Category Archives: Groundfishing

Fishery Data versus Anecdote through the Lens of Sector Management

Posted on 5 March 2016 by Ret Talbot

At this year’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum, many old themes are the topic of current conversations. Fisheries managers and scientists point to data that show a fishery resource squarely on the ropes, while many in the fishing industry maintain that there … Continue reading →

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Fishing Industry to Start Paying for Federally Mandated At-Sea Monitoring

Posted on 1 March 2016 by Ret Talbot

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) budget for at-sea monitoring (ASM) of the Northeast multi-species groundfish fishery ran dry on February 16th, and today the fishing industry is to start picking up the tab for the federally mandated program. … Continue reading →

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Maine Fishermen’s Forum – Day 3

Posted on 7 March 2015 by Ret Talbot

Today is the third and final day of the Maine Fishermen’s forum, and, in many ways, it’s the day to which I an looking most forward with several excellent seminars scheduled. Before I layout my plans for today (be sure … Continue reading →

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Maine Fishermen’s Forum – Day 1 Preview

Posted on 5 March 2015 by Ret Talbot

Today is the first day of the 40th Annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. While the afternoon will be dedicated to celebrating Main Seafood with top chefs, including personal favorite Barton Seaver, my morning will be dedicated to the Maine Coast Community Sector … Continue reading →

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Why Giving away Dogfish at the Food Pantry May be a Bad Idea

Posted on 8 December 2014 by Ret Talbot

If you visited the Falmouth Service Center’s food pantry last week, you may have been offered a fillet of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias). Brenda Swain, the service center’s director, says they have “been working really hard on nutrition,” and she’s thrilled … Continue reading →

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More Difficult News for New England Groundfishing Fleet

Posted on 20 November 2014 by Ret Talbot

Why don’t they just close the Gulf of Maine down and subsidize us like they do the wind farmers and the solar energy companies and farmers out west? They pay them not to farm, why don’t they pay us not … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Trash Fish – Building Markets

Posted on 19 July 2014 by Ret Talbot

“We have an idea what we might get, but we won’t know for sure until the day of the event,” said chef Stephen Phelps in an article published Wednesday in the Herald-Tribune. He was talking about the fish that will be … Continue reading →

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Michelle Obama is NOT Feeding Mercury-Laden Fish to Maine Students

Posted on 1 July 2014 by Ret Talbot

While I almost always appreciate media outlets and individuals sharing my work, it is sometimes frustrating when a data-driven piece of mine is co-opted to serve someone else’s agenda–especially when the data does not support said agenda. This Really Isn’t about Michelle … Continue reading →

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The Mercury-Laden Fish Floated for School Lunches

Posted on 24 June 2014 by Ret Talbot

For quite some time, I’ve been working on a story regarding a small species of shark called dogfish. What started as a piece profiling some fish species the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) was featuring as abundant, underutilized and under-appreciated … Continue reading →

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Seafood Expo North America 2014 Wrap-Up

Posted on 19 March 2014 by Ret Talbot

The Boston Convention Center, with its more than 500,000 square feet of cavernous exhibit space, was recently home to the 2014 Seafood Expo North America (#SENA14). It was the Northeast’s largest convention center playing host to the largest seafood industry … Continue reading →

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