Stone by Stone: the Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls New York: Walker, 2002 Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England’s Stone Walls New York: Walker, 2005 Set in Stone New England’s stone walls are a ubiquitous feature of its landscape. As with anything we grow accustomed to, it is easy enough
System Doesn’t Work
To the editor: I have just read my most recent issue of Working Waterfront and, as always, found it to be enlightening and very well done. I was very happy to read the story by Wanda Curtis noting that Red Tide Disaster Relief Funds are being made available to the hard-hit shellfishermen. I was disconcerted
“It will change your body and make you very strong…lightning will pursue you forever”
In December Working Waterfront published my article on “Lobsters in Retirement,” an account of the seminar my husband, Jim, and I ran for our local Learning in Retirement organization. I was subsequently contacted by Amherst College: could I give a lecture on some aspect of U.S. culture to 15 indigenous Bolivian university students who were
Canada issues gloomy cod report
Cod stocks off the south coast of Newfoundland are not recovering, and worse, catches are expected to drop during the next few years, according to a new report from the Canadian government. The report, “Stock Assessment on 3Ps Cod,” the federal designation for the south Newfoundland fishing region, states that two fairly strong year classes,
Puzzle Master “Great Communicator” pieces together the lobster industry- on a daily basis
Given the daily stress, aggravation and frustration of the lobster business, one wonders what makes a dealer continue year after year. “It gets in your blood,” says Greg Hansen of Cozy Harbor Seafood in Portland. “It’s fast-paced; and for some of us, it’s a huge challenge to put this monstrous puzzle together day after day.”
Tied in Knots Regulations can make it harder to free a whale
Out on your boat, you see a North American right whale entangled in fishing gear. You race into action, throwing on your survival suit and diving overboard with a knife in your teeth. The whale senses you’re there to help and waits patiently while you cut away the ropes. Just as you climb back aboard,
Spruce Head lobster facilities lacked plans, paid fines
Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that four Spruce Head lobster facilities have agreed to pay $3,000 each for having inadequate oil spill prevention plans. Under expedited settlements, Maine Coast Seafood, McLoon’s Wharf LLC, Spruce Head Fisherman’s Co-op and the William Atwood Lobster Company agreed to create approved Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure
Britain presses for seal hunting ban; Newfoundland objects
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador thought he had warded off a possible ban on the import and sale of seal products by the European Union when he met with a group of foreign journalists to dispel myths about the cruelty of the province’s seal hunt, but a letter delivered to the British Parliament indicates
New offers worry FPI workers
More offers have been tendered for Newfoundland’s largest seafood company, Fishery Products International Ltd., causing union workers to fear a company breakup. John Risley, a director on the FPI board, declined to name the companies tendering the new offers, but High Liner Foods Inc., the Barry Group, Ocean Choice International and a group from the
Animal Sacrifice
Come spring, hundreds of harbor seals will haul out on the rocky ledges of Maine islands for pupping season. The silvery bodies of harbor seals sprawled in the sun have become a common sight since their numbers have increased over the last twenty years. Yet this seemingly healthy population of seals carries a heavy burden