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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...

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There’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...

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Investing 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...

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New 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...

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Habitat 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%...

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Celebrating 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....

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Habitat 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...

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Fish 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...

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Former 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...

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John 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...

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Beyond 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Fish 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...

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Fish 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...

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Fish 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...

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Protect 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...

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Monument 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...

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Fish 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...

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Analyzing 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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