Fish Talk in the News – Friday, October 25
A Wall Street Journal article highlights the tension between fishermen and at-sea observers and the frequent taunting of observers while on fishing vessels. The article notes incidents of this sort of...
View ArticleKeeping Watch: Another attempt to monitor the largest vessels fishing our waters
The nation’s most-widely read daily newspaper recently took a close look at fisheries observers, focusing on the problems New England has with monitoring the catch. The Wall Street Journal’s Jennifer...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, February 28
NOAA announced this week that it will cover the full cost of at-sea observers for Northeast sector vessels for fishing year 2014, heeding recommendations by the New England Fishery Management Council....
View ArticleIs NOAA studying river herring to death?
If you’ve been following the (mis)management of river herring over the last few years, you may not even be surprised at the latest shenanigans of the NOAA fisheries officials: a delay tactic in the...
View ArticleAtlantic Forage Fish Need Public Oversight of the Industrial Trawl Fleet
Scientists and fishermen agree that the industrial midwater trawl fleet is taking a toll on many species on the Atlantic Coast. The massive nets of these vessels kill millions of river herring and,...
View ArticleSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Cod
In “Silver Blaze,” the famous short story about an apparent murder and a stolen prize race horse, Sherlock Holmes cracked the case by pointing to the “curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”...
View ArticleEvery Fish Counts
Last week, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to reduce observer coverage for groundfish sector vessels to 13 percent for the 2016 fishing year. To better appreciate what this number –...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, October 25
A Wall Street Journal article highlights the tension between fishermen and at-sea observers and the frequent taunting of observers while on fishing vessels. The article notes incidents of this sort of...
View ArticleKeeping Watch: Another attempt to monitor the largest vessels fishing our waters
The nation’s most-widely read daily newspaper recently took a close look at fisheries observers, focusing on the problems New England has with monitoring the catch. The Wall Street Journal’s Jennifer...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, February 28
NOAA announced this week that it will cover the full cost of at-sea observers for Northeast sector vessels for fishing year 2014, heeding recommendations by the New England Fishery Management Council....
View ArticleIs NOAA studying river herring to death?
If you’ve been following the (mis)management of river herring over the last few years, you may not even be surprised at the latest shenanigans of the NOAA fisheries officials: a delay tactic in the...
View ArticleAtlantic Forage Fish Need Public Oversight of the Industrial Trawl Fleet
Scientists and fishermen agree that the industrial midwater trawl fleet is taking a toll on many species on the Atlantic Coast. The massive nets of these vessels kill millions of river herring and,...
View ArticleSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Cod
In “Silver Blaze,” the famous short story about an apparent murder and a stolen prize race horse, Sherlock Holmes cracked the case by pointing to the “curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”...
View ArticleEvery Fish Counts
Last week, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to reduce observer coverage for groundfish sector vessels to 13 percent for the 2016 fishing year. To better appreciate what this number –...
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