Vol. 1, No. 4
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Fishery crisis film

The National Film Board of Canada is distributing a new film, An Untidy Package, about the effects of the groundfish moratorium in the Canadian Maritime Provinces from the point of view of the women working in that fishery. The film, which profiles several women affected by the closure and subsequent government programs, premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia in September. To buy a videotape copy, in the US call 1-800-542-2164; in Canada, call 1-800-267-7710.

Wetland Monitoring Protocol

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management has teamed up with The Environmental Institute of the University of Massachusetts and Natural Resources Environment and Conservation at UMass Extension to develop a freshwater Wetlands Invertebrate Environmental Monitoring Protocol Guidance Manual. For a copy call Anna Hicks of the UMass Extension at (413) 545-1884.

Watershed map

For an 18" x 24", three-color map of the Gulf of Maine watershed (the same map featured on Page 12 of the Gulf of Maine Times) while supplies last, contact (in the US) Paul Dest, Maine State Planning Office, (207) 287-5305; or Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, (617) 727-9530, ext. 420; Cynthia Lay, New Hampshire Coastal Program, (603) 431-9366; (in Canada) Paul Schwartz, Nova Scotia Department of the Environment, (902) 424-5206.

NS Gulf business directories

Two documents available from the Nova Scotia Management Consortium for Environmental Technologies offer information on business and technology in the Gulf of Maine. The 1997-1998 Nova Scotia Environmental Industries Directory lists 448 businesses, government, and non-government organizations and technology researchers in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Portfolio. Achievements and Opportunities in Sustainable Development 1997-1998 contains 75 summaries of development work including business start-ups, new services, technologies, and investment opportunities. For more information on either of these documents, call Brad Hodgins at (902) 424-2177.