70,000 Citizens, 100 Scientists Want New England’s Waters Protected
More than a hundred prominent scientists are urging federal officials to prevent the return of damaging, bottom trawl fishing to waters that have protected fish habitat and spawning areas in New...
View ArticleNature Study Shows Fish Feeling Heat from Global Warming
A study featured in the current issue of the journal Nature reveals that ocean warming has already affected fisheries around the world over the past four decades as fish populations shift in response...
View ArticleIPCC Highlights Ocean Warming
The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) includes a greater focus on what climate change is doing to our oceans than have past reports from these Nobel-laureate...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, May 23
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released its State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2014 report. It says total fisheries and aquaculture production totaled 158...
View ArticleCelebrating New England’s Oceans on World Oceans Day
This Sunday is World Oceans Day, an international event to celebrate and honor the ocean. This year, volunteers have organized events in locations around the world, from Massachusetts to Mozambique....
View ArticleSouthern New England’s Worst Year in History for River Herring Raises...
Fisheries officials and watershed conservation groups have tallied the spring migratory runs of river herring, and in parts of southern New England, 2015 likely will go down as a particularly terrible...
View ArticleDiverse Stakeholders Voice Their Support at NOAA Town Hall Meeting
Last night, stakeholders from around New England gathered at a town hall meeting in Providence, RI to provide comment to NOAA on a possible Marine Monument designation in the Atlantic Ocean. The...
View ArticleMarine National Monuments Make Sense
On Wednesday, September 29, members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans discussed and heard testimony from witnesses on potential Marine National Monument designations in the...
View ArticleA Chance to Protect More Coral – Will the Council Take it?
If you want to explore colorful coral reefs, you can skip the plane ride to the tropics – but you may need a submarine. New England’s continental slope and undersea canyons are full of vibrant,...
View ArticleAtlantic Herring Deserve Protection Along New England’s Coast
This post was originally published by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Maps show why fisheries council should adopt 50-mile buffer to safeguard species, predators, and economy Atlantic herring are vital to...
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