National Marine Fisheries Service
Injured Seal at Mystic Aquarium is Named
TheDay.com: And her name is Coral. That is the choice of more than 8,000 people who cast votes on what Mystic Aquarium should name a rehabilitated harbor seal pup that the National Marine Fisheries Service says the aquarium can...
Feds Consider New Swordfishing Rules
The Vineyard Gazette reports that the National Marine Fisheries Service is considering an open-access permit that could allow rod-and-reel and harpoon swordfishermen to once again land and sell their catch. NMFS will host a public hearing in Gloucester, Massachusetts,...
Right Whales Spotted in Vineyard Sound
MVGazette.com: Normally the Coast Guard is on the lookout for mariners in distress. But on Sunday crew members aboard a 270’ cutter stationed in Portsmouth, Virginia, spotted a more welcome sight: 2 right whales swimming northwest of...
Feds Lower Dogfish Catch Limits
Cape Cod Online: Fishermen have long complained that a resurgent dogfish population was keeping them from catching more cod and other commercially valuable species and hampering efforts to bring those depleted stocks back to healthy levels. Still, fishermen from...
NOAA Tells Congress it Should Stay in Gloucester
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have told Congress that a proposal to relocate the Northeast Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service from Gloucester to Maryland would be costly and could be disruptive and inefficient,...
Feds May Move NOAA Out of Gloucester
An amendment to a proposed federal spending plan for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would close the agency’s Northeast regional office of the National Marine Fisheries Service in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and move the bulk of fisheries management, administration...
Herring Overfished Again off Cape Cod
CapeCodOnline: The National Marine Fisheries Service had planned to hit a fleet of large vessels that catch Atlantic herring with big quota cuts this year for going way over their allowed catch in 2010 in an area off Cape...
Cod Assessment Shows Rise in Recreational Pressure
Working Waterfront: As the New England groundfishing community absorbs the shock of the National Marine Fisheries Service cod reassessment in the Gulf of Maine, stakeholders are beginning to sift through the data for unexpected factors that might account for...
Feds May be Sued Over Lack of Right Whale Protection
CapeCodOnline: A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday could push the National Marine Fisheries Service to do more to protect endangered whales from fishing gear entanglements off Cape Cod. Three nonprofit whale advocacy groups filed the lawsuit...
Mackerel Can’t Stand Heat off Vineyard
Share this Article On Vineyard Gazette: Warming waters around Martha’s Vineyard have discouraged what once were abundant fish. Top fisheries scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service recently released a report citing the dramatic influence changing climate has had...
