By Brett Tolley, NAMA’s community organizer I recently had an interesting conversation with a Maine fisherman. The New England groundfish fishery is becoming increasingly unaffordable to smaller-scale family fishermen. Most …
Badlands – Badfish
By Niaz Dorry, NAMA‘s Coordinating Director I got pulled over in Illinois. I’ve been driving across the country with my dog Hailey heading to BALLE’s national conference, amongst other stops. …
Live from Fleet Diversity Workshop!
The conference ended somewhat abruptly with the PDT taking the role of synthesizing the workgroups efforts and sending out a summation via email, which we will post as soon as …
Fleet Diversity once again on the docket at NEFMC
by Sean Sullivan, NAMA’s Marketing, Development and Outreach Associate A lot has changed in a year. A year ago, the New England Fisheries Management Council was not talking about Fleet …
A Rare Opportunity to Change How Fisheries are Regulated
by Sean Sullivan NAMA’s Marketing, Outreach and Development Associate Russia is famously described as a mystery wrapped in a conundrum. The New England Fisheries Management Council process and meetings could …
Local Access and Local Control Over Who Fishes
By Brett Tolley, NAMA’s Community Organizer I come from a long line of family-fishermen but I did not become a fisherman myself. In an unlikely career path (to my father …
Consolidation of the fleet confirmed by NE Science Center
By Sean Sullivan, NAMA’s Outreach Marketing and Development Associate As if it were not obvious from the lack of activity along the waterfronts of smaller ports and those with dayboat …
Morality & the Marginalized
By Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s Coordinating Director Welcome to the first entry in NAMA’s blog. Most people don’t expect fisheries issues to be couched in the context of morality or marginalization. …