COMMONS SENSE By Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s Coordinating Director What are the Commons? I hear that word more often these days in all sort of places. In the fisheries world, almost …
Boston Fish Party – NAMA Newsletter, June 28, 2012
A 70+ year prohibition on sale of locally caught seafood is lifted in Boston! And we were there to enjoy the moment along with Mayor Menino and others. Also in …
The CODsolidation Emergency – NAMA Newsletter February 9, 2012
Fisherman Michael Pratt (right) from Green Harbor, Massachusetts wrote the piece below as part of his testimony to the New England Fisheries Management Council for the fleet diversity Amendment 18 …
Send Lawyers Guns and Money – NAMA Newsletter, December 8, 2011
By Niaz Dorry – NAMA’s Coordinating Director …well, we really only need the money and the lawyers! You can keep the guns. We’re non-violent. And, we’ve had enough gun encounters to …
Fleet Diversity Update
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …