I grew up on the beach. My mom had summer rental cottages at the shore, where we worked and lived. Accommodations were spare but from the front door step the vista was limitless. The sound of surf was always in the background. My dad was a scuba diver at a time when...
As the turtle said, “Dude, you’ve got serious thrill issues.” There aren’t many places in the world where bluefin tuna venture so close to shore that a person can paddle out to cast for them from a kayak. But Race Point off the tip of Cape Cod is one of those...
John on Press Herald Post Have you ever attended a planning board meeting? There has been considerable discussion of “urban sprawl” in southern Maine. Town planning departments and planning boards are where citizens confront these questions of sprawl and manage the...
John on Press Herald Post Recreational fishermen are up in arms! Soon they’ll be protesting in the streets of Augusta, pounding on the doors of the Legislature. Liberté! Equalité! Fraternité! Unite against bureaucracy! So what’s the fuss? Because a recent federal...
John on Press Herald Post From the deck of a boat it all just looks like water. But from a fish eye view, this is a wonderful place. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is at the ecological heart of the Gulf of Maine. This is where cold nutrient-rich water,...
John on Press Herald Post Marine fisheries are a multi-billion dollar industry. The New England Fishery Management Council serves, in effect, as the board of trustees for the production line and operations of this industry. Individually, Council appointees are...