Story Archives of 'fishing'

Researchers from around the world met in Boston over the weekend to examine the depleted state of our oceans, and specifically the Tuna. For help, they used not only the latest technology but looked back at past mistakes from centuries ago, contained in logbooks, in stories of New England fishermen, and the history of New England’s beloved Cod.

Guest

• Andrew Rosenberg, Professor at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire

The Maine Agricultural Trade Show took place last week at the Augusta Civic Center.

Some came to kick tires on the newest tractors, and others to learn the latest agricultural techniques. But a handful of Maine farmers also learned how to grow aquatic crops among their fields. Farm-pond fish can bring a pretty penny.

Maine Public Radio's Murray Carpenter reports.

New Hampshire could become the first state in the Northeast to require a permit for recreational salt water fishing.

The Department of Fish and Game is looking for ways to narrow a projected 6 million dollar budget deficit.

And the sale of salt-water fishing licenses is one proposal on the table.

But, as NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood reports, the idea is meeting a lot of opposition on the seacoast.

It isn't easy being a fisherman these days... the work is dangerous, demanding and tougher to make a good living. Due to worries over fish stocks out at sea, stricter regulations have been set on when they can fish, where they can fish and how they can fish. Now a new study out of the University of New Hampshire shows that the new regulations haven't been working that well. It states that only 5% of the stock has been rebuilt and that "overfishing" is still happening. The report can only be more bad news for those who make their living off the fish of the sea. We'll look at this report, the concerns over overfishing and restocking, as well as the challenges of the fisherman. Laura's guests are John Williamson, Fish Conservation Manager at the Ocean Conservancy. Vito Giacalone, Chairman for Governmental Affairs at the Northeast Seafood Coalition and Richard Langan, Director of the UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Program. We'll also hear an earlier interview that NHPR News Director Mark Bevis had with Andrew Rosenberg, a Professor of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire and lead author of a new study on the condition of America's fish stocks.

Hunting and fishing rules lay out the times when animals are fair game and when they aren’t. People who ignore those rules are poachers, and the state’s Fish and Game Department works hard to stop them. The Department has added a new member to its enforcement team. He’s dark, handsome, and a little over two feet tall. NHPR’s Kerry Grens went along on a hunt for illegal fish and filed this report.