I’ll be speaking about the crisis in the world’s oceans and in the Gulf of Maine on February 7th at the Portland Public Library here in Maine. The talk —… Read more »
Article Topic: fishing
Right whales in crisis: speeding ships and missing calves
The disastrous year for the North Atlantic right whale, the world’s second most endangered mammal after the species’ Pacific cousin, doesn’t appear to be abating. After seventeen of the whales… Read more »
Scientists say Atlantic right whales on trajectory to be extinct in 23 years
The North Atlantic right whale, the world’s second most endangered mammal after the species’ Pacific cousin, has has a disastrous year here in the northwest Atlantic. Sixteen of the whales… Read more »
Talking American Character, Lobster Coast on CSPAN
The indefatigable team at CSPAN’s City Tour came to Portland, Maine this summer and the segments they produced are airing this weekend, spotlighting our little city.I was pleased to record… Read more »
Trump admins’ plans for New England’s marine monument making waves
Here in Maine and New England generally, the Trump administration’s plans to expand exploitation of natural resources in the Kathadin Woods and Waters National Monument has rightly received the lion’s… Read more »
Feds end contentious northern Gulf of Maine scallop season
In yesterday’s Portland Press Herald, I wrote about the contentious federal fishery for scallops in the northern Gulf of Maine, a special management area off the coasts of Maine, New… Read more »