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10Jul/10

Ebb & Flow: Fishermen’s curses become work savers

Ebb & Flow: Fishermen's curses become work savers It's the last resort in gillnetting. It's the most labor-intensive (of the fisheries)." Montgomery and crew put in 12-hour days to net and land up to 6,000 pounds of whole skates a trip, many weighing 10 pounds...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

2Jul/10

Locally caught fish missing from activist-approved menus

Locally caught fish missing from activist-approved menus The gleaming cod delivered whole from Paul Mettivier's Debra Ann II to shareholders in the Cape Ann Fresh Catch program were pulled from the ocean just hours earlier and only a few miles from the dock. That would seem to epitomize the ideal of locally h
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

1Jul/10

Flawed science behind new rules

Flawed science behind new rules "We can't drain the pond and count, but the science is compelling." Tom Nies, chief...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

1Jul/10

Bycatch: New take on waste bring new threat for fishing industry

Bycatch: New take on waste bring new threat for fishing industry The 1994 study, "A Global Assessment of Fisheries Bycatch and Discards," was sponsored by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. The authors included Steve A....
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

1Jul/10

Letter to the editor: Fix the fishy inside politics before they kill fishing

Letter to the editor: Fix the fishy inside politics before they kill fishing And let's not forget the newly "discovered" pollock stock, that 500 percent that was lost by NMFS science was created by Days at Sea Management. It was not created by NMFS's voodoo science. Sector misrepresentation of the truth...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

30Jun/10

‘Hookers’ heroes to environmentalists, not fellow fishermen

'Hookers' heroes to environmentalists, not fellow fishermen More because of its media profile, political influence and non-fishing initiative, including science projects, consulting work, educational and conservation programs and political lobbying. Less because commercial fishing, especially...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

30Jun/10

Resistance on the waterfront

Resistance on the waterfront The Environmental Defense Fund itself has touted the opportunities of catch shares for...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

29Jun/10

Getting help from the press

Getting help from the press Pauly is a longtime prophet of doom for commercial fishing. In a 1998 article he co-authored for Science magazine, Pauly predicted that rapacious commercial fishermen would work their way down the marine food chain — eliminating...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

29Jun/10

‘Green’ activists take the wheel

'Green' activists take the wheel It's a fisheries management plan that gives an individual fisherman or fishing cooperative a share of the total allowable catch of a certain...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

28Jun/10

Editorial: After Fiesta: A time to renew demands for fed fishing changes

Editorial: After Fiesta: A time to renew demands for fed fishing changes Mayor Carolyn Kirk has committed the city to joining in a federal lawsuit challenging the latest regulatory changes and tight...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times