Over the Bar

A company called Holtec International now owns the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant site in Plymouth, responsible for decommissioning the reactor, cleaning up and decontaminating.

Much of this month’s issue conjures up stories and images going back 30 years, when the first incarnation of this alliance came together as “the hook” and then evolved.

As Congress slowly plows ahead on reauthorizing the key piece of legislation that regulates the American fishery — the Magnuson Stevens Act, MSA – I was invited to testify before the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 16.

My brother was in town for a visit and when we sat down at the kitchen table for a cup of coffee he asked me how things are going.

Taking a moment to express what too often gets taken for granted: Gratitude.

Bear with me – forgive me might be the better way to put it – as I invoke yet one more acronym that has become increasingly important as we try to work our way through the maze known as United States fisheries management, keep our fleet on the water, and respond to big changes like global warming: EBFM.

We’re kicking off a new initiative here at the Alliance, and at first glance the focus might surprise you but the longer you ponder, the more sense it makes.

We’re throwing an early summer outdoor bash, July 1 on the grounds of our old captain’s house in Chatham, and I’m tempted to say the reason why is simply because – finally — we can!

We were on our way to my first New England Fishery Management Council meeting, so must have been 1996, maybe 1997. Portland, Maine.