Tag Archives: National Research Council.
TriNav Marine Design’s battery powered fishing boat wins $500K efficiency competition
A marine engineering company based in Newfoundland and Labrador has won the grand prize of a government competition to design a more full-efficient inshore fishing boat in Atlantic Canada. TriNav Marine Design of St. John’s was one of three finalists,,, Henry Demone, a former CEO of High Liner Foods, chaired the selection committee for the competition, He said TrivNav’s design is more efficient but has similar characteristics to the type of vessels that fishermen use today. “We didn’t want to choose a winner that fishermen would have difficulty considering when they upgrade their vessels,” >click to read< 18:24
Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Science report shows need for Magnuson changes
Last week’s report from the National Research Council — a wing of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences — is being spun by NOAA officials and the giant green nonprofits as showing that the agency’s steps toward rebuilding many fish stocks have proven successful. And the report indeed finds that 43 percent of the stocks initially categorized as being “overfished” are in full or partial recovery — thanks, of course, to the fact that Gloucester’s, New England’s and America’s fishermen have, for years now, abided by federal rules. more@GDT 00:41
Committee chaired by UNH prof releases final Gulf of Mexico restoration report
University of New Hampshire professor Larry Mayer, director of UNH’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, chaired the committee that produced the congressionally mandated report, released Wednesday, July 10. [email protected]
