Local, state and federal officials over the years have mandated fishermen to follow a growing number of protocols to preserve the endangered right whales — in some cases, barring them from taking to certain waters. Fishermen, however, say the industrialization of the two-million-acre area is “flatly inconsistent with a policy of endangered species protection.” “Fishermen are disheartened that the WEA designation favors foreign energy developers over marine mammal protection,” the Gulf of Maine Fishing Associations said in a statement last week. “This preferential treatment is in stark contrast to the federal government’s aggressive campaign to burden commercial fishing needlessly with crushing restrictions to protect whales.”
Until a major storm reconstructed our coastline around 1725, Cape Poge and the whole northern tip of Chappaquiddick the landmasses we sometimes refer to as Great Neck and Little Neck were a distinctly separate island. It was referred to in 17th and early 18th century deeds as “the island of Natick, alias Capoag, near […]
As lawmakers and staffers munched on lobster macaroni and cheese, clam chowder and fresh oysters, fishermen urged Beacon Hill policymakers to continue supporting the state’s challenging seafood industry, filled with