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Category Archives: Massachusetts
My Relationship with White Sharks
With a growing number of white sharks returning to New England each summer, I’ve been asking people about their relationship with sharks and how that relationship may have changed over time. I’m struck that many start by talking about JAWS. … Continue reading
Touting US Seafood in Maine & Boston
At the Maine Fishermen’s Forum, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Regional Administrator for the Greater Atlantic Regional Office John Bullard encouraged consumers to eat US-harvested seafood. “Whenever I get a chance,” Bullard told the audience at an open forum Friday, “I … Continue reading
Fishery Data versus Anecdote through the Lens of Sector Management
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
Posted in Groundfishing, Maine Fisheries, Massachusetts, Northeast Fisheries
Tagged at-sea monitoring, Bert Jongerden, Chad Demarest, groundfish, Maine Fishermen's Forum, Mike Palmer, National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Portland Fish Exchange, sector management, William Karp
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Fishing Industry to Start Paying for Federally Mandated At-Sea Monitoring
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
The Data behind New England’s Exotic Non-Native Fishes
Over the past year, I’ve covered several stories about introductions of non-native, exotic fishes to U.S. waters. While most of my work on the topic has focused on non-native marine fish species in Florida, I thought it might be interesting, given that I live … Continue reading
Posted in Invasive Species, Maine Fisheries, Massachusetts, Northeast Fisheries
Tagged arctic char, brook trout, brown trout, carp, Connecticut, exotic species, invasive fishes, knifefish, lionfish, minnows, New England, New Hampshire, Non-indigenous Aquatic Species, non-native species, Pacu, Piranha, Pirapatinga, Rhode Island, Siamese fighting fish, snakehead, suckermouth catfish, United States Geological Survey, Vermont
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“Buy the Change” – Seafood Consumption Advice for 2015 from Maryn McKenna
Maryn McKenna of National Geographic’s “The Plate” served up her New Year’s resolutions in a 2 January blog post titled “Buy the Change You Want to See in the World.” Generally speaking, I agree whole-heartedly with McKenna that taking action on … Continue reading
Posted in Aquaculture, Chef's Collaborative, Human Health, Maine Fisheries, Massachusetts, Mercury, Northeast Fisheries, Overfishing, South America
Tagged aquaculture, Chef's Collaborative Trash Fish dinner, david taylor, dogfish, Greene Prairie Shrimp, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, healthy seafood, Maryn McKenna, mercury in seafood, National Geographic's The Plate, Out of the Blue, roger williams university, shrimp farming, Sky 8 Shrimp, sustainable seafood, trash fish, Tropical Aquaculture Products
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Why Giving away Dogfish at the Food Pantry May be a Bad Idea
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
Posted in Ecolabels, Global Climate Change, Groundfishing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), Human Health, Maine Fisheries, Massachusetts, Mercury, Northeast Fisheries, Overfishing
Tagged dogfish, EPA action level for mercury in seafood, Falmouth Service Center’s food pantry, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, health and sustainability, Marine Environmental Research, mercury, Seafood, trash fish, U.S. Rep. William Keating
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More Difficult News for New England Groundfishing Fleet
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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