Tag: fishing

  • The White Whale

    The White Whale

    Michael Gorman looked up to his older brother Kevin. Kevin was smart, independent, rebellious. He became a commercial fisherman, despite the fact that fishing jobs were drying up. But along the way Kevin developed a heroin addiction that took over his life, and he died of an overdose. Michael’s response to his brother’s death was to write a series of plays that make parallels between Melville’s “Moby Dick” and opiate addiction in the fishing industry. Gorman has brought his plays to venues like the Portland Fish Exchange in Portland, Maine, and the Fisherman’s Co-op in Vinalhaven, where they become part teach-in, part community catharsis. His latest play, “Chasing the New White Whale,” runs at LaMama theater in New York through December 9, 2018.

    Links

    Chasing the New White Whale at La Mama

    Music

    “Flaked Paint” by Blue Dot Sessions

  • Something Fishy, part 2

    Something Fishy, part 2

    This episode is the second of a two-part series. Listen to the first part here.

    Conservation-minded regulations have cut New England’s groundfish fleet in half. But have they improved the health of the ecosystem?

    Some fish stocks are recovering, while others – like cod – have continued to decline. And the quota system designed to protect those species creates a perverse incentive: fishermen are throwing dead fish overboard rather than landing them, further damaging the health of the stocks.

    [image credit: NOAA]

  • Something Fishy, part 1

    Something Fishy, part 1

    Tim Rider loves to fish, and he does it well: the fish he catches bring top dollar at high-end restaurants in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire for their quality. But even though his operation is a model of ecological stewardship, regulations designed to help rebuild depleted fish stocks in New England are making it hard for small-scale fishermen like Tim to make a living.

    [image credit: Tim Rider]

     

    Links

    New England Fishmongers

    Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance

    Paul Molyneaux