AIS Inc. of Marion, has been awarded a five-year, $50 million contract to provide fisheries observers for federal monitoring programs in the Northeast.
Three projects proposed by the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology will be funded through the Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program.
Prior to a town hall meeting in New Bedford Saturday, Senators Warren and Markey and Rep. Keating met with fishermen to discuss the issues facing the industry.
Some relief may be coming for the fishermen of New Bedford.
In his weekly appearance on WBSM, U.S. Congressman William Keating shared some details from his conversation with Wednesday with NOAA Regional Administrator Michael Pentony, and said he expects fishermen to at least have some answers "in the next two to three weeks...
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says NOAA needs to understand it will never get a "perfect" calculation for the overfishing of "Codfather" Carlos Rafael.
Officials from NOAA say fishing vessels that transferred to Sector VII from Sector IX in New Bedford may have to wait until mid-summer to begin leasing quotas.
City Council unanimously voted to ask local, state, and federal political figures to hold an emergency summit addressing the concerns of the fishing industry.
NEW BEDFORD — Fishing vessels owned by convicted "Codfather" Carlos Rafael and others are moving out of the shut-down Sector IX, but still won't be allowed to fish.
The 55 vessels have submitted their intention to become part of Sector VII for the 2018-19 fishing year...