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More and more captains are using cameras to track catch. Footage from electronic monitoring.

Exploring Electronic Monitoring

February 26, 2020

How do you measure “soft costs?” Wait. What ARE “soft costs?” Soft costs represent a fisherman’s time and effort. They have a monetary value despite not being an actual invoice to be paid. The soft and hard costs of electronic monitoring programs (EM) were at the forefront of conversations for two days in February during the National Electronic Monitoring Workshop, in Seattle, Washington, hosted by NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission...

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Dogfish has had an interesting 100 years. File photo.

The ‘dogfish’ challenge is not new

February 26, 2020

The year 1916 went down as one of the greatest in the fishing history of Massachusetts. Here’s Dr. David L. Belding’s description, author of the 51st annual report of the Massachusetts Commissioners on Fisheries and Game (meaning the first report was written in 1865, as the Civil War ended): “Prosperity ruled the waves for the salt-water fishermen of Massachusetts in 1916...

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Fog and fishing go hand in hand. File photo.

PHOTO GALLERY: The beauty of fog

February 26, 2020

“The fog is a chest, a magical chest! What wonders are hidden in it, the only way to see them is to dive into the fog!” -- Mehmet Murat ildan. Chatham is known for fog and commercial fishing and in this photo gallery we celebrate both. The photos are a blend of old and new and accompanied by a well-known, or obscure, fog quote. There is something about the fog that draws us in and we hope it does for you as well...

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Photo Courtesy of Christopher Seufert

The annual meeting; an in-house calendar

February 26, 2020

Calendars can be arbitrary, highlighting particular dates for no obvious reason -- why is Groundhog Day always February 2? Why was Presidents’ Day February 17 when no president was born that day, the closest being Washington’s birthday February 22, or Lincoln’s February 12? But regardless, calendars have a way of focusing the mind. And at best their dates give us a moment to stop, consider the big circle that is a year, take stock of where we are and where we’ve been...

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Paul Parker. Courtesy photo.

For Parker it is a matter of trusts

January 29, 2020

After years of research, discussions, and painstaking planning, the Cape Cod Fisheries Trust had a rather unusual beginning. Paul Parker, executive director at the time, was on his second date with his future wife when they met a fisherman just off the highway. “I remember bringing a $315,000 check to a rest stop in New Hampshire and he handed me a bill of sale,” Parker said...

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We are trying to get more local fish onto local plates. Courtesy photo.

Fish on Fridays may be just the beginning

January 29, 2020

Broad Reach CEO Bill Bogdanovich remembers when a family member of one of the residents at The Victorian, Broad Reach’s assisted living residence in Chatham, provided lobster, fresh off the boat, for everybody’s lunch – as in dozens of people. “Heck of a day,” said Bogdanovich with a grin. Those days could become the new normal if a plan championed by the Fishermen’s Alliance becomes a reality...

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Policy analyst Amanda Cousart and Captain Sam Linnell are all smiles at WaterWORKS.  Staff photo by Doreen Leggett

Working on the water can mean many things

January 29, 2020

Before Greg Skomal, internationally known shark scientist, spoke to 400 or so high school students gathered at the Cape Cod Community College, a video about last year’s WaterWORKS event was projected on a big screen. One student made a confession. “I didn’t know about any of these opportunities,” he said, speaking of the myriad water-related industries and nonprofits he had just visited with as part of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce’s Blue Economy career day...

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Helen and Napi Van Dereck. Photo courtesy of the Center for Coastal Studies.

Saying goodbye to Napi

January 29, 2020

The week before Christmas the phone rang at the Fishermen’s Alliance office and Napi was talking, which meant I needed to stop and pay attention because anytime Napi started talking you needed to focus. His mind was able to connect disparate, startling, shocking, brilliant, disquieting, cantankerous, but ultimately satisfying elements at a moment’s notice...

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Claire Fitz-Gerald. Courtesy photo.

Alumni revisited: Catching up with Claire

January 29, 2020

Growing up, Claire Fitz-Gerald always wanted to do something with oceans as a career. “I’m a Chicago native,” she says, “so at first I thought it would be at an aquarium, with dolphins.” After studying marine biology in college in New England, Fitz-Gerald got a position as a federal fisheries observer, which gave her first-hand knowledge about life on the water...

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Photo Courtesy of Christopher Seufert

Slow-Mo decisions

January 29, 2020

We all express frustration with the pace of government, how the wheels seem to turn too slowly if at all, how the process feels like a slog through mud, how weeks turn into months turn into years. Believe me, there are times when I share that feeling.

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We are partnering on a seal study this summer. Courtesy photo.

Small Boats. Big Ideas. December. 2019

January 10, 2020

Read our latest issue from December 2019!

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Dumitru Babes has worked hard to carve out a life as a fisherman. Doreen Leggett photo.

Dumitru welcomes the switch from shepherd to scalloper

December 23, 2019

Dumitru Babes came to the United States from Romania and one day he was hanging out with close friends watching the movie “Arthur.” Star Dudley Moore is drinking heavily, then told he’s had enough. Moore replies he wants “more than enough.” Sandy Keese, granddaughter, mother and grandmother of fishermen, remembers Babes hearing the line and cracking up...

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