As communications coordinator for Maine Sea Grant, Catherine Schmitt conveys research findings and information about the coasts and oceans to Maine residents and visitors. She has worked on science publications from the shores of Chesapeake Bay for the University of Marlyand, spent two years as a wetlands consultant in western Massachusetts, and studied salt marshes with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. Her writing on science, nature, and environmental issues appears in regional and national newspapers and magazines.
B.S. University of Massachusetts, 1998 M.S. University of Maine, 2003
Illex Squid Closure Reshapes Atlantic Commercial Season United States
NOAA limits directed fishery through year-end after projecting 96% of domestic quota will be harvested
The directed fishery for Illex squid (Illex illecebrosus) is formally closed in United States fe...
Norway Pelagic Fisheries Report, Week 34 Norway
Mackerel Fishing Underway in the Norwegian Sea
First Large-Sized Landings Mark the Start of the Main Offshore Season, While Coastal Fleet Reports Modest Captures and Progress Continues Across North S...
The Sea That Pays and the MEF That Subtracts Peru
Every time an industrial vessel owner unloads anchoveta, jack mackerel, chub mackerel, tuna, hake, or common cusk-eel, they pay a fishing right to the State. It is not a revenue-driven whim, as Articl...
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