Why Georges Bank Seawater May Be Warming Faster Than Gulf of Maine

Posted on November 21, 2014Written by

Yale E360 recently published an excellent article by Rebecca Kessler on how fish and other marine animals are responding to changing conditions in the Gulf of Maine. Particularly good news are reports of black sea bass moving into waters north of Cape Cod. Marissa McMahan, a doctoral student at Northeastern University in Boston. . .…

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Something is Rotten in Washington in Fisheries Legislation

Posted on July 11, 2014Written by

Rob Moir, Ph.D.

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Something is rotten with H.R. 4742, the bill drafted by Representative Hastings, Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This legislation, as currently drafted, would roll back key conservation provisions that made American fisheries management an unsurpassed science-based model for the world. The Hastings bill would…

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