Friends of South Shore Fisheries
Friends of South Shore Fisheries
Friends of South Shore Fisheries

In The News

  • Mitigating Sea Turtle Bycatch Workshop - NMFS NEFSC will provide updates on pending regulations, and sea turtle interactions in trawl fisheries. Scientists will provide summaries of...
  • EDITORIAL: NOAA's fish allocation cut cries out anew for drastic reforms - The abrupt and seemingly arbitrary move by NOAA's regional fisheries administrator Patricia Kurkul to cut allocations in half for Gloucester's...
  • Ocean Explorium announces its September Ocean Voice speakers - NEW BEDFORD — The Ocean Explorium announces that the month of September brings not one but two Ocean Voice speakers...
  • Study: More omega-3 fats didn't aid heart patients - NEW YORK—Eating more heart-healthy omega-3 fats provided no additional benefit in a study of heart attack survivors who were already...
  • DAILY KOS: New England Fisherman are Really Fished Off - New England fisherman are fished off. Especially at Obama for his appointments of Medina and Lubchenco. Instead of...
  • A Steady, Steep Decline for The Lowly, Uncharismatic Eel - In the early 19th century, freshwater eels — the only fish in the world that spends its adult life in...
  • NOAA cuts 'common pool' limits in half - The federal government has abruptly cut by 50 percent the fishing opportunities for the small number of groundfishing permitholders who...
  • Fishermen decry skate catch limits - A National Marine Fisheries Service decision this week to reduce the trip limit for skate wings to 500 pounds for...
  • Passamaquoddys vow they still will fish in federal waters - We are not going to knuckle under. It has come down to our survival, said Fred Moore, a...
  • NOAA's Steve Murawski says fishermen could increase credibility by contributing to data ... - They may have one of the toughest and most romanticised occupations on the blue planet, but many people are “suspicious”...
  • New Bedford Mayor, Fishing Industry Leader Appear on Fox Business Channel - The mayor of New Bedford, Scott Lang, joins Richie Canastra, owner of Whaling City Display Auction, to speak with FOX...
  • Maine Voices: Senate has chance to help two gulfs - BUCKSPORT — The Gulf of Maine has a golden opportunity for extensive revitalization coming as Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan...
  • The Mackerel Wars - If you keep an eye on EU issues – you may have noticed that everyone from the Guardian, to Libération,...
  • Spreading the fishermen's word - As if on cue, the rains vanished, the sun came out and a flotilla of fishing boats arrived from points...
  • Scallopers claim tribal fishing rights - The recent boarding of a scallop vessel off Nantucket may be the first shot fired across the bow of the...
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