Home 
Columns
Columns Columns
|
GLOUCESTER TIMES: Whale piece shows sinister goal of NOAA catch shares |
| On the surface, the Nature magazine article by Environmental Defense Fund-rooted scientists Steven Gaines, Christopher Costello and another colleague touting NOAA's job-killing catch share management system as an effective tool for protecting whales might sound like a step into the absurd. | |||
| Read more... | |||
|
Putting fish over politics |
| Remarkable things can happen when key stakeholders and leaders in Washington find common ground for a common good. An excellent case in point is the congressional effort to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a landmark conservation measure signed into law by President George W. Bush five years ago this January. | |||
| Read more... | |||
|
VIRGINIAN-PILOT: A short meeting with menhaden |
| January 22, 2012- The plastic bag was marked, with sarcasm and black ink, as containing "premium menhaden." As if there are different grades of the most important fish in the sea. | |||
| Read more... | |||
|
GLOUCESTER TIMES: Feds need to join funding support for fish research |
| The supplemental state budget line item steering $1.3 million into a sonar-based assessment of Gulf of Maine cod stocks — and potentially for other stocks as well — deserves approval by the full Legislature and represents a important investment in the Massachusetts fishing industry. | |||
| Read more... | |||
|
GLOUCESTER TIMES: NOAA's dysfunction on center stage |
| A few days after a NOAA email last week announced a new management position for ousted ex-fishery enforcement chief Dale Jones, none other than NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco thankfully rescinded the position last Friday. | |||
| Read more... | |||
More...
Results 82 - 90 of 427
HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
