Fleet Diversity Amendment 18 Process From Recent New England Fishery Management Council-related Meetings One thing leads to another (or not), and a rocky trajectory relative to the life of groundfish Amendment …
What Really Matters – NAMA Newsletter August 2011
These days it seems everyone is telling us what should matter to us. One ad tells us “where you book [our travels] matters” and another that “taste matters.” For us …
Thank Your Fishermen – NAMA Newsletter April 22, 2011
We hear a lot about Farm to School, Farm to Table, Thank Your Farmer and all kinds of events and initiatives focused on our land-based food system and appreciation for our …
Fleet Diversity Gains Traction – NAMA Newsletter December 2010
A Year End Message From NAMA Staff At NAMA we feel lucky to be able to work amongst and amidst people who are passionate and caring about healthy oceans. From …
Who Fishes Matters – Preserving the health of the oceans, fishing communities and our food system.
If we care about the health of our oceans, fishing communities, and our food system, then who fishes matters. But fisheries policies and regulations don’t reflect this and we’re working …
Cod’s Many Places – NAMA Newsletter August 2010
Over the past year, our work with the Cape Ann Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery (CSF) has stirred up some controversy. The CSF has been delivering a lot of cod …
A Well Oiled, Efficient Ocean?
NAMA Newsletter June 15, 2010 A Well Oiled, Efficient Ocean? By Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s Coordinating Director If you aren’t moved by the images from the Gulf of Mexico as oil …
Eat Local Seafood (excerpt from summer 2008 newsletter)
Message from the new Coordinating Director, Niaz Dorry (Excerpt from August 2008 newsletter. Download full version here) July 15th marked an important occasion: fishermen standing next to farmers at a …
Spotlight CSF: Eastman’s Local Catch is Improving the Lives of Local Fishermen
Heading into their second CSF year husband and wife team Carolyn and Ed Eastman are enthusiastic. Carolyn and Ed founded Eastman’s Local Catch CSF because they wanted to do something …
Ed Barrett – Marshfield, Massachusetts
Ed, who owns a pair of boats, became a full time fisherman in the late seventies, at a time when he says, the fishing industry was a booming, exciting, and lucrative business.
Fleet Vision Needed Now
NAMA Newsletter March 23, 2010 By Brett Tolley NAMA’s Community Organizer & Policy Advocate Click on this link to sign the Fleet Vision Pledge today! Cody crawls around on the …
In Memory of Tom Osmers
On March 12th, 2010, New England lost a fellow fisherman and passionate advocate for small-scale fishing. Tom Osmers urged the adoption of “intentional inefficiencies” in fishing technology, recognizing that truly …
Trickle Up or Trickle Down?
NAMA Newsletter November 20, 2009 National Ocean and Fisheries Policies: Trickle Up or Trickle Down? By Boyce Thorne Miller NAMA’s Science & Policy Coordinator “Fire! Aim! Ready!” A quote attributed …
“Green” Seafood?
Fall 2008 Newsletter By: NAMA Staff Our inbox raneth over in response to our last newsletter “Eat Local Seafood.” So much so that we couldn’t respond to all of you …
Green Jobs on the Blue Ocean
A message from Niaz Dorry Coordinating Director When I first started working on fisheries issues, one thing became clear right off the bat: this is not a jobs vs. environment …