. Development and evolution of the sea herring fishery management plan. Herring; Fisheries; Fishery management; Fishing. Competition ALACK OF traditional West German markets caused by fresh European and frozen Ca- nadian herring has knocked the bottom out of the East Coast herring export industry. Processors alone the coast have stopped purchasing fresh herring from domestic seiners for freezing and ex- port to the major European herring markets in West Germany. In Gloucester. Kennebec Fish Corp. has not bought any herring from vessels since last Uctober. when Gulf of Maine herring grounds wer
. Development and evolution of the sea herring fishery management plan. Herring; Fisheries; Fishery management; Fishing. Competition ALACK OF traditional West German markets caused by fresh European and frozen Ca- nadian herring has knocked the bottom out of the East Coast herring export industry. Processors alone the coast have stopped purchasing fresh herring from domestic seiners for freezing and ex- port to the major European herring markets in West Germany. In Gloucester. Kennebec Fish Corp. has not bought any herring from vessels since last Uctober. when Gulf of Maine herring grounds were closed because of overfishing. Those areas reopened in November, but with its customary markets non-existent, Kennebec — Gloucester's largest hemng processor — has yet to purchase and freeze any herring. Seiners Not Fishing And the fleet of seiners from Maine. New .lersey and other northeastern states which fished out of Gloucester each year for herring has ail hut disap- peared this season. Many of the vessels fishing for the Maine sardine market are working under quotas set by the canneries which are receiving an ample supply from their own boats. While some of the major Maine canneries have softened the market decline through their sardine operations, the lack of West German herring markets has meant less employment for shoreside workers and fewer markets for fisher- men. "It's impossible lor us to operate on the West German ; says Geir Monsen. manager of Global Seafoods in Uhode Island. "We simply can't compete and we haven't shipped to West Germany in half-a- ; Seek Other Foreign Markets Monsen the situation may im- prove somewnat as other foreign mar- kets are sought and found for frozen herring, but he is not expecting a return to the level of exports American proces- sors once enjoyed in the West German market. "This is the first time in 11 years this has occurred to this degree. It's quite a serious prob
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