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When: Fri, February 11, 1:00pm – 3:30pm Where: Yankee Fisherman’s Co-op, 725 Ocean Boulevard, Seabrook, NH Description: Do you currently work on a groundfish vessel enrolled in a sector or have you worked as crew on a sector vessel in the past? If so, and if you’d like NMFS to know how sectors are affecting you, join us for a discussion about the social and economic impacts on crew. For crew located in other New England ports, we would like to hear from you too. Contact us to find out about sessions in your port. This event is hosted by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. For more information, contact Jessica Joyce on (207) 228-1654 or Meredith Mendelson on (401) 932-0070, or visit our website: http://www.gmri.org/community_socioeconomics and click on the link for ‘current research’. Visit the Saving Seafood Events Calendar to see this and other upcoming events.
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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.
