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The Bottom Line: Changing Course for America’s Oldest Fishery

Posted by Lee Crockett of The Pew Charitable Trusts in Ocean Views on March 1, 2013
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“The fish just aren’t there.” This simple observation from Cape Cod fisheries manager Tom Dempsey to the Associated Press sums up the challenge of decreasing cod populations. Recent scientific studies estimate that cod populations are at or near record lows. But this serious problem has not stopped the New England Fishery Management Council from proposing…

Warming Up To Shrinking Fish

Posted by Carl Safina of Blue Ocean Institute in Ocean Views on November 20, 2012
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By Elizabeth Brown and Carl Safina A few years ago, some scientists at the University of British Columbia were thinking about how climate change would affect fish. Climate change results from the collection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from our burning of fossil fuels (oil, coal, gas), which causes the earth to warm. The…

Fish on Fridays: Time for New England’s Groundfishery to Hit the “Reset” Button

Posted by Michael Conathan of Center for American Progress in Ocean Views on August 31, 2012
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The following piece was originally published by the Center for American Progress. At the end of last September, I wrote a column, enthusiastically titled “Optimism for the New England Groundfishery.” My theory was that after a history of overfishing, subsequent belt-tightening, and implementation of a new management system, the industry was on the cusp of…

Overfishing 101: New England’s First Year of Fishing Under Sectors

Posted by Lee Crockett of The Pew Charitable Trusts in Ocean Views on August 31, 2011
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Read the full “Overfishing 101″ series here. Since 1784, a five-foot wooden carving of a cod has hung from the ceiling of the Massachusetts State House—a symbolic reminder of the important place this fish holds in the hearts of New Englanders. Cod, along with other groundfish such as haddock and flounder, has supported coastal towns and economies…

In Cod We Trust

Posted by Pop Omnivore in Pop Omnivore on May 20, 2011
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Scoff not at the cod with its whiskered chin, its wide-eyed look of perpetual surprise, its mottled brown sides the color of North Sea Crude. There are homelier fish, to be sure, but looks aren’t everything. Dried to leathery hardness, reconstituted by soaking in water for three days, simmered in a pot for three or four hours, served over polenta—miracolo—why it’s a dish worthy of a doge: bacala vicentina.

Scoff not at the cod with its whiskered chin, its wide-eyed look of perpetual surprise, its mottled brown sides the color of North Sea Crude. There are homelier fish, to be sure, but looks aren’t everything. Dried to leathery hardness, reconstituted by soaking in water for three days, simmered in a pot for three or…

Can End of the Line Stem the Tide?

Posted by Ford Cochran on February 28, 2010
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Must-see documentary film The End of the Line (newly-released on DVD) and British journalist Charles Clover’s book of the same name examine the imminent threat of overfishing to the world’s fisheries and marine life—and efforts to stem the tide. Among those efforts: A new website, Fish2fork, that rates restaurants on the sustainability of the seafood…