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EDITORIAL: A new lift on the waterfront |
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This week's debut of the new Base Gloucester seafood exchange, which will take is first landings to be auctioned at its Fishermen's Wharf site on Wednesday, then actually host its first auction Thursday morning, marks a giant step forward along the city's waterfront.
Yes, there are still clouds over the entire fishing industry's future — the vast majority spewed by our own Commerce Department and its National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And yes, the defunct Gloucester Seafood Display Auction, owned by the Ciulla family remains under some legal clouds of its own (There is still a seafood auction on Harbor Loop, though under new ownership and new name, Cape Ann Seafood Exchange). But the fact is, the new Base Gloucester — to be run by Nick, Chris and Vito Giacalone Jr., sons of Vito Sr., who owns the property and is one of the heads of the Northeast Seafood Coalition — offers immense potential for growth. Read the complete editorial from the Gloucester Times.
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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.
