The Canadian government is looking at both long-term and short-term solutions to the problem overfishing by foreign vessels on the Grand Banks and the Flemish Cap. The long-term solution is in the hands of Jacob Verhoef, Director of the Atlantic Division of the Geological Survey of Canada. He and his team are in the process
Dickie’s 15 minutes Fame is fleeting, but there are rewards
The man I’m talking to, Dickie Hildings of Vinalhaven, has a powerful presence. He is all brawn. If you wondered about his age, the word “experienced” would suggest itself. He’s from a Vinalhaven family, has lived here all his life, fished here all his life, owns a tough and fast boat – the WHAT’S LEFT
Shellfish from the Deep
Thanks to a demonstration project at University of New Hampshire, funded by a grant from NOAA, fishermen who need to find alternative part-time work that will keep them on the water have another option in sight: submerged open ocean longline mussel farming. Researchers at UNH, working with fishermen from the Portsmouth Fishermen’s Co-op, have labored
“Gray Zone” lobster season gets underway with no dispute resolution
Another season of lobstering in the “Gray Zone” has begun with no resolution of the dispute between Grand Manan and Washington County fishermen. At press time, however, there were no reports of cut or vandalized gear despite tensions on both sides of the border. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments have laid claim to a
PEI scientists: Current salmon vaccines aren’t working, but a cure may come soon
A team of Prince Edward Island scientists says that vaccines currently used to fight Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) may actually make the virus worse; that’s the bad news. The good news is that the same team at Atlantic Veterinary College, part of the University of Prince Edward Island, believes that it may be on the
Maine prepares for Governor’s natural resource summit
Preparing for Gov. John Baldacci’s Natural Resources Summit, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has enlisted the help of two respected experts in Maine fisheries. Prof. Jim Wilson, professor of Marine Sciences and Resource Economics at the University of Maine, Orono, is working on a groundfish paper. Spencer Apollonio, former DMR Commissioner, prepared the paper
Working waterfronts
A working waterfront, lest anyone forget it, is where many things meet: commerce, natural resources, transportation, public access, various types of manufacturing, recreation. The list of activities associated with working waterfronts is very long, and what’s on that list will always depend on one’s point of view. As writer Rob Snyder suggests in the first
Gear conflict
In a couple of weeks we’ll be into what columnist Rusty Warren calls the “snarly season.” A number of things get tangled up at this time – beaches, traffic, public landings, harbors, commercial and recreational boats, fishing gear … lots of people going about their business, occasionally getting in each others’ way. Entanglements, if we’re
Whose “working waterfront” is it?
This is the first in a series of articles on working waterfronts. Future stories will address private solutions, public solutions, and state and local planning. Whose “working waterfront” is it? The answers, from fishermen, marina managers, tugboat captains, oil companies, ferry terminal employees, sea kayak guides and most others is “it’s ours!” Everyone requiring access
Good People, Fanatic Clergy
To the editor: Colin Woodard (WWF June 03) is hard on Puritans and lumps good people with a fanatic clergy. He shares historian Banks’s bias in favor of the peaceable loyalists in Maine whom, wrote Banks, the Puritans persecuted and plundered. Yet some of us in York thought even worse the Royal Commissioners whom England