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HELP WANTED: Extraordinary Leadership Opportunity in Maine Coastal Fisheries
PAID ADVERTISEMENT PENOBSCOT EAST RESOURCE CENTER SEEKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Penobscot East Resource Center (PERC) was founded on the principle that the only way the resources of the oceans can be protected and sustained is through joint stakeholder stewardship: collective action of fishermen and their communities, supported by science and working in combination with regulatory …
CFN Shakedown Cruise: Wesmac Super 46
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 …
EDITORIAL: This year’s new boats recap: Our own Dow Jones?
As we swing into spring show season here in New England, it’s pretty well guaranteed that much of the discussion with readers and advertisers who stop by the Commercial Fisheries News booth at the upcoming Maine Fishermen’s Forum or Commercial Marine Expo will focus on boats. That’s always the case, but maybe even more so …
Andy McGeoch’s Cape Island Boats
It’s probably fair to say that Andy McGeoch fell in love with Cape Cod before he fell in love with boat building. The Cape Cod crush started when Andy was four years old, living in the Finger Lakes region of New York. “That summer, my father said we were going to Cape Cod for two …
New scalloper Orion joins New Bedford fleet
NEW BEDFORD, MA – The 101’ big steel scalloper Orion is the latest newbuild to join the fleet at the Eastern/Nordic Fisheries/O’Hara docks here. Like her sister ship Monomoy, (see CFN May, 2016) Orion was built on a standardized John W. Gilbert Associates design. A few tweaks here and there, but overall the Gilbert design …
Goal of Young Fishermen’s Development Program: Recruit more young fishermen to greying industry
WASHINGTON, DC – As a group of small-boat commercial fishing organizations from around the country met and teleconferenced over the past two years, a recurring theme that emerged was the lack of resources available to the next generation of fishermen. Now, that group – the Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC) – is taking steps to make …
A Wednesday with Rusty Wallis
BARRINGTON, RI – It all began with piss oak, actually. Back in February of 2013 I received an e-mail out of the blue from a fellow named Russ Wallis, writing in response to a Bearin’s column I’d written about long-ago smells of winter. It read as follows: “Hi Brian, “I am a fourth (and final) …
CFN Shakedown Cruise: Calvin Beal 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 …
Editorial: New year, new president: What’s it mean to you?
Whatever your politics, it’s a safe bet that you too are glad the presidential election is finally behind us and we can just get on with business, life, and moving forward. Yes, the country remains deeply divided and the waters we are about to cross with this new president are … well, uncharted. But the …
Fisheries Survival Fund sues BOEM over NY wind energy area lease
WASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 8, the Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) – an 18-year-old scallop fishing industry coalition – brought suit against the Dept. of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for violations of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and Administrative Procedures Act, to stop the New York …
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