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Cassandra TillotsonImagine a troller headed out to sea in search of its catch. Logbooks and experience tell the captain where to look. But ocean conditions are changing, and so is fish behavior. Historical knowledge is not as helpful as it once was.Today’s fishermen need more information, according to Melissa Sanderson, Chief Operating Officer of the Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman’s Alliance. -
Courtesy of New Bedford Community Health.In the heart of downtown New Bedford, a city forged by the diversity of its fishing, merchant and whaling history, stands the New Bedford Community Health center. Its commitment to the city’s complex, multilingual fabric is deep: it provides health care regardless of a patient’s immigration status, and its website offers translation in more than 200 languages.
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This time of year, spiny dogfish are swimming in the water off Cape Cod and the great shearwater seabird is also passing through. That combination can be trouble when spiny dogfish gillnet fishermen bait their nets. -
With just five guests and one journalist, this nearly private tour happens on a 35-foot fishing boat. But the only thing they’ll be fishing for is an eyeful of a feared and fascinating ocean predator: the great white shark. -
The partial government shutdown that started just after midnight Wednesday means an estimated 750,000 federal workers will be furloughed and many federal offices closed. -
With the recreational bay scallop season approaching, Agnes Mittermayr, of The Center for Costal Studies, has some advice for scallopers. -
It’s been about 50 years since researchers first discovered fresh water deep below the ocean floor. But the undersea aquifer off Cape Cod hasn’t been studied until now. -
A draft environmental report on the Cape Cod bridges replacement project is now available for public viewing, and state transportation officials held an open house Thursday in Bourne to solicit comments and answer questions. -
There are fewer striped bass than there should be. That’s according to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. -
New Bedford faces growing environmental and health concerns as it becomes the most waste-burdened city in Massachusetts. Residents and advocates link nearby landfills to a rise in cancer cases and are calling for stronger environmental justice protections. -
Likely topics of discussion include water contamination, the role of host communities, and the storage of spent nuclear fuel, which will continue at Pilgrim indefinitely. -
The order represents a rare — and, at least for now, temporary — win for the offshore wind industry, which has been a frequent target of the Trump administration.
