MICHAEL CONATHAN: Rockets Top Submarines: Space Exploration Dollars Dwarf Ocean Spending
June 18, 2013 -- “Star Trek” would have us believe that space is the final frontier, but with apologies to the armies of Trekkies, their oracle might be a tad off base. Though we know little about outer space, we still have plenty of frontiers to explore here on our home planet. And they’re losing the race of discovery.
Lawmakers ask NEFMC to update closed areas and allow access while protecting habitat
Jun 19, 2013
A bipartisan group of eight members of Congress from five states have written to the NEFMC and NOAA asking that they consider reopening areas of the Northern Edge of Georges Bank to the scallop fishery during their work on the Essential Fish Habitat Amendment.
- Congressional Letter: Consider All Impacts of Modifying Closed Fishing Areas
- National Fisheries Institute Questions National Park Service's Planned Use of Monterey Bay & MSC Seafood Ratings
- National Park Service to use Monterey Bay Aquarium's seafood guide
- Congressman Walter Jones' tribute to Richard Gaines
- ALASKA: Congressional delegation split on taking meetings with Fuglvog
- BRIAN ROTHSCHILD: There's a better way to manage fisheries; Response to Boston Globe editorial
- GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES: Farm Bill 'baby steps' hardly address real fishery needs
- STEVE URBON: Reporter's death silences voice for fishing industry
- GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES: State budget steps are vital toward credible fish science
- NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Administrator to hold Constituent Call on Draft Resources Document for Groundfish Industry
- Walsh’s Deep Sea Fishing asks anglers to speak out on Stellwagen Bank closure
- What’s the Latest on Atlantic Sturgeon?
- Fishing Vessel Crew Survey Effort Enters the Last Lap
- WHAT IS PEER REVIEW?: Criticism of Saving Seafood's Coverage of the Lenfest/Pew "Forage Fish" Report Raises the Question
- US court tells lobster poachers to repay South Africa
- China, Vietnam agree to set up hotline
- SEAFOOD BUSINESS: Do the right thing; Environmental Justice Foundation reports on human trafficking in Thailand's seafood industry
- UK: After false dire press reports on North Sea cod, a consumer marketing drive is needed
- Missing fisherman may have been shot over lobster dispute
- Mid-Atlantic Council Recommends First-Ever Cap on River Herring and Shad Catch
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Approves Omnibus Recreational Accountability Measure Amendment
- SOUTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL: Federal Fishery Managers Decide Against Requirement for VMS
- ASMFC Releases Report on Research Priorities & Recommendations to Support Atlantic Coast Fisheries Management
- Webinar information for the June 11 NEFMC Joint Habitat/Groundfish Committee Meeting
- Proposed Measures to Limit Trap Fishing Effort in Federal Waters -- DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IS JULY 29
- Voluntary Vessel Speed Restriction Established East of NY Harbor to Protect Group of North Atlantic Right Whales
- Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Status Review by NMFS Extinction Risk Analysis (ERA) team dated March 2013
- NMFS Atlantic Sturgeon Draft Biological Opinion for Seven New England Fisheries
