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UNH to Create Large Pelagic Fish Studies Center
The University of New Hampshire plans to develop a studies center to investigate large pelagic fishes. The center will build upon work done by Associate Research Professor Dr. Molly Lutcavage, who has become well known for tagging and tracking bluefin tuna. The new large pelagic research center will look at a number of species besides
Tracking Cod
Over 48,000 codfish are currently swimming around the Gulf of Maine with sporty yellow two-inch plastic tags in their backs, thanks to a collaborative study investigating cod movement and migration. The Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program has completed the first year of its two-year study, and is hoping for a similarly successful second year. “We
2 Books Reviewed: Cape Cod’s Lesson for Maine
Rowing Forward, Looking Back: Shellfish and the Tides of Change at the Elbow of Cape Cod By Sandy Macfarlane Published by Friends of Pleasant Bay, PO Box 845, South Orleans, MA, 02662, www.fopb.org. $22.95 Scallop Season: A Nantucket Chronicle By Jim Patrick and Rob Benchley Published by Autopscot Press, PO Box 2177, Nantucket, MA 02584,
The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook
200 Fresh Simple, and Delicious Recipes from Appetizers to Desserts illustrated by Edward Koren New York, NY: Broadway Books The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook brings to the table some of the restaurant specialties of the famous Cambridge-based, family-owned chain. The restaurant’s motto is “If it isn’t fresh, it isn’t Legal,” and this emphasis on
3 Ocean Books Reviewed: No Good News and a Fair Amount of Bad
The Empty Ocean: Plundering the World’s Marine Life By Richard Ellis Washington, D.C.: Island Press/Shearwater Books www.islandpress.org In a Perfect Ocean: The State of Fisheries and Ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean By Daniel Pauly and Jay Maclean Washington, D.C.: Island Press/Shearwater Books www.islandpress.org Hierarchical Perspectives on Marine Complexities: Searching for Systems in the Gulf
Catching the Last Fish: In the end, fishery management comes down to politics
In response to Maine fishermen being put out of work, depleted Gulf of Maine groundfish populations, and the crisis of management that is currently affecting the New England groundfish fishery, Maine’s elected federal legislators have many times stepped up to the podium. From proposing and supporting the Sustainable Fisheries Act, appearing at gatherings of threatened
Aquaculture supports 1,400 jobs in Maine
A new study by the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center shows that fish and shellfish raising has become a $130 million business in Maine, supporting over 1,400 jobs. The study is the first detailed analysis of all three segments of Maine’s aquaculture industry – finfish, shellfish and baitfish farming. The study was conducted by Planning Decisions,
Maine’s most lucrative lobster zone considers limited entry
Lobster Zone D recently elected to adopt a five to one ratio for new licenses, meaning that five fishermen will have to retire before another license is issued to the next candidate on a waiting list. The idea is to reduce the number of lobstermen working in this lucrative area. Zone D had 1,253 licensed
Looking for larval lobsters
For eight weeks this fall, the research vessel ALICE SIEGMUND of Rockland has been towing a plankton net once a week, searching for fingernail-size larval lobsters. Marine research staff from the Island Institute have been carrying out the fieldwork under the direction of Dr. Lewis Incze of the University of Southern Maine Biosciences Research Institute.
Many tuna visit Maine but most are small
Maine commercial and sport fishermen are reporting few large tuna this year, while at the same time seeing healthy numbers of small fish, which may bode well for the future. Craig Bergeron of Saco Bay Tackle, who supplies the heavy tackle commercial and recreational fishermen need for tuna fishing, reports that his gear business has