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More MSA Anniversary – Certificate of Public Ownership of America’s Fish Stocks
This ad from the Pew Environment Group makes clear what all New Englanders know is true – American fish stocks are a public resource. The stock certificate in the ad reads, “As secured by the...
View ArticleFocus going forward should be on making the New England Council and sector...
Monday’s Boston field hearing of the Senate Committee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation was good political theater. Senator Kerry and Senator Begich from Alaska, chair of the Committee, tried...
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CLF Testifies Before Lawmakers on Rebuilding a Vibrant New England Fishery
Last Thursday, I testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources on a topic that I have worked on for years: restoring New England’s fisheries and commercial fish populations. The topic is...
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Video: Watch my Testimony on Rebuilding a Vibrant New England Fishery
As I wrote in a post last week, I testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources on a topic that I have worked on for years: restoring New England’s fisheries and commercial fish...
View ArticleOverfishing 101: Celebrating a good year for marine conservation
In October, I spent two days fishing off Montauk, N.Y. In fact, I was quite sore by the end of the second day after reeling in dozens of false albacore, bluefish, and striped bass. The success of the...
View ArticleCongress, Catch Shares, and the Councils
Nick Battista is Marine Programs Director at the Island Institute. Ben Martens is Executive Director of the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association. The fisheries of our country are diverse and each face...
View ArticleMore Congressional Fisheries Misdirection
Despite its caption, the “Transparent and Science-Based Fishery Management Act of 2012,” H.R. 6350, introduced by U.S. Representative John Runyun of New Jersey just hours before Congress adjourned for...
View ArticleA Proposal for NOAA
“GroundfishBottom-dwelling, or demersal, fish species such as Atlantic cod, haddock, flounders, hake and pollock. These species often share the same habitat and are managed together as a stock complex....
View ArticleGlobe, Times Miss Boat on Real Issues
The Northeast’s two leading newspapers both editorialized recently on the fragile status of groundfishBottom-dwelling, or demersal, fish species such as Atlantic cod, haddock, flounders, hake and...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, January 25th
The Science and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the New England Fishery Management Council met this week to determine the Allowable Biological Catch (ABC) levels for Georges Bank Cod, Gulf of Maine...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line: Rebuilding Plans Work for U.S. Fisheries
A congressional hearing this week on the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act examined a new report from the National Academies on the law’s effectiveness in rebuilding depleted...
View ArticleThe Myth of Flexibility
Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on Congressman Doc Hastings’ proposed bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Conservation Law Foundation Senior Counsel Peter...
View ArticleNow Here’s an Idea We Can All Get Behind
For a law that determines so much of the health of the ocean and the ocean economy and serves as the de facto management framework for our nation’s ocean wildlife, the bill to reauthorize the...
View ArticleBuilding on Success
This post was originally featured on NationalGeographic.com. In late fall of 2006, Congress came together to strengthen the primary law that governs our nation’s ocean fisheries—the Magnuson-Stevens...
View ArticleOverfishing 101: Celebrating a good year for marine conservation
In October, I spent two days fishing off Montauk, N.Y. In fact, I was quite sore by the end of the second day after reeling in dozens of false albacore, bluefish, and striped bass. The success of the...
View ArticleCongress, Catch Shares, and the Councils
Nick Battista is Marine Programs Director at the Island Institute. Ben Martens is Executive Director of the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association. The fisheries of our country are diverse and each face...
View ArticleMore Congressional Fisheries Misdirection
Despite its caption, the “Transparent and Science-Based Fishery Management Act of 2012,” H.R. 6350, introduced by U.S. Representative John Runyun of New Jersey just hours before Congress adjourned for...
View ArticleA Proposal for NOAA
“Groundfish resources off New England have experienced significant changes in abundance during the past 30 years and have now fallen to all time record lows.” – Ronald Brown, Secretary of Commerce....
View ArticleGlobe, Times Miss Boat on Real Issues
The Northeast’s two leading newspapers both editorialized recently on the fragile status of groundfish populations, especially cod, on both sides of the Atlantic. Unfortunately, both the Boston Globe...
View ArticleFish Talk in the News – Friday, January 25th
The Science and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the New England Fishery Management Council met this week to determine the Allowable Biological Catch (ABC) levels for Georges Bank Cod, Gulf of Maine...
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