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There and back with Tommy Porter
by Brian Robbins MARBLEHEAD, MA – Tommy Porter is 66 years old according to the calendar, but he’s lived a life that goes way beyond that. He left home for the first time when he was 14: his mother sent him to the store for a can of tuna fish; he returned a few weeks …
CFN Shakedown Cruise: Mussel Ridge 42
by Brian Robbins Welcome to another CFN Shakedown Cruise. Periodically, we will focus on a new launch and dig a little deeper into what went into the project – whether it be a new model or a hull well known to the New England commercial market. What we hope to do is provide insight and …
Rumery’s Marine – two generations of talent
by Brian Robbins I can’t tell you how many times it’s happened over the years: I’ll be in a boat shop Downeast somewhere, standing aboard a new project that’s in the homestretch of completion; the builder and I will be talking along when suddenly there’s a thump or a bang under our feet – or a …
NOAA Navigator – January 2016
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Editorial: We need to know more about impact of warming ocean waters
For years fishermen, fisheries managers, and the academic/scientific community have been trying to understand the near collapse of Gulf of Maine cod stocks and explain the apparent failure of decades of rebuilding effort. We all know the conversation. Overfishing depleted the stocks and only a near-total suspension of effort would allow the species time to …
Saving fuel by the barrel
Liberty outfits with the GenTech GT50/60 by Ben L. Evridge NEW BEDFORD, MA – Fifty gallons per day of fuel saved, and 100 days of working his big steel boat offshore. That’s how vessel owner Dan Eilertsen describes the benefits so far of his new patented GenTech T50/60 AC power generation system. The 108’ x …
EDITORIAL: Time to rediscover the spirit of Fish Expo
When the trade show now known as Commercial Marine Expo (CME) returns to New Bedford next spring, organizers are planning an event reminiscent of the old Fish Expo gatherings. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Fish Expo, which in its heyday was the commerical fishing industry’s huge annual gathering, national in scope, alternating between …
Lobster Market Report – November 2015
Fall landings slow, but boat prices soar; summer ‘15 ends strong for happy fishermen all along the coast The week before the reporting week for this issue’s Lobster Market Report, a northeaster made fishing nonexistent in most places in New England. Depending on the area, the storm ran its course for from three days to …
New England council adds ASM relief measures to Framework 55
PLYMOUTH, MA – At its Sept. 29-Oct. 1 meeting here, the New England Fisheries Management Council added alternatives to Framework Adjustment 55 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to include enforcement, adding a new sector, and to make the at-sea monitoring program more efficient and cost effective. Changes in federal policy on …
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival 2015
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