Fish Talk in the News – Tuesday, August 23
Tropical fish species have been making their way to Rhode Island waters; most recently, a crevalle jack was caught in the Narragansett Bay trawl survey for the first time in 50 years, and the Rhode...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, September 2
Lobster prices in New England have reached their highest since 2005. The dockside price reached $8.50 for a 1 ¼ pound hard-shell lobster and $6 for a new-shell lobster. As reported by the Portland...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Tuesday, September 27
A 45-ton, 11 ½ – year old female endangered right whale, who was not named but was identified by researchers as 3694, was found dead off the coast of Maine over the weekend. The whale was entangled in...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, September 30
After two deaths of right whales in New England waters – one of which was caused by stress from entanglement in fishing gear – and a third entanglement incident, scientists are saying that the current...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, October 14
NOAA Fisheries announced revisions to the National Standard guidelines of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which are used to update fishery management plans. According to...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, January 13
Hakai Magazine featured a colorful article on the rise of New Bedford’s Codfather, Carlos Rafael. The article walks you through Rafael’s life from when he first moved to the United States from...
View ArticleWorld Wildlife Day: Lowest North Atlantic right whale calving season in 15...
The following was originally posted on Friday, March 3 in recognition of World Wildlife Day. The post originally appeared on New England Ocean Odyssey and is authored by Amanda Yanchury. North Atlantic...
View ArticleAll Hands on Deck to Save the Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale
Seventeen right whales have died this year in a crisis that demands immediate attention and action. The following blog was originally published by Conservation Law Foundation. 2017 has been a...
View ArticleUse Gear Markings to Help Save North Atlantic Right Whales
The North Atlantic right whale is in a dire state. With only about 440 individuals left in the population, an unprecedented number of deaths in 2017, and no new calves born in the 2017-2018 season,...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, April 12
The Center for Coastal Studies is partnering with local lobstermen to recover lost, abandoned, or derelict fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. The project is funded by the NOAA Marine Debris Program....
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