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These whales will be extinct in 25 years
The crew of the research vessel Shearwater has been out on the water for six frigid hours with almost nothing to show for it.
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NEFMC Divided Over Plans for Sector IX
Council is backing a new operations plan for a sector of New Bedford boats that have been prohibited from fishing. However, the council said the plan should only be approved if certain conditions are met.
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Trump administration defends Atlantic monument
The Trump administration has gone on the record in defense of Barack Obama’s 2016 establishment of the 5,000-square mile Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
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Concerns, support aired at offshore wind
Attendees at public hearings in Hyannis and on Nantucket Wednesday for one of three offshore wind energy projects proposed for south of Martha’s Vineyard had some questions.
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NOAA Gives Final Approval to 2018 Scallop Plan
NOAA Fisheries and NMFS have approved measures included in Framework Adjustment 29 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management plan.
New Jersey: Murphy signs offshore drilling ban into law
These whales will be extinct in 25 years, scientists say — unless we act now to save them
NE Fishery Management Council Divided Over New Plan For Rafael’s Fishing Sector
Alaska: Pebble protesters rally in Anchorage as Army Corps gets input on environmental review
Washington: 8 months after farmed-fish escape, lively Atlantic salmon caught 40 miles upriver
NOAA finalizes plan for record scallop year
Trump administration defends Atlantic marine monument against lawsuit
Mote tops rankings for nonprofit marine research
Bristol Bay advocates argue against Pebble in D.C.
Sharks, Dolphins, and Turtles are Turning Up in Strange Places Because of Climate Change
Massachusetts: Concerns, support aired at offshore wind hearings in Hyannis, on Nantucket
New York is expanding artificial reefs off Long Island
SAFMC Solicits Input on Proposed Changes to Sea Turtle Release Gear Requirements for For-Hire/Charter and Commercial Fishermen
Bull Shark Nursery Grounds Shifting North, a Result of Climate Change
- Trump administration defends Atlantic marine monument against lawsuit
- Bristol Bay advocates argue against Pebble in D.C.
- Trump administration seeks dismissal of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument lawsuit
Washington
- New Jersey: Murphy signs offshore drilling ban into law
- Alaska: Pebble protesters rally in Anchorage as Army Corps gets input on environmental review
- Washington: 8 months after farmed-fish escape, lively Atlantic salmon caught 40 miles upriver
State & Local
- John Bullard: Lobster industry must lead on right whales
- Don Cuddy: Proposed Magnuson Stevens changes are reasonable
- Gloucester Times: Cooperation needed to save endangered whales
Opinion
- Regulators to discuss monitor costs in northeast cod fishery
- New model looks to predict economic impacts of fishing closures
- Massachusetts: An industry on the brink
Economic Impact
- NE Fishery Management Council Divided Over New Plan For Rafael’s Fishing Sector
- NOAA finalizes plan for record scallop year
- NOAA Gives Final Approval to 2018 Scallop Plan Which Will Result in 60 Million Lb. Harvest
Fisheries Management
- Scallops seized from Rafael vessel
- Another New Bedford Scallop Boat Affiliated with Carlos Rafael Caught Cheating on Scallop Landings
- Report detailing enforcement abuses barred from fisherman’s trial
Enforcement
- Satellite location data helps fight illegal fishing, even as vessels still evade detection
- Cooke Aquaculture named to Canada’s Best Managed Companies list
- Decline found in Canada’s cod stocks no surprise to scientists
International Trade
- These whales will be extinct in 25 years, scientists say — unless we act now to save them
- Sharks, Dolphins, and Turtles are Turning Up in Strange Places Because of Climate Change
- Bull Shark Nursery Grounds Shifting North, a Result of Climate Change
Conservation & Environment
- ISSF: How Can Tropical Tuna Purse-Seine Fisheries Become MSC Certified?
- Court Battle Continues Over Atlantic Ocean’s First-Ever National Monument
- Response due from feds in lawsuit to end Atlantic monument
Legal
- SAFMC Solicits Input on Proposed Changes to Sea Turtle Release Gear Requirements for For-Hire/Charter and Commercial Fishermen
- NEFMC Streamlines Scallop Specification Process and Ranks 2018 Priorities; Discusses Enforcement Issues
- MAFMC Advisory Panel Applications Due April 20
