COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 25 -- The Journal of Marine Science, a journal that says it serves as a foundation for scientific advice across the broad spectrum of management and conservation issues related to the marine environment from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 81, Issue 3): Food for Thought: * A personal reflection on changes in marine science education over the past sixty years O  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Read my op-ed in the Portland Press Herald What do Manhattan and Maine have in common? Most would say not too much. Typically, they would be right. Yet the Big Apple and the Pine Tree State face a pair of common challenges today: historically tight labor markets and an influx of people desperately seeking asylum. Like other cities and states coming out of the pandemic, Maine is enduring unprecedented sta  more

STONINGTON, Maine, May 22 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on May 21, 2024: Governor Janet Mills today signed an Executive Order to establish a new commission that will develop the State of Maine's first plan for long-term infrastructure resilience. The creation of the commission comes in the wake of several devastating storms, including in December 2023 and January 2024 that caused an estimated $90 million in damage to public infrastructure across the state. Earlier th  more

ORLANDO, Florida, May 24 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: Following news that Red Lobster has filed for bankruptcy and closed dozens of restaurants, PETA is dispatching a delivery for CEO Jonathan Tibus that contains delicious, flaky crab-free crabcakes as well as a nip of whiskey and a note encouraging him to take a shot, then give vegan seafood a shot. "Red Lobster's day of reckoning for selling the flesh of sea animals who were abducted from   more

FOREST KNOLLS, California, May 18 -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release: In an inexplicable move, the National Marine Fisheries Service has allowed a little known fishery that targets bottom-dwelling sablefish -- also known as black cod or butterfish to expand into federally designated critical habitat for critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtles. The West Coast sablefish pot fishery places its fish trap pots placed on the bottom of the ocean attac  more