conservation benefit, and build into the plan flexibility under established criteria which will permit changes in that meat count specification as permitted by changes in resource availabilty so that we can work towards a
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