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Fish Talk in the News – Tuesday, December 15

History was made last weekend at the Paris Climate Summit where more than 195 countries adopted a global agreement to fight climate change. The agreement sets a goal to keep warming below 2 degrees...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, June 17

A recent National Fisherman blog discussed the abundance of dogfish in New England waters. The director of the Marine Science Center at the University of New England is quoted in the blog saying, “The...

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Shark Talk in the News – Tuesday, June 28

NOAA Fisheries wants you to celebrate shark week with them and learn how the U.S. is leader for shark conservation. The agency will be sharing “shark-tastic science, videos, and myth-busting facts”...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, July 1

A recent AP story highlighted the effects of climate change and warming waters on New England’s fisheries and fishing industry. The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest warming bodies of water in the...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, July 29

New research from scientists at UC Santa Barbara and Columbia University found that the North Atlantic Oscillation “a periodic climatic phenomenon, like El Nino, [that] causes changes in water...

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Are We Headed Toward the Era of Two-Headed Sharks?

The 2016 presidential election will likely go down in history books as one of the most polarizing of our time. For the last year and a half, we’ve been watching two talking heads bare their teeth at...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, August 10

Atlantic cod landings continue a downward trend in Maine, hitting an all-time low in 2017. In 2017, Maine fishermen landed 79,816 pounds of cod – less than half 2016 landings. Landings are low because...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, June 14

The New England Fishery Management Council recommended reducing Atlantic herring catch levels for fishing year 2020 to about 25 million pounds – the lowest level in decades. Managers also reduced...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, July 26

The Massachusetts Legislature passed a $43.1 billion annual budget this week that included language that would allow for lobster processing in the state. The previous law required that lobsters be...

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Fish Talk in the News – Friday, August 30

In response to a request from a New England groundfish sector manager, NOAA Fisheries provided more details regarding the penalties for 17 former Carlos Rafael captains. The captains face suspensions...

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