Fish Talk in the News – Friday, May 27
Carlos Rafael and Antonio M. Freitas, who were both indicted in the recent fish fraud case, will appear in court on June 22 for a “status conference.” If the case goes to trial, it would need to start...
View ArticleShark Talk in the News – Tuesday, June 28
NOAA Fisheries wants you to celebrate shark week with them and learn how the U.S. is leader for shark conservation. The agency will be sharing “shark-tastic science, videos, and myth-busting facts”...
View ArticleProposed rule a certain mistake for river herring and shad
We can all agree that healthy fish populations are important to overall ocean ecosystem health and provide benefits to our ocean economy. That’s why we have the Magnuson-Stevens Act, National...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Tuesday, July 26
As part of an experimental project, The Nature Conservancy has loaned to local fishermen “automatic jigging machines” for catching pollock. The Portland Press Herald describes them as “a contraption...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, July 29
New research from scientists at UC Santa Barbara and Columbia University found that the North Atlantic Oscillation “a periodic climatic phenomenon, like El Nino, [that] causes changes in water...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, August 5
Senator Blumenthal is leading the Connecticut delegation to urge President Obama to designate the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts as a marine national monument – the first in the Atlantic. The...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Tuesday, November 8
The Maine Department of Marine Resource reopened shellfish harvest areas in Down East Maine between Penobscot Bay and Machiasport. Areas further east had already opened at the end of October. The...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, September 7
The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange resumed business this week. The government had frozen the Exchange’s bank accounts for two weeks after failure to $240,000 in back wages related to a civil action...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, September 14
Viewing or photographing the ocean is the top activity for U.S. ocean lovers according to the National Ocean Recreation Expenditure Survey from NOAA. The survey says that in 2012, “nearly 49 million...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, January 3
A Rhode Island judge upheld a decision from the South Kingston Board of Review that allows the continued utilization of land in a residential zone to support an aquaculture business. Through the...
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