NAMA submitted comments in August 2019 to the New England Fishery Management Council for their Groundfish Catch Share Program Review, covering fishing years 2010-2015. Our conclusions are that the Council failed …
February 2017 NAMA Final Comments on Fleet Diversity Amendment
Comments on the seven-year Fleet Diversity amendment process, also known as Amendment 18. The Amendment goals were to fix the problems associated with New England’s Catch Share policy for managing groundfish. Instead …
Slow Fish, Spreading to the USA
For Immediate Release September 7, 2013 SLOW FISH, SPREADING TO THE USA: New Campaign Kicks-Off to Highlight Importance of Locally Caught Seafood Portsmouth, NH -The Slow Fish campaign, an international effort …
Rye Farmers Market Seafood Throwdown
For Immediate Release August 12, 2013 Sustainable Seafood Takes Center Stage at Rye Farmers’ Market Seafood Throwdown to Highlight the Importance of Locally Caught Seafood Rye, NH – Seafood Throwdown, …
2012 DECEMBER NAMA NEWSLETTER
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 …
NEW ENGLAND FISHERY MANAGERS TAKE HISTORIC STEP; Votes in favor to protect fish and fleet diversity
Today the New England Fishery Management Council took the historic step to preserve the unique character and diversity of the New England commercial fishery by prioritizing Amendment 18 to the …
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 …
NAMA Comments for Amendment 18 Public Scoping
See our comments for the Fleet Diversity Amendment 18 submitted as part of a public scoping period.