Bycatch alert system growing for fourth year
NEW BEDFORD — New fishing grounds are being added to the highly successful system developed by UMass to avoid catching yellowtail flounder in the Northeast, it was announced Wednesday. Dr. Brian...
View ArticleMy View: Science, sense needed in fishing’s ‘human crisis’– Scott W. Lang
The human crisis in the groundfishing industry is a real crisis. It is not contrived, it is not looming, it is not a threat, it is here. Read more The post My View: Science, sense needed in fishing’s...
View ArticleEditorial: Cape Pond Ice’s plight shows impact of fishery losses – Gloucester...
The Cape Pond Ice case shows once and for all that this economic disaster is not “just” about fishing. It’s about the entire city’s economy – and a rogue agency of our own federal government should...
View ArticleNOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard explains stock stands
NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard said Thursday fishermen’s testimony he’s heard that the inshore waters are teeming with yellowtail has made him concerned about proposed draconian catch limits...
View ArticleEditorial: Division of Marine Fisheries chief Paul Diodati’s stand shows...
Noting that he shares the concerns of the relatively few state-permitted, small-boat fishermen, he made it clear that the shortage of fish within those fishermen’s usual grounds is due in large part to...
View ArticleLawmakers push to ease fish limits
Citing widespread evidence of an abundance of important commercial in shore fish stocks — and a scientific study that found flaws in the modeling methods used by the government to set catch limits — a...
View ArticleWarren hears from local fishermen about industry ‘under attack’
Wicked Local -“They want to get rid of the little guys, the people that know how to nurture the resource, the people who do not care about getting rich,” Welch, a Scituate fisherman, said. “We just...
View Article60 Massachusetts Lawmakers urge Governor Patrick to seek fishing aid from...
A group of more than 60 state lawmakers, including many with districts far from the sea, asked Gov. Deval Patrick Thursday to appeal directly to President Obama, his personal friend from their Chicago...
View ArticleThree years into catch shares, fishing industry faces ‘Day of Reckoning’
NEW BEDFORD — Sharp new cuts in fishing quotas mark the start today of the fourth year of fishing catch shares and sector management in the Northeast, NOAA’s prescription for rebuilding fish stocks and...
View ArticleCan the small family-owned boats survive or will the remaining fishermen wind...
By Rich Eldred – BREWSTER — Just as big eat the little fish in the sea, Cape Cod’s fishing fleet is being swallowed by larger pockets that are buying the available quota of cod and other catch....
View ArticleInterview: Fishing Season Begins -Vito Giacalone – Tom Dempsey on WGBH
The post Interview: Fishing Season Begins -Vito Giacalone – Tom Dempsey on WGBH appeared first on fisherynation.com.
View ArticleBULLARD, SHELLEY, and COD: or Fish Being and Nothingness – Featured Writer...
“Returning Our New England Fisheries to Profitability”: “You’re doin’ a great job, Brownie” aka, Janie, Johnny, Petey. You should be proud. Mission Accomplished? In her resignation email Lubchenco...
View ArticleIn depth article: Climate Change Impacts Ripple Through Fishing Industry...
Huffington Post – With a limberness that defies his 69 years, Frank Mirarchi heaves himself over the edge of a concrete wharf and steps out onto a slack, downward sloping dock line bouncing 20 feet...
View ArticleFish consumers may not notice cuts that are hurting New England’s fishermen
Associated Press – To the 79-year-old, the decline of the industry has stolen jobs, community spirit and opportunity. And it’s not over, Gilson said. This month , New England’s fishermen again saw a...
View ArticleGloucester Daily Times Editorial: NOAA fishing report just shows tip of...
Yes, the numbers are grim. The latest NOAA annual report on the Northeast groundfishery shows that landings were down by 24.9 percent across the region, while landings and values both hit four-year...
View ArticleBycatch alert system growing for fourth year
NEW BEDFORD — New fishing grounds are being added to the highly successful system developed by UMass to avoid catching yellowtail flounder in the Northeast, it was announced Wednesday. Dr. Brian...
View ArticleMy View: Science, sense needed in fishing’s ‘human crisis’– Scott W. Lang
The human crisis in the groundfishing industry is a real crisis. It is not contrived, it is not looming, it is not a threat, it is here. Read more
View ArticleEditorial: Cape Pond Ice’s plight shows impact of fishery losses – Gloucester...
The Cape Pond Ice case shows once and for all that this economic disaster is not “just” about fishing. It’s about the entire city’s economy – and a rogue agency of our own federal government should...
View ArticleNOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard explains stock stands
NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard said Thursday fishermen’s testimony he’s heard that the inshore waters are teeming with yellowtail has made him concerned about proposed draconian catch limits...
View ArticleEditorial: Division of Marine Fisheries chief Paul Diodati’s stand shows...
Noting that he shares the concerns of the relatively few state-permitted, small-boat fishermen, he made it clear that the shortage of fish within those fishermen’s usual grounds is due in large part to...
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