2012-02-13T15:06:40-05:00 urn:uuid:67e18b6c-365c-41ae-989d-f383f6bb6d97 By Times Staff urn:uuid:aa28a269-a326-40c3-95dc-b20ecb5fdf08 2012-02-11T06:00:00-05:00

<p> Speaking to a group of New England fishery leaders Friday in Portsmouth, N.H., Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk joined a call for the federal government to carry out a new assessment of Gulf of Maine cod stocks before ratcheting down catch limits that would have a dire effect on the fishing industry.</p>

By Stephanie Bergman urn:uuid:4aa76431-1c15-41e7-b4c0-f393464f2cdd 2012-02-11T02:00:03-05:00

<p> <strong>A</strong>fter seven months in dry dock in Baltimore and 10 days at sea for training exercises, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Grand Isle is finally home.<br /> While repairs were only scheduled to take eight weeks and cost $1.6 million, the work wound up taking 30 weeks and costing $2.7 million.</p>

urn:uuid:b524dfa0-f3fb-4030-9aa2-6ea54775b01b 2012-02-10T00:02:16-05:00

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange <br /> The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 45,300 pounds of fish Thursday.<br /> Top species landed and average price were:<br /> Pollock: 18,700 pounds (94 cents)<br /> Market cod: 8,600 pounds ($2.35)

urn:uuid:4ba91da7-f36a-4eb3-b1c0-f62b5839fbcc 2012-02-09T00:39:26-05:00

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange <br /> The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 7,900 pounds of fish Wednesday.<br /> Top species landed and average price were:<br /> Market cod: 4,500 pounds ($2.65)<br /> Small yellowtail: 1,300 pounds (86 cents)

urn:uuid:29558534-cba0-4f0b-970b-8997262da18c 2012-02-08T00:11:00-05:00

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange <br /> The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 66,400 pounds of fish Tuesday.<br /> Top species landed and average price were:<br /> Medium and small pollock: 25,600 pounds (76 cents)<br /> Ocean perch: 19,600 pounds (86 cents)

urn:uuid:41d95ccb-ea76-45c7-910a-56cfd52914c9 2012-02-07T01:39:00-05:00

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange <br /> The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 34,700 pounds of fish Monday.<br /> Top species landed and average price were:<br /> Market cod: 7,400 pounds ($2.52)<br /> Large sow hake: 5,100 pounds (89 cents)

By Richard Gaines urn:uuid:268bc4e4-d109-458d-a633-4971cd2f34bc 2012-02-06T00:01:07-05:00

Admittedly flummoxed by an unexpectedly dire scientific assessment of inshore cod, NOAA and its New England Fishery Management Council have called a general meeting of stakeholders on Friday to brainstorm options for the new fishing year that begins May 1.

By Richard Gaines urn:uuid:f8d40aaf-fc70-45ed-837b-0d808a277885 2012-02-04T06:00:00-05:00

While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's law enforcement branch has made many improvements over the past two years, the project undertaken in response to industry, local, state and federal protests and an inspector general's revelations is lagging, according to a new report by the Commerce Department inspector general.

By Richard Gaines urn:uuid:92e9e1a4-78ae-4620-ae2c-5f93991354ad 2012-02-03T06:00:00-05:00

The deputy director of Massachusetts' marine fisheries has charged that the federal groundfish catch share system has allowed big trawlers designed for offshore fishing to pillage cod from the inshore waters of Stellwagen Bank.

urn:uuid:070bf301-d87b-431d-aada-cfb6252946ff 2012-02-02T23:58:52-05:00

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange <br /> There were no landings reported at the Cape Ann Seafood Exchange on Wednesday. <br /> Other landings<br /> The Buyers And Sellers Exchange (BASE), an electronic auctioning company that sells landings at owner Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in New Bedford, Boston's Whaling City Auction, and Gloucester's Whaling City Auction, handled 120,000 pounds of fish Wednesday.