Until the 1990s Georges Bank, off the coasts of New England and Nova Scotia, was one of the world's most valuable fisheries. A bank is a plateau found under the surface of shallow ocean water. Georges Bank is the southernmost and the most...

Georges Bank is a large elevated area of the sea floor which separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean and is situated between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The origin of its name is obscure. The Velasco map in...

GEORGES BANK the fecund, oval-shaped area off the coast of Nantucket is central to the survival of local fisheries. Oil and gas interests are not welcome. That message needs to be sounded loudly now that Congress has approved an energy bill that could threaten...

Last week's untimely decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to close a 500-square-mile portion of Georges Bank to commercial fishing was cold and dark. In what can only be explained as a massive case of bureaucratic bungling, NOAA and the National...

Justice: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales knows he serves at the pleasure of the president. So do all 93 U.S. attorneys, who can be fired merely for the color of their tie. Just ask former U.S. Attorney Jay B. Stephens.Judging from the cacophonous Democratic demands that...

Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.Three initiatives are under way in New England aimed at developing gear that won't harm the whales without putting too much of a burden...