Wilson Quoted in NPR Report on Gulf of Maine Cod Fishing Ban
James Wilson, a University of Maine marine sciences professor, was quoted in the National Public Radio report, “Regulators ban cod fishing in Gulf of Maine as stocks dwindle.” Wilson spoke about how fishermen and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists are coming up with two different views of cod populations. “When the feds report that, on average, there are no codfish, or very few, they’re correct. When the fishermen in Gloucester report they see a lot of codfish, they’re correct. The problem is trying to manage the system as if it was a single system when in fact, it is a system that has many different parts,” he said. Wilson said that as water depths and temperatures change, fish species are moving into different places.