Bhavana Scalia-Bruce

Bhavana Scalia-Bruce

Associate Editor

Bhavana Scalia-Bruce is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. She attended the University of Maine studying journalism and Spanish. Before joining the SeafoodSource team, Bhavana worked for DownEast magazine as an editorial intern, as well as a columnist and business manager for UMaine’s student award-winning newspaper, the Maine Campus.

USD 11 million awarded to Atlantic herring fisheries in response to 2019 fisheries disaster

Published on
May 16, 2022

Atlantic herring fishermen in the U.S. states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island will receive USD 11.3 million (EUR 10.8 million) in funding from the U.S. government.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo declared the 2019 Atlantic herring fishery a “fishery disaster” on 22 November, 2021, after reviewing NOAA Fisheries data showing herring population and catch levels breached levels stipulated for a fishery

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US EPA appeals board denies environmental challenge of Velella Epsilon project

Published on
May 12, 2022
An appeal challenging a permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Velella Epsilon open-ocean aquaculture project has been largely rejected.

An appeal challenging a permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Velella Epsilon open-ocean aquaculture project has been largely rejected ... 

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