Dogfish...

[dunn6253]

Where do you guys sell dogfish, any commercial fish house or are there only a couple buyers for them?

[backman]

ship them to the UK.


Fish and chips on greasy newspaper. Keep 50 million Briton's happy!

[backman]

even more good news - not only Britain - but half of Europe chow's down on doggies. Net 'em up, move 'em out....

Commercial use

Spiny dogfish are fished for food in Europe, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Chile. The meat is primarily consumed in England, France, the Benelux countries and Germany. The fins and tails are processed into fin needles and are used in less expensive versions of shark fin soup in Chinese cuisine. In England this and other dogfish are sold in fish and chip shops as "rock salmon" or "huss", in France it is sold as "small salmon" (saumonette) and in Belgium and Germany it is sold as "sea eel" (zeepaling and Seeaal, respectively). It is also used as fertilizer, liver oil, and pet food, and, because of its availability and manageable size, as a popular vertebrate dissection specimen, in both high schools and universities.

[PrimeRate]

Doug- I would be very interested in doing what we can to help out with this issue. We always bring it up to our DMF speakers when they speak at our meetings but it goes no further. Im sure youd have the full support of the Charter Association down here. Let me know how I can help out.

[aloop]

...and manageable size, as a popular vertebrate dissection specimen, in both high schools and universities.[/I]

When at NRHS I dissected one for Marine Biology but the harsh part was breathing in the formaldehyde that the doggies were pickled in.

[wrap-check]

Count me in - something needs to be done.

Unfortunately there are going to be problems with the export market this year. There is huge enviro pressure in germany to stop serving/importing dogs - they take all the bellyflaps from the processors. The big importers in germany last year were dumping their inventory - not a good sign.

[Captain Greg Sears]

Breakfast of Champions

$45 per serving includes a bowl of saki for dipping.

I would buy it just so I could stomp on them and drink the saki.

[Captain Greg Sears]

Mass Bay Guides will donate $100 from our raffle at the seminar to start. Where do we send the money?

[tmack92]

ASMFC Sets Spiny Dogfish 2010/2011 Fishing Year Quota at 15 Million Pounds



FOR IMMEDIARE RELEASE, FEBRUARY 5, 2010
PRESS CONTACT, TINA BERGER, 202/289-6400


ASMFC Sets Spiny Dogfish 2010/2011 Fishing Year Quota at 15 Million Pounds

Alexandria, VA - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Spiny
Dogfish and Coastal Sharks Management Board (Board) approved a 15 million
pound quota with a maximum possession limit of 3,000 pounds for the
2010/2011 fishing year (May 1 – April 30). Under Addendum II, the quota
will be allocated with 58 percent to states from Maine through Connecticut,
26 percent to New York through Virginia, and 16 percent to North Carolina.

The 2009 Northeast Fisheries Science Center assessment update indicates
that the spiny dogfish are not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.
The 2009 spawning stock biomass is estimated to be 360 million pounds,
which is 2.7 percent below the target biomass of 370 million pounds and
well above the threshold of 184 million pounds. Total removals in 2008
were approximately 23.9 million pounds corresponding to an F estimate of
0.117, well below the overfishing threshold of F = 0.39 and essentially
equivalent to Frebuild = 0.11. Among the sources of removals, U.S.
commercial landings comprised 9.1 million pounds, Canadian commercial
landings were 3.5 million pounds, and total (US and Canadian) dead discards
were 10.9 million pounds, of which recreational dead discards were 228,000
pounds.

While the stock is considered rebuilt, the assessment update contains a
number of caveats. These caveats include a size frequency of the female
population that is concentrated between 75 and 95 cm with very few fish
above 100 cm or below 70 cm; low numbers of juvenile male and female
dogfish that imply that the population will fluctuate over time decreasing
around 2017; a continued skewed sex ratio; and the use of assumptions about
pup survivorship and selectivity of gear. After reviewing the assessment
update, the Technical Committee recommended that the Board take a
precautionary approach and set a quota based on Frebuild of 0.11 = 10.7
million pounds.

The Technical Committee recommended status quo possession limits at a
maximum of 3,000 pounds, noting that under the 3,000 pound possession
limit, target fishing mortality target rates have not been exceeded and
fishermen have been able to harvest the entire quota. The Technical
Committee urged that possession limits should be set at a level that
minimizes discards. Discards are associated with both high and low
possession limits.

The Board also approved a 33 fish possession limit for sharks in the large
coastal sharks (LCS) species group (silky, tiger, blacktip, spinner, bull,
lemon, nurse, scalloped hammerhead, great hammerhead, and smooth hammerhead
sharks) for 2010. The Coastal Sharks Technical Committee recommended
continuing with a 33 fish LCS possession limit in 2010 to maintain
consistency between state and federal limits. For more information, please
contact Christopher Vonderweidt, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at
(202)289-6400 or <cvonderweidt@asmfc.org>.

[twofinbluna]

Doug

Nils Stolpe (FORDM) has been working on this, thats probably your best bet in terms of where to donate time/money.

FORDM

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