First published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. Each year the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes a report on the commercial fisheries of the country. Fisheries of the United States 2013 provides statistics on what … Continue reading
Category: ManagementFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. The possibility that the New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC) would prohibit lobster fishing in areas recently designated as closed to protect spawning codfish caused an uproar in … Continue reading
Category: ManagementFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. Dear members of Maine’s commercial fishing industries, The Maine Lobstermen’s Association has given me the opportunity to say good-bye to all of you by publishing this letter in … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesDepartment of Marine Resources Press Release, published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. Colonel Joe Fessenden, who began his career in the Maine Marine Patrol in 1975, will retire in January after 40 years enforcing Maine’s … Continue reading
Category: PeopleFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. The festive season is upon us and, for many Europeans, feasting on seafood is a central part of the celebrations. As a Maine native of French extraction, married … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. It takes a long time to get a small harbor in Maine dredged. At least, that’s the way it was for the town of Yarmouth, which lobbied the … Continue reading
Category: ManagementFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015 Steaming Ahead The holiday season is a great time to take stock of our lives and reflect on the past as we prepare for the year ahead. For … Continue reading
Category: ManagementFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. It wasn’t a cheerful fall. Fishermen along the coast lamented the closure, once again, of the winter fishing season for Northern shrimp. Groundfishermen bemoaned the emergency six-month closure … Continue reading
Category: ManagementFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. One of the newer electronic instruments currently found on ships and aboard some smaller vessels is the Automatic Information System (AIS). As of December 2004, all vessels of … Continue reading
Category: Community VoicesFirst published in Landings, December 2014/January 2015. They call this time of year the dead of winter. Glancing out the window during the fleeting hours of daylight most of us would agree with the phrase. … Continue reading
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