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New study of sea floor aims to 'change the face of fishery management' |
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A new study of the sea floor on Georges Bank may compel fishery managers to dramatically re-evaluate the measures currently employed to regulate the fishing industry there. |
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Study urges flexibility in setting fishermen's catch limits |
| Government regulators could boost catch limits for New England fisherman through any of a series of measures without imperiling fish stocks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth said today. | |||
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Scientific Information Available to Support Increases in Annual Catch Limits for New England Groundfish |
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WASHINGTON - October 22, 2010 - In response to Secretary Gary Locke's recent reply to requests from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Steve Cadrin, Kevin Stokesbury, Dan Georgianna, Emily Keiley, and Cate O'Keefe of the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology, together with and David Pierce of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries have drafted a report entitled "Scientific Information Available to Support Increases in Annual Catch Limits for New England Groundfish". Brian Rothschild provided valuable input to the report.
The report was presented today at a meeting of New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang's Oceans and Fisheries Council in the Wattles Family Gallery at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. |
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NOAA: Arctic melting may signal future bad winters |
| Continued near-record sea-ice loss and higher-than-normal temperatures are melting the Arctic and these changes may set the stage for a "climate change paradox" of more intense U.S. winters, says a new U.S. report. | |||
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Mollusks in the Muck: Scientists Use Oysters and Scallops to Gauge Sea Toxicity |
| While scientists continue to monitor fish taken from the Gulf of Mexico for raised levels of chemicals and oil, researchers around the globe are using specific sea species to suck up polluted waters—with a purpose. | |||
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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."
