A Tale of Two Cod
This piece was originally published on the New England Ocean Odyssey blog. The almighty cod – the most legendary fish in our New England waters. Atlantic cod is greyish-green, and a renowned dweller of...
View ArticleThere’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays
For the holidays you can’t beat home sweet home. “Home” means something different for each wildlife species in their ocean habitat of the Gulf of Maine. For example, animals like the Atlantic wolffish...
View ArticleInvesting in the Future: A Down East Groundfish Closed Area
Nick Battista is Marine Programs Director at the Island Institute. Last week, the Groundfish Committee of the New England Fishery Management Council agreed to analyze a proposal for a new closed area...
View ArticleNew England Council: Get Your Facts Straight Before Acting on Habitat
Thousands of acres of New England’s protected ocean wildlife habitat in such places as Cashes Ledge, Stellwagen Bank, Jeffrey’s Ledge and Georges Bank is again at risk as the New England Fisheries...
View ArticleHabitat Protection: Council Apparently Unclear on the Concept
Decades of overfishing has driven New England’s iconic Atlantic cod fishery to historically low numbers. How does the New England Fishery Management Council respond? They vote to eliminate nearly 75%...
View ArticleCelebrating New England’s Oceans on World Oceans Day
This Sunday is World Oceans Day, an international event to celebrate and honor the ocean. This year, volunteers have organized events in locations around the world, from Massachusetts to Mozambique....
View ArticleHabitat Protection Works for Now and for the Future
With the opportunity to extend and improve ocean habitat protections in the Omnibus Habitat Amendment (OHA), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) should not bury its analysis in the...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, July 18
On Sunday, the Boston Globe featured Cashes Ledge, a currently protected area 80 miles off the coast of Cape Ann that could be reopened to trawling through the Council’s Omnibus Habitat Amendment. The...
View ArticleFormer Chair of New England Fishery Council Urges Habitat Protection
“Don’t do it.” That’s Rip Cunningham’s three-word advice to his former colleagues on the New England Fishery Management Council, who are considering an end to protections for large areas set aside for...
View ArticleJohn Bullard Expresses Concern to NEFMC
Yesterday, Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard sent a very strong letter to the New England Fishery Management Council regarding the shortcomings of the Habitat Committee’s recommendations...
View ArticleBeyond the Data: Captivating Moments at Cashes Ledge
Diver Robbie Lamb of the Witman Lab at Brown University recounts his experiences diving at the unique underwater mountain range. This post was originally featured on New England Ocean Odyssey. Our...
View ArticleThe Basking Shark, A Modern Marine Mystery
This week, we’re diving in with an elusive gentle giant, the Basking Shark. Sharks have been ruling the media lately. From Great White sightings off of Cape Cod to mysterious appearances in wooded...
View ArticleThe Atlantic Wolffish – Antifreeze Included
What Big Teeth You Have! It’s clear where the wolffish gets its name. Those canines kind of remind you of…an actual wolf, right? But those visible chompers aren’t even the wolffish’s most useful dental...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, August 7
According to a Boston Globe story this week, 59% of fishermen will “operate at a loss” if they pay for the federally required observer program. The estimated 221 vessels remaining in the New England...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, August 14
At a Gloucester event on Thursday, Governor Baker expressed his support for New England fisherman and attacked NOAA’s plan to shift the cost of at-sea monitoring to the industry come October. He said...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, August 21
Governor Baker and the Massachusetts delegation sent a letter to the secretary of the US Department of Commerce and other federal officials on Monday expressing “serious concern” for NOAA requiring...
View ArticleProtect New England’s Ocean Treasures
On Wednesday, September 2 the New England Aquarium and the National Geographic Society are hosting an evening of scientific exploration celebrating two of New England’s oceans treasures: the Cashes...
View ArticleMonument when? Monument now!
On a hot and humid Wednesday night, over 600 people came out in full force to show overwhelming support at the New England Aquarium for permanent protection of the Cashes Ledge Closed Area and the New...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, September 4
A coalition of partner organizations is calling on the White House to designate Cashes Ledge and the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts as the first Marine National Monument in U.S. Atlantic...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Analyst
Saving Seafood, a Washington, D.C.-based media and public relations organization funded by some of New England’s fishing operations, recently produced an “analysis” of the proposals to create marine...
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