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Tag: fishing industry

Posted inCommunity Voices / Fishing Crisis

Opinion: It’s time to end the era of billion-dollar ‘sealords’ and heed the fishermen

by Captain Ryan Bradley / North American Marine Alliance July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Congress must listen to the voices that for nearly 30 years have consistently sounded the alarm about management schemes that privatize fishing rights, industrialize the ocean, and undermine our public commons.

Posted inCommunity Voices / Fishing Crisis

Opinion: Manipulation of the fishing industry is alive and well

by Joshua Amaral July 8, 2022July 8, 2022

“Sennott’s piece brings into focus what we’ve long wondered aloud: How much of the $11 billion the industry generates each year stays here … Certainly not enough.” — Joshua Amaral

Posted inCommunity Voices / Fishing Crisis

Opinion: First, ground fishing takeover — next is the scallop industry

by Justin Mello July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

“We as fishermen pour our hearts out to the (scallop leasing) committee. And they sit there with a straight face like they have already made their decision.” — Fishing Captain Justin Mello

Posted inFishing industry

Mayor: Adopting scallop leasing proposal like opening Pandora’s Box. ‘Let’s not go there’

by Anastasia E. Lennon May 25, 2022May 26, 2022

‘Ultimately, the ownership of the industry will go elsewhere … you’re gonna get companies that do not care about New Bedford’

Posted inFishing industry

Mitchell warns of ‘potentially consequential’ impacts if leasing is approved

by Anastasia E. Lennon May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Wednesday’s final public meeting in New Bedford is critical. Mayor says city has ‘more at stake in this matter than any community in the nation’

Posted inFishing industry

Scallopers in New Bedford tell fishery managers they don’t want leasing

by Anastasia E. Lennon May 11, 2022May 13, 2022

“There was a time in this industry when a father owned a boat and he taught his son, and his son was able to rise up … buy and operate his own boat, and you know, those days are gone.” — Tyler Miranda, a New Bedford captain of two scallop boats

Posted inInPerson

Nicholas Sullivan looks ahead to a ‘Blue Revolution’ of high-tech fishing

by Sawyer Smook-Pollitt May 3, 2022May 5, 2022

“The consumption of fish over the last 20 or 30 years has been growing much faster than the consumption of meat, partly because people like the idea of lean protein with Omega-three and Omega-six fatty acids. But people want to know where their fish come from, they want to know that it’s sustainable …”

Posted inFishing industry

Fishermen sue President Biden over closing marine monument area to commercial fishing

by Anastasia E. Lennon April 18, 2022April 19, 2022

Plaintiff Tim Malley said he invested close to $1 million in purchasing and repairing a New Bedford vessel last year, and estimates up to 30% of his income could come from what he fishes in the Northeast.

Posted inFishing industry

New England council considers leasing proposal for scallop fishery

by Anastasia E. Lennon February 14, 2022February 15, 2022

The New Bedford Port Authority, along with some of the city’s shoreside business and scallop fishermen, according to their attorney, cite concerns that leasing could lead to further consolidation of the fishery to the detriment of smaller fleets and businesses.

Posted inInmigración

Esenciales pero excluidos

by Julia Preston and Ariel Goodman February 1, 2022February 2, 2022

Los inmigrantes llevan mariscos a las mesas de Estados Unidos, pero muchos han sido excluidos de las ayudas de la pandemia al igual que sus hijos, que son ciudadanos estadounidenses

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