Wilson Quoted in BDN Editorial on Fisheries Management
James Wilson, a University of Maine marine sciences professor, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Regulations have done little to boost cod in Gulf of Maine: Lobster management offers clear direction.” According to the editorial, regulators craft uniform rules to cover vast areas of the ocean; as if the ocean is a uniform ecosystem. “The Gulf of Maine is a very diverse place,” Wilson said. “Down East Maine, it’s totally different from Casco Bay, and Casco Bay is totally different from Gloucester and from Provincetown. When we manage fish, we treat all those areas as if they were the same.”