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Showing posts with label coastal issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coastal issues. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Hurricane season officially begins June 1. Experts are planning for an active Atlantic.

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NOAA experts predict a busy hurricane season that isn't as extreme as 2024. Hurricane season 2025 officially begins June 1 and forecaste...
Friday, April 11, 2025

Even with tariff pause, plans to increase costs for shrimp imports give small coastal communities hope

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Last year most U.S. shrimpers lost money. (Adobe Stock photo) Despite shrimp's jumbo appeal to U.S. consumers, American shrimpers have s...
Friday, February 07, 2025

Beachcombers find their treasure in washed-up items from the sea. Items include rubber ducks and diamond rings.

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Man looks out over the shoreline. (Unsplash photo) One man's trash is another's treasure and John Anderson’s trove is filled with i...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Reviving a native coastal hay could be the solution for farmers experiencing saltwater intrusions on their land

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Salt hay is naturally weed-free and rot resistant. (Graphic by Adam Dixon, Ambrook Research) As saltwater intrusion occurs more frequently a...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

As warming waters drive lobster north, Mainers raise kelp

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Justin Papkee, a partner farmer with Atlantic Sea Farms, hauls up kelp lines with the help of his crew, Jim Ranaghan and Chris Papkee, off L...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

In an unprecedented move, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross overrules a fish-catch limit

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Summer flounder (Boston Globe illustration) Earlier this month, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross dismissed a report from the Atlantic St...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Privatized fishing rights mean the industry has less economic benefit for coastal towns

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A national push to make seafood more sustainable is forcing small and independent fishing operations to compete with wealthy investors an...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Conflicts of interest, lack of transparency trouble the California Coastal Commission

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In a controversial and unpopular move, the California Coastal Commission last week held a closed-door meeting to fire executive director...
Friday, August 08, 2014

Registration deadline approaching for free science journalist seminars on climate change

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The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting is offering journalists a pair of free science seminars on covering climate ch...
Friday, April 11, 2014

April 16 deadline for journalists to register for free climate-change seminars April 23-25 in D.C.

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Two free climate-change seminars for journalists are scheduled April 23 and April 24-25 in Washington, D.C. The seminars, sponsored by the ...