The New England Fishery Management Council reversed in late January an earlier decision to close scallop grounds for longer periods and prevent access to some areas. After nearly six hours of testimony by fishermen and elected officials, council members voted 10-5 with two abstentions to allow nine more "open area" days-at-sea and four "access area"...
Nine individuals and organizations were presented with Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Visionary awards at an annual ceremony held December 9, 2009 in Portsmouth, NH. Gulf of Maine Visionary Awards are made to individuals or organizations within each of the five Gulf of Maine jurisdictions of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick,...
Kenneth Henry Mann, a husband, father, grandfather and friend, as well as a dedicated scientist, died in Halifax, on January 24 at the age of 86. Born in Dovercourt, England to the late Henry and Mabel (Ashby) Mann, he was predeceased by a brother Eric (age 3) and is survived by sister,...
Halifax, NS -- The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia say they will try to pass laws to permanently protect the ecologically sensitive Sable Island, 290 kilometers (180 miles) off Halifax in the Atlantic Ocean. Authorities have not decided precisely what from protections will take. The island region is the site of many old shipwrecks,...
The Census of Marine Life is an ambitious, 10-year program funded by the Sloan Foundation for the purpose of expanding our knowledge of what lives, has lived, and might live, in the world’s oceans. The program has funded a wide variety of research into the biodiversity of the Gulf of Maine. One recently published...
The cartographic seascape is improving, thanks in large part to valuable information provided by New England fishermen. Unlike their portside counterparts, at-sea fishing communities have been undocumented and largely unknown. Researcher Kevin St. Martin, from Rutgers University recently teamed up with the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center and researcher Madeleine...
