October's most-read stories seem fitting for the month of Halloween — ill-fated ships and spooky premonitions, lone wolves, and pilotless aircraft all made the list. As well, some deadlines with consequences and controversy surrounding a proposed East Coast marine monument. Catch up on all you may have missed last month.
"The best advantage we have now to effectively manage fisheries and coastal economies is flexibility and the ability to respond quickly to these sudden and sometimes unpredictable changes."
"If you miss any of them it just might cost you a bunch of money and loss of fishing time."
3. For the crew of the Isidore
"There doesn’t seem to be a single member of the crew who felt safe getting on the boat that day."
"More and more fishermen and scientists are sticking their head in the clouds to learn more about the ocean."
“I love the ocean. It’s not all about the money. It’s my soul.”
6. Diver died while untangling rope from prop
Police are investigating the death of a diver in Portland Harbor who appears to have been hit by a spinning propeller.
7. Search suspended for El Faro crew members
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for survivors of the cargo ship El Faro.
8. Thailand siezes 8,000 fishing trawlers
Thailand seized more than 8,000 trawlers in an effort to crack down on illegal fishing practices.
9. Scientists catch billions of fish under Arctic ice
"For the first time, we've been able to use a special net directly below the sea ice to catch a large number of polar cod, and therefore to estimate their prevalence over a large area. If you extrapolate these findings, there could be more than nine billion polar cod living under the ice in the Eastern Arctic.”
10. Editor's log: The frontier spirit
“It’s because of her hard work and that of her colleagues in Alaska and around the country that the president put the state on his itinerary this summer.”
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