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Report proposes
A recent report suggests a radical change for state fisheries management in Maine. According to the report, “Reforming Fisheries Management in Maine,” prepared for the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), the agency could take itself out of the day-to-day management of state fisheries by turning management over to a council made up of elected
Close to home: Two countries try community-based management
Community-based resource management, a simple-sounding concept, actually requires hard, frustrating effort say, those who try it. Despite the obstacles, a few organizations in New England and Atlantic Canada are slouching toward some measure of success. In recent years no resource issue has been more contentious in Atlantic Canada than the native vs. non-native fisheries problem.
New fisheries miniister sees bright future in aquaculture
So far, Yvonne Jones has broken two records in her political career. First, she was the first member elected to represent her area as an Independent in 27 years. Now elected as a member of the Liberal party, Jones has been named the first woman to serve as fisheries minister for the province of Newfoundland
Pew Oceans Commission poised to make recommendations
A commission conducting the first serious study in more than 30 years of how adjacent ocean resources are managed by the United States has finished its investigations, issued many reports and is now poised to submit its recommendations for future management changes to Congress. The last group of specific reports, and the most recent, is
Southern New England lobsters in decline
Lobstermen and regulators are equally concerned about a continuing decline in lobster harvests in southern New England, but harvesters say they shouldn’t bear the brunt of blame for the sharp drop in stocks. The decline has been steady for the last three years for which final landings figures are available – 1999 through 2001 –
Atlantic Canada’s seal quota is going up
Seals arouse a wide variety of emotions in different groups of people, but the strong feeling toward these marine mammals by fishermen in Atlantic Canada is that they are keeping the devastated cod stocks from rebuilding by eating tons of juvenile cod. Harvesters who have been seeking a higher quota for the taking of seals
Enhancing lobster stocks because – well, you never know …
Maine has an abundant supply of lobsters – total catches during several of recent years have been record-breakers – and scientists can find and track Homarus americanus all along the crustacean’s path of development from the larval stage to the large offshore broodstock. Odd then, that a Maine scientist wants to expend energy trying to
Criticism of overfishing resounds throughout Canada
“Positive public relations”
The fishing situation may be tough right now, but New Englanders believe they are tougher. A group of 30 New England processors and other seafood- related industries have banded together to combat the negative images they see plaguing their industry now and replace them with a picture more to their liking. “The landscape has changed
Greenland salmon harvest may endanger Maine’s wild runs
U.S. delegates agreed with the quota, even though it will place pressure on the already endangered wild runs of salmon returning to Maine rivers. Worse, two environmental groups contend, the salmon will probably be sold primarily as an ingredient in dog food. “This decision to risk extinction of the few remaining wild salmon in Maine