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 …
There are bad ideas. There are very bad ideas. And then there’s this. A current proposal to potentially create a marine national monument off the coast of New England is, in our view, one of the worst ideas ever. Environmental groups proposed the monument in early September, urging President Barack Obama to use the Antiquities …
The Northeast groundfish industry – what is left of it – and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are at an impasse over future funding of the at-sea monitoring program (ASM). NMFS is saying it is time to shift the cost burden to fishing vessel owners. Fishermen, and many friends and supporters of the industry, …
In the words of a wise old Coast Guard veteran some years back, “There are only two times fishermen really take chances out on the water. When they are making money, and when they’re not.” Cynical? Maybe. But his point was well taken. Fishing is always risky business and the ever-present need to push harder, …
How do you know when the New England Fishery Management Council has made a good decision? Virtually nobody is happy. Cynical? Perhaps, but that has seemingly been the case with recent council actions that have spawned a firestorm of reactions – often negative – from within the fishing industry, the environmental community, and in the …
By the time most of you see this, the pages of the old shop calendar will have turned to June. And that means just one thing. The start of another season of lobster boat racing here on the coast of Maine … and by all early indications this one promises to be a corker. Jon …
From the newly-established Commercial Fisheries News (CFN) “awards desk” this month, a couple of well-deserved bouquets. First, to Laura Orleans and the board of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center Inc. (FHC). Orleans’ name may already be familiar to many of you as she is the festival director of the highly successful New Bedford Working …
One look at this month’s cover and two thoughts quickly come to mind. Is that summer, really? Will we ever see it again? And is that a woman we see working on deck in those oilskins? Yes it is. And not just any woman. That is Shannon Eldredge, captain of the Morgan E out of …
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Maine Fishermen’s Forum and Trade Show, a notable milestone worthy of celebration, recognition, and a few moments of personal reflection. I haven’t been at all 40 forums – though I know several of you who have. My attendance record is probably closer to 30, but whatever the …
Christmas may have come and gone, but that’s not stopping us from giving readers a little something extra in this issue. As the cover “teaser” promises, this issue marks the return of our popular Year of New Boats review. This special 12-page supplement recaps 2014 new boat launches from the pages of Commercial Fisheries News. …
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