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Photo exhibit explores ‘The Last Trap Fishermen of Rhode Island’ |
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Even avid fishing fans may have trouble placing the commercial fishing technique known as “trap fishing.” Though once widespread, trap fishing, in which a series of underwater nets — some as long as 2,000 feet — is used to funnel fish toward a boat, is fast disappearing as federal fishing quotas and dwindling commercial fish stocks take their toll.
Yet as photographer Markham Starr discovered a few years ago, trap fishing is still practiced by a handful of commercial fishermen, including some in Rhode Island. Read the complete article from The Providence Journal.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
