The reason it has been so difficult to restore New England’s commercial groundfishery without completely bankrupting New England’s commercial fishermen can be summarized in a few sentences: *More than a dozen species comprise the fishery and inhabit the same layer of water near the ocean floor. *Some of these stocks are abundant; some are not.
Blueberries for Sale (With apologies to Robert McCloskey)
Just off Eggemoggin Reach in the town of Sedgwick there is a rambling old farmhouse on land originally owned by an 18th century sea captain. The farm, which sits on Christy Hill, looks out on the sea a mile and a half away. In 1970, Philadelphians Marge and Lou Paulmier bought a run-down house, a
Newfoundland processor accused of shipping fish to China
Charges threatened four months ago were finally levied against Fishery Products International, Ltd. under Newfoundland’s provincial Fish Inspection Act — two counts of illegally marketing and shipping unprocessed yellowtail flounder to China. Provincial Fisheries Minister Tom Rideout accused Atlantic Canada’s largest seafood company of violating Newfoundland’s laws in March, saying FPI was “breaking the laws
Summer Crunch: Parking, security, conflicting uses keep harbormasters busy
Appalled
To the editor: I was appalled by the information in Wanda Curtis’s article, “Coastal hospitality businesses respond to high gas prices” [WWF July 06]. It seems that the innkeepers in Rockland have banded together to offer a cut-rate package to those vacationers who would “Drive Mean to Save Green” on their lodging fees. She quotes
CLEANER DIESEL FUEL COMING TO LOBSTER BOATS
In what’s being hailed as the most important environmental improvement to fuel since the banning of leaded gasoline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has mandated the production of a cleaner diesel fuel with 97 percent less sulfur. The switch from current diesel fuel to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) will reduce the amount of
Whole Foods and Lobsters: Humane Treatment or the Bottom Line?
Recently, Whole Foods Market announced that it would discontinue live lobster tanks in its retail stores and in the future, would carry frozen lobster products processed solely by Clearwater Seafoods of Canada, unless other processing companies and their suppliers changed to handling techniques used by Clearwater. The large chain’s decision — there are 180 Whole
Lobsters and Consistency
Whole Foods Market appears to have caught itself in the pincers of its own political correctness. What may have started off as an effort to respond to the demands of animal-rights activists and natural foods consumers concerned about suffering lobsters has ended up with Maine’s lobster producers being squeezed out of a national grocery store
Offshore lobstermen organize, propose changes
Believing “Maine fishermen need options,” lobstermen who fish part of the year outside the state’s three-mile limit have traveled to Washington, D.C., and Augusta to make the organization’s goals known to the state’s Congressional delegation and state fisheries managers. Officers of the Maine Offshore Lobstermen’s Association (MOLA) say they want to effect several changes in
Small World In a small community, what’s a conflict of interest?
As one-half of the Beechland Corporation, brothers Robert and Larry King plan to sell a parcel of land in Ellsworth to the home improvement chain, Lowe’s. Lowe’s wants to build a 170,000 square foot superstore there that would easily be the largest structure in town. The King Brothers also co-own a construction firm, Associated Builders,