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New Study: Global Warming Threatens MA’s Oysters & Clams

February 24, 2015 By thegreenmiles

Ocean acidification fueled by climate change is accelerating faster than previously thought and could have devastating effects within just a few decades, according to a new study from University of California at Davis, Ocean Conservancy, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate-change, environment, fishing, global-warming, seafood

How Baker’s Fish Tale Exposed Democrats’ “Us Too” Fishing Failure

December 4, 2014 By thegreenmiles

Charlie Baker deserved every bit of mockery he got in the final days of the governor's race for making up his fish tale either in part or in whole. But whether it's true or not, Baker's attempt to position himself as one of the harvesters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, fishing, gloucester, new-bedford

Cod Fishermen Are Even More Screwed Than You Thought

January 31, 2013 By thegreenmiles

After months of contentious debate, New Bedford Standard Times reporter Steve Urbon says the New England Fishery Management Council finalized deep cuts to cod fishing quotas yesterday: The final vote cut the available catch of Gulf of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cod, fish, fishing, gloucester, John-Bullard, new-bedford, noaa

Scott the Fishermen: Did Brown’s Ad Pay Off?

November 8, 2012 By thegreenmiles

One of the ads I saw most this summer in New Bedford was Scott Brown's ad claiming to be a champion of fishermen. It was classic Scott Brown - clubbing you over the head with his one-of-youness, male model masculinity & love of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fishing, gloucester, new-bedford, scott-brown

BP Seeks Sweetheart Oil Spill Deal

October 19, 2012 By thegreenmiles

I spent weeks covering the Gulf oil disaster for the National Wildlife Federation, so to hear that BP thinks it can bully the Justice Department into giving it a sweetheart settlement deal? What's the word I'm looking for? Malarkey. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bp, bp-oil-spill, fishing, new-bedford

Wind farms vs. unclean energy

May 15, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

A couple of wind-related items today ... First, Terry Murray takes care of business and sets the table to zone our oceans. This will hopefully give us some regulatory clarity for wind farm development and fishing vs. preservation. Good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, energy, environment, fishing, ma-senate, massachusetts, oceans, therese-murray, wind-energy, wind-farms

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