The United and Eating With the Ecosystem are joining up for a second program as part of the United Table series in Westerly at 7 p.m. Dec. 9.
“From Reel to Meal: A Conversation on the Seafood Industry.
Months after Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, a sustainable seafood advisory list, red-listed American lobster fisheries in the U.S. and Canada due to the risks they pose to the endangered North Atlantic right whales, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) director Dan McKiernan struck back by calling the decision “counterproductive.” The Times reached out to […]
Members of the Wampanoag community both on and off the Island will be receiving 700 pounds of freshly fileted haddock from the Massachusetts Environmental Police as part of a recent food donation. According to Bret Stearns, natural resources officer for the tribe, the environmental police have been supporting the Wampanoag tribal community for many years, […]
Island lobstermen are irked that a federal agency is giving Vineyard Wind a pass on how many marine mammals are affected by their construction while fishermen are held to a different standard. According to the incidental harassment authorization issued by NOAA, there are levels of harassment Vineyard Wind is allowed per species. The Marine Mammals […]