Over 100 groups protest open net pen salmon farming

June 6, 2012

The blog OpenFile shared an intersting, user-contributed story on opposition to Nova Scotia’s suggested aquaculture policy. Click for more Print

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Cod Resurgence is talk topic

June 5, 2012

The Fenceviewer blog from Maine’s Hancock county reminds us that fishermen and fishing rights can play a critical role in restoring the health of the nation’s fisheries, according to MacArthur-Award-winning fisherman and scientist Ted Ames. Click for more Print

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Program aims to promote “underappreciated” fish

June 5, 2012

Here is New England Cable News’ (NECN) video on the innovative partnership called “Out of the Blue” that aims to promote over the next five months the tasty but “underappreciated” fish through the places that most people experience seafood: Restaurants. Click for more Print

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NH Fish and Game to discuss cod rules in Portsmouth

June 5, 2012

From Foster’s Daily Democrat, New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department is holding a public hearing on proposed fishing restrictions affecting Atlantic cod length and catch limits. The hearing is Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth. Click for more Print

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Machias professor makes lobster aquaculture breakthrough

June 5, 2012

The Bangor Daily News has a story, and video, of professor Brian Beal of the University of Maine at Machias and his research into raising lobster in captivity. Click for more Print

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Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Changes Linked to Rainfall, Climate Change

May 31, 2012

With all the rain Maine’s been having, it seemed worthwhile to dial back a couple of days and revisit this article from The Free Press: With half of Maine’s largest rainfall events of the last century occurring in the past seven years, researchers have documented evidence of significant changes in the Gulf of Maine...

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