Dr. Dave Reidmiller joins the podcast to discuss a recent study out of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution which found that the Gulf Stream is warming and weakening. Ben and Dave give an overview of the importance of the Gulf Stream, why a warming Gulf Stream is a weaker Gulf Stream, and what that could mean for the Gulf of Maine, the Atlantic Ocean, and the rest of the world. 

We also throw some cold water on the “Day After Tomorrow" scenario that some alarmist publications have suggested is happening.

More Info at the MCFA Blog https://www.mainecoastfishermen.org/post/podcast-a-weakening-gulf-stream-with-david-reidmiller

Dr. Dave Reidmiller joins the podcast to discuss …

A Weakening Gulf Stream with David Reidmiller

Dr. Jamie Cournane of the New England Fishery Management Council joins Ben Martens to talk haddock.  The most recent stock assessment indicates that fishermen need to cut their catch by over 80% as the biomass is lower than previously thought. Dr. Cournane walks us through the stock assessment process, what might have gone wrong, and what the future looks like for this important fishery.

Dr. Jamie Cournane of the New England Fishery Man…

A haddock disaster with Dr. Jamie Cournane

Colleen Coogan of NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, joins Dock Talk to give an update on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team's work to protect northern right whales. What's on the table? How is the Take Reducation Team determining "risk" to right whales? Who is ultimately making regulation decisions? And how can fishermen  engage in the process? 

To learn more about this issue. Listen to our previous episode Dock Talk with Patrice McCarron of the Maine Lobstermen's Association.

Colleen Coogan of NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic…

Colleen Coogan and NOAA's Take Reduction Team

Menhaden has been referred to as the "most important fish in the sea" in reference to its role as forage in the Atlantic. Its importance to Maine's working waterfront is much more nuanced as it's only recently returned to Maine waters but has already become of outsized importance as forage and bait in the Gulf of Maine. In this episode of Maine Coast Dock Talk, Ben Martens talks with Megan Ware of the Maine Department of Marine Resources to better understand what's happening with menhaden.

Menhaden has been referred to as the "most import…

Menhaden Updates with Megan Ware of Maine Department of Marine Resources

The Maine Lobstermen's Association's executive director Patrice McCarron joins Dock Talk to give an update on three lawsuits moving forward regarding the future of the commercial lobster fishery in Maine in response to a call to protect right whales. 

Right whales are a critically endangered species in the Atlantic and NOAA fisheries have started to develop and implement new rules and regulations to try and protect the whales from extintion.  

Environmental activists and fishing associations both have concerns about the process, and as such have filed three separate lawsuits in response to decisions that have been made and the data behind those decisions. 

Patrice gives a breakdown of where we are, and some of the concerns she has for the future of the Maine lobstering community

The Maine Lobstermen's Association's executive di…

MLA's Patrice McCarron with Right Whales and Lobster Legal Updates

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