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As retirement looms, John Bullard reflects on his years at the helm of GARFO; challenges and accomplishments
As NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) administrator John Bullard nears retirement in early January, he sat down with CFN’s Joyce Rowley recently for this candid interview reflecting on many of the challenges and accomplishments he faced during his tenure. —Editor GLOUCESTER, MA – When John Bullard stepped into the role of …
R/V Pisces to fill in for Bigelow on fall bottom trawl surveys
WOODS HOLE, MA – When one of the two common shaft 1,542-hp propulsion motors on the NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow failed in mid-July off the coast of New Jersey, the initial estimate was a six-week downtime. She steamed first to her homeport of Newport, RI and then to Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, VA …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator – November 2016
EXCLUSIVE 4-Page Insert from the November 2016 edition of Commercial Fisheries News NOTE TO READERS — There is a significant error in the Windowpane Accountability Measures article on page 2 of this month’s PRINT version of the Navigator. It says “…therefore scallop vessels cannot use dredge gear in the area west of 71 [deg] W. longitude for …