August 14th, 2014 By Sean Horgan Read on Gloucester Times They’ve waited more than a half-year for the help to arrive, as if on the wrong end of a siege. From the wintry evening in January when Congress appropriated the $75 million in fishery disaster assistance, through the spring and on into the final weeks […]
Wicked Local: New data on cod isn’t promising for local fishing industry
August 7th, 2014 By Jessica Trufant Read on Wicked Local Local fishermen and charter boat owners could get more bad news as federal regulators say that populations of Gulf of Maine cod continue to diminish, despite severe cuts in fishing quotas. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week announced that new, preliminary data show […]