The fun, informative and flavorful fifth annual N.H. Fish and Lobster Festival, known locally as “Fishtival,” returns on Saturday, Sept. 14, in Prescott Park, Portsmouth, from noon to 4 p.m. This year, the local, grassroots festival is a milestone in launching Slow Food’s international “Slow Fish” campaign, which ties together like-minded, small-small boat fishing...
Volunteers spent a sweltering late-summer morning Tuesday planting a vegetative buffer on the Pease International Tradeport in support of Hodgson Brook restoration efforts. Tuesday’s efforts were funded by the Gulf of Maine Association as a 2013 Leadership Grant recipient from the Royal Bank of Canada Water Project, as well as a watershed restoration grant...
Scientists expect climate change and warmer oceans to push the fish that people rely on for food and income into new territory. Predictions of where and when species will relocate, however, are based on broad expectations about how animals will move and have often not played out in nature. New research based at Princeton...
A study published by University of Maine researchers analyzed data from nearly 550 lakes and large ponds throughout the state, and found water clarity — a strong indicator of water quality — declining. http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/5347/ItemId/29941/Default.aspx Print
The Royal Bank of Canada, through its RBC Blue Water Project, has promised to contribute $50 million over 10 years to protect fresh water around the world. This project is generously funding five projects throughout the Gulf of Maine region this year through a 2013 Leadership Grant to the Gulf of Maine Association for...
Giant codfish weighing up to 400 pounds once flourished in the Gulf of Maine. The cod fishery appeared limitless and its value to Europe helped settle and enrich New England and Eastern Canada. Now the much smaller cod that survive are embattled by years of overfishing and other pressures. One of the major pressures...
