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In aftermath of scandal, NOAA gets a new research vessel

As a result of Trawlgate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), parent agency to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), sought appropriations for increased spending on fisheries science. “There’s more money going to stock assessment data and Congress has funded four new research vessels,” said Dr. Steven Murawski, newly appointed senior science advisor and

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Veteran Maine fisheries manager receives award

Lewis Flagg, Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, recently received one of six Annual Awards of Excellence bestowed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for his contribution to the success of fisheries management. Flagg, a 40-year veteran fisheries manager, has been “instrumental in promoting and securing Maine’s policy of restoring anadromous

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Spilled Oil? Eat It!

It’s a line of new products that closely resembles a miracle: oil-eating, all-natural microbes that convert oil in bilges or spilled in waterways into beneficial fatty acids. At the Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport in February, Clean Water Solutions, Inc. of Newport, R.I. unveiled four products: Oil Eradicators, Clean Water Microbial Powder, Clean Water Blue and

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Spilled Oil? Eat It!

It’s a line of new products that closely resembles a miracle: oil-eating, all-natural microbes that convert oil in bilges or spilled in waterways into beneficial fatty acids. At the Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport in February, Clean Water Solutions, Inc. of Newport, R.I. unveiled four products: Oil Eradicators, Clean Water Microbial Powder, Clean Water Blue and

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