CAPE COD FISHERMAN - LETTING YOU KNOW - AHEAD OF TIME

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Cape Cod Times - Robert Isadore - ‎

Fishing regulations are complex and, quite honestly, fraught with political peril, yet Sarah has dived in head first and taught herself the issues, ...

Corps proposes dredging of Oak Bluffs Harbour in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard

Dredging News Online - ‎Mar 8, 2010‎

Shoaling in the channel is making navigation in this harbor hazardous and difficult for passenger ferries, fishing boats and other craft. ...

NMFS chief gets earful at 'Summit' Ferrante, others demand 'respect' for ...

Gloucester Daily Times - Steve Urbon - ‎16 hours ago‎

And the vast majority of them gave the new NOAA fisheries director an earful about what they view as the coming crisis in the Northeast fishing industry. ...

New Bedford to host Northeast Fisheries Summit Monday

O Jornal - ‎Mar 5, 2010‎

NEW BEDFORD - Local fishermen who have blasted a new fisheries management system due to take effect on May 1 - saying the new rules will put them out of ...

Lubchenco holds firm on May 1 'catch share' launch $10 million funding boost ...

Gloucester Daily Times - Richard Gaines - ‎

"They're doing an end run around Magnuson (the federal law governing commercial fishing) with a very unpopular program. The $47 million, Goethel noted, ...

Fish gotta' swim and spawn

Danvers Herald - Cathryn Keefe - ‎

And, rainbow smelts are making a tepid comeback in the Crane River, evincing a modicum of hope among employees of the Massachusetts Division of Marine ...

Herring fishery could close by 2012

Times Herald-Record - Adam Bosch - ‎

New York moved to ban shad fishing in the Hudson River last fall after its population reached historic lows. Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island ...

Fisheries also looking to community-supported model

SouthCoastToday.com - ‎2 hours ago‎

So perhaps it's fitting that the fishing industry is also looking for a piece of the business model's success. Enter community-supported fisheries (CSFs), ...

OUR VIEW: Shredded confidence

SouthCoastToday.com - ‎6 hours ago‎

The new allegations have further undermined NOAA's standing in the eyes of the fishing industry and have done further harm to an agency already under fire. ...

Tuna trade ban raising red flags for industry

Gloucester Daily Times - Patrick Anderson - ‎Mar 6, 2010‎

But fishing industry supporters call it a dangerous precedent that could result in endangered species listings on numerous other commercial species as a ...