MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 10 -- The Bulletin of Marine Science, a journal that says it features marine science from the University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, posted research articles on the following topics in its July 2022 edition: * Effects of climate change and water management on West Florida Shelf's dynamics * Exploring relationships between gender and collective action in artisanal fisher associations of Central Chile * Geographical differences in stable  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: A federal court has rejected a lobster industry attack on the science supporting recent federal efforts to protect critically endangered right whales from deadly entanglements in lobster gear. The industry sued the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation and Defenders of Wildlife intervened to defend the science.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Conservation Law Foundation posted the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: A federal court has rejected a lobster industry attack on the science supporting recent federal efforts to protect critically endangered right whales from deadly entanglements in lobster gear. The industry sued the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Defenders of Wildlife intervened to defend the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news: A federal court has rejected a lobster industry attack on the science supporting recent federal efforts to protect critically endangered right whales from deadly entanglements in lobster gear. The industry sued NOAA Fisheries, and Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Conservation Law Foundation intervened to defend the science. "This decision rejects the lobster industry's attempts   more

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Senator Angus King, Governor Janet Mills, Senator Susan Collins, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden are calling on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to immediately reverse the controversial listing of Maine lobster on their seafood "Red List" and to remedy the significant harm they have already caused the iconic industry. In a letter to the Aquarium's board led by  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: Senator Angus King, Governor Janet Mills, Senator Susan Collins, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden are calling on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to immediately reverse the controversial listing of Maine lobster on their seafood "Red List" and to remedy the significant harm they have already caused the iconic industry. In a letter to the Aquarium's board led b  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: Senator Angus King, Governor Janet Mills, Senator Susan Collins, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden are calling on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to immediately reverse the controversial listing of Maine lobster on their seafood "Red List" and to remedy the significant harm they have already caused the iconic industry. In a letter to the Aquarium's board led b  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 10 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2022: Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement tonight blasting a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia siding with the National Marine Fisheries Services in Maine Lobstermen's Association v National Marine Fisheries Service, a lawsuit that challenges Federal regulations hurting Maine's vital lobster industry. The Mills Administration, through the Maine D  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 7 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2022: * * * Governor Janet Mills today slammed Seafood Watch's designation of lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine as on the "red list" of seafood to be avoided. Governor Mills issued the following statement in response: "Seafood Watch is misleading consumers and businesses with this designation. Generations of Maine lobstermen have worked hard to protect the sustainability of the lobster fishery,   more

LUHE, Germany, Sept. 9 -- Marine Ecology Progress Series, a journal that says it covers all aspects of marine ecology, fundamental and applied from the Inter-Research Science Center, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 696, No. 20 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Variable fish habitat function in two open-coast eelgrass species * Unravelling the role of local and large-scale factors in structuring sandy beach populations: the wedge clam Donax hanleyanus * Seasonal a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Seafood Watch issued a recommendation this week that consumers avoid eating Maine lobster because they claim the U.S. lobster industry isn't doing enough to protect the North Atlantic right whale. The recommendation comes on the heels of reporting that Jared Golden has voted multiple times to strengthen the agency responsible for cracking down on lobstermen, including enforcing new burdensome gear  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Sustainable Fisheries issued the following news: * * * The funding will support 13 innovative bycatch reduction research projects. * * * NOAA Fisheries has awarded $2.3 million to partners around the country to support 13 research projects through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program. Bycatch is catch-of fish, marine mammals, or turtles-that fishermen do not want, cannot sell, or are not all  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released a statement following U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg's decision to reject a lawsuit from lobstermen's groups that sought to block new federal regulations on Maine's lobster fishery. "This ruling by Judge Boasberg is the latest in a long line of decisions made without a common sense evaluation of the evidence or a regard for the damage done   more

LEWISTON, Maine, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: Senator Angus King, Governor Janet Mills, Senator Susan Collins, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden are calling on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch to immediately reverse the controversial listing of Maine lobster on theirseafood "Red List" and to remedy the significant harm they have already caused the iconic industry. In a letter to the Aquarium's board, the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2022: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is condemning the updated designation by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program that adds American lobster to its "red list" of seafood to avoid. "Seafood Watch's recommendation to 'avoid' Maine lobster is misguided, uninformed, and reckless. This decision coincides with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's new gear regulat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement after Seafood Watch added Maine lobster to their 'Red List'. "Today's decision by Seafood Watch to 'Red List' Maine lobster is simply absurd and flies in the face of common sense. The Maine lobster industry - one of our state's most important economic drivers  more