BRIAN ROTHSCHILD: There's a better way to manage fisheries; Response to Boston Globe editorial
June 16, 2013 -- Constructive discussion will come from improving data collection procedures, understanding the role of the ocean environment, using techniques to manage the entire mix of stocks using simpler techniques, and working with fishermen as management partners.
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.
- Congressman Walter Jones' tribute to Richard Gaines
- ALASKA: Congressional delegation split on taking meetings with Fuglvog
- Senate farm bill amended to help fishing industry
- Northeast Seafood Coaltion expresses gratitude to U.S. Senate for bipartisan effort to pass legislation for fishermen
- Statement of Senator Elizabeth Warren on Farm Bill
- 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
- BOSTON GLOBE: Fishing limits may be inexact, but reflect a real problem
- 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
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Changes to the Recreational Red Snapper Season in the Gulf of Mexico; Gulf-Wide Season Set at 28 Days
- 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
- Vietnam makes breakthrough in breeding Russian sturgeon
- Historic Agreement Reached on EU Fisheries Reform
- 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
