Correspondence/Amendment 5 Comments - New England Fishery ...

Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:06 PM
To: Lori Steele
Subject: Herring Amendment 5
Dear Ms. Steele,
I am writing in support of Amendment 5 relative to the Herring fishery. The fishery requires, at a
minimum, fulltime observer coverage in order to confirm that what is being landed is actually what is
caught in the nets. The importance of the herring as a food supply cannot be overestimated; all ocean
species utilize it.
A review of the Canadian utilization, including take methods, will demonstrate just what a carefully
regulated take of the herring supply will pay in dividends. Their bluefin fishery has come to be a model for
other countries and is based on an adequate herring supply.
No ocean fish respects artificially placed country boundaries: let's give the herring the protection as
afforded it by Canada.
Yours truly,
John Shostak
FV "Lion's Den"