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The Catch of Climate Change: Increased OA and Temperatures Could Directly...
Nancy Shrodes is a volunteer for the Ocean Conservation Program at the Conservation Law Foundation. She recently graduated from Tufts University (class of 2011), majoring in Environmental Science with...
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Scallopers Haul Back a Short-Sighted Vision
Perhaps the most interesting and troubling testimony coming from Senator Warren’s recent fish disaster hearing in Boston came from the scallop industry representatives. On paper this is the most...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, August 15
On August 10th the Maine Department of Marine Resources authorized commercial fishermen to harvest and sell green crabs without a special license. Fishermen will also no longer have to report their...
View ArticleOil and Gas Drilling: A Threat from Neighboring Waters
A recent proposal for offshore oil production in Canada poses a real threat to New England’s marine environment. The Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Drilling Project’s proposed lease blocks are...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, May 29
The NEFMC Habitat Committee Meeting is on Monday, June 1 in Portsmouth NH. The committee will discuss data and analysis related to Georges Bank alternatives, including the new alternative introduced...
View ArticleGeorges Bank on the Habitat Chopping Block
The New England Fishery Management Council’s (NEFMC) Habitat Committee continues to show complete disregard for habitat protection. Up for consideration at the Committee’s Monday meeting was an...
View ArticleNEFMC’s “Knockout Blow for American Fish Stocks”
New England fishery managers dealt the “one-two punch to the Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine cod stocks [that] may be the knockout blow,” says Oceana Fisheries Campaign Manager Gib Brogan. Brogan’s...
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A Coffin for Cod? The Downward Spiral of the Fish that Built New England
This post was originally featured on National Geographic Voices. When Mike Anderson arrived in Cape Cod in the 1960s as a young man with dreams of adventures at sea, many people shared the same...
View ArticleExploring for Oil Off Nova Scotia Threatens Ocean Wildlife and Our Coastal...
This post was originally featured on CLF Scoop by Jennifer Felt, Ocean Campaign Director. In New England, witnessing a whale breach the ocean’s surface is an awe-inspiring experience reminding us of...
View ArticleOil Exploration Threatens New England Waters and Economy
This post was originally featured on CLF Scoop. This is the second in a three-part series on the recent oil-related developments in Canada – and what they mean for New England. You can read the first...
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Right Whales and Cashes Ledge: How to Make a Good Thing Last
This post was originally featured on CLF Scoop. In late January, North Atlantic right whales scored a big win when the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expanded the critical habitat...
View ArticleInnies-And-Outies: New Science Reveals Closed Area Effectiveness for Atlantic...
With NOAA poised to review the New England Fishery Management Council’s Omnibus Habitat Amendment – and in the face of some fishermen who claim that marine protected areas within the cold waters off...
View ArticleAnother Hard Year Ahead for Cod and Cod Fishermen
May 1 marked the start of the 2016 fishing year, which means new regulations for New England’s fisheries and fishermen. Just days before the season opening, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
View ArticleHow Science and a Bit of Luck Brought Atlantic Sea Scallops Back from the Brink
This blog is a cross-post from Oceana. The author is Oceana staff member Allison Guy. In 1995, one year after three areas of the seafloor off Cape Cod were closed to fishing, researchers piloting...
View ArticleNorthern Cod Rebound: A promising story for our most depleted stocks
Many know the adage: “There were once so many cod in New England that you could walk across their backs.” But New England is not the only region where this saying applies. Our neighbors to the north,...
View ArticleGeorges Bank on the Habitat Chopping Block
The New England Fishery Management Council’s (NEFMC) Habitat Committee continues to show complete disregard for habitat protection. Up for consideration at the Committee’s Monday meeting was an...
View ArticleNEFMC’s “Knockout Blow for American Fish Stocks”
New England fishery managers dealt the “one-two punch to the Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine cod stocks [that] may be the knockout blow,” says Oceana Fisheries Campaign Manager Gib Brogan. Brogan’s...
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A Coffin for Cod? The Downward Spiral of the Fish that Built New England
This post was originally featured on National Geographic Voices. When Mike Anderson arrived in Cape Cod in the 1960s as a young man with dreams of adventures at sea, many people shared the same...
View ArticleExploring for Oil Off Nova Scotia Threatens Ocean Wildlife and Our Coastal...
This post was originally featured on CLF Scoop by Jennifer Felt, Ocean Campaign Director. In New England, witnessing a whale breach the ocean’s surface is an awe-inspiring experience reminding us of...
View ArticleOil Exploration Threatens New England Waters and Economy
This post was originally featured on CLF Scoop. This is the second in a three-part series on the recent oil-related developments in Canada – and what they mean for New England. You can read the first...
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