Getting it right: The Mass. draft ocean management plan
10/11/09 15:36 Filed in: Environment
Since June this plan has been circulating in draft form for the public’s consideration. The nearly two-volume tome is rich in data, but many fear it doesn’t go far enough to protect the Commonwealth’s more delicate marine assets—the so-called “special, sensitive or unique” (SSU) resources the plan identifies.
“The big problem with the plan—it is not really a plan,” said Mason Weinrich, executive director and chief scientist of the Whale Center of New England, based in Gloucester. “What they have done is gather a really valuable series of data sets to understand where these areas may be. But there isn’t really any more protection than what was already there.” Read More...
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Seafood: If it's not one thing, it's another
03/11/09 21:44 Filed in: Seafood
Marine Marvels & Mysteries
26/10/09 22:45 Filed in: marine
life |
maritime
And you thought Cruella Deville was cold-blooded. The ice fish, less commonly known as "Chaenocephalus aceratus," was officially discovered in the 1930s in Antarctica, confirming stories passed on by whalers of its existence. This two-foot long, ashen-colored fish has a fierce set of jaws. It is also lacking in a certain sticky substance. Read More...
A Herring Quota Debacle
17/10/09 20:32 Filed in: Fishing
Industry
Dear Diary
08/10/09 13:24 Filed in: Sailing,
Maritime
Poseidon's Wrath
05/10/09 21:10 Filed in: Environment
Waterfront development: Keeping the balance
03/10/09 23:12 Filed in: development
Maine Diaries: Chesapeake musings
With less than a week to go, we’re all getting to the
end of our motivation to do, well, anything at all.
Like drinking an ice slushy, or a bottle of Jäger for
that matter, cruise at first is wonderful. But then it
hits--the indelible pain in the head, the constant
throbbing of over-stressed and overworked body parts,
and the unmistakable feeling that this in all aspects
was a completely stupid idea. That isn’t to say we
haven’t all learned. We have all reached a point where
we can say we have gotten something out of our
experiences here on the boat. Read
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