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• The Enviro’s are Howling over the Icelandic whale meat shipment to Japan

  Environmentalists reacted angrily Tuesday to a controversial shipment of fin whale meat to Japan by an Icelandic whaling company, saying it flouted international conservation agreements. Iceland Read More »

• Twillingate fisherman ready to sell cod, but no one is buying

  John Gillett is ready to start landing cod, but no one is buying. “I didn’t sell either cod fish in July and (as of Aug. 11) I Read More »

• Letters to the Editor – Managing bycatch, Earl Southworth

  Bycatch from Seattle-based trawlers is killing Alaska’s fisheries and local fishing economy. In the early 1990s, my personal livelihood was negatively affected. Now, all Alaskan fishermen Read More »

• Compass: New federal ocean policy bodes ill for Alaska – Rep. Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage,

  ADN- Alaskans today have tremendous potential opportunities that can provide lasting benefits for decades to come.  Plentiful energy and mineral resources, new Arctic shipping lanes, vibrant Read More »

• After a long battle, Drake’s Bay Oyster Co. packs it in

  On Dec. 31, after a long battle with the National Park Service, the California Coastal Commission, the Department of the Interior and wilderness advocates, owner Kevin Read More »

• ‘Precision fishing’ trial confirmed to help the tiddlers

  A new form of commercial fishing has improved the survival rates for by-catch, scientists involved in the New Zealand project said. The system – which uses Read More »

• The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered that approximately 800,000 fish at a Gray Aquaculture site in Goblin Bay be destroyed.

  A statement released in the week of June 2 to June 8, by the CFIA read in part: ‘Given the similarity of the strain between the site Read More »

• Coming Soon to your Province! U.S. company applies to sell genetically modified salmon in Canada

  Massachusetts-based biotech company AquaBounty Technologies has applied to the federal government for permission to market genetically engineered farm-grown Atlantic salmon. Read more here vancouversun 22:45 Read More »

• Lobster marketing wars? Canada launches effort to develop unique Canadian lobster brand

  When someone orders lobster at a restaurant in New York City, chances are the menu touts it as “Maine” lobster. Ask someone on the streets of Read More »

• Codfish numbers at key fishery hits all-time low

  “The analysis really presents a grim picture for the recovery of the stock,” Brown said. “Every indicator of the stock condition has declined or worsened between Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues fisherman off Chatham

  The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 38-year-old man from a fishing boat 50 miles east of Chatham early Sunday morning, according to a Coast Guard media Read More »

• Bearing Sea Snow Crabbers Face Icy End of Season

  Unalaska Community Broadcasting – The Bering Sea snow crab season is almost over, but the final stretch is shaping up to be icy. continued Read More »

• Fish Skin Art Combines Past with Present

  Native Alaskans and other people of the north have tanned fish skins for centuries to make bags, shoes, and other useful items. Now fish skin leather Read More »

• Northeast region: Change to Days-at-Se​a Program Point of Contact and Informatio​n Hotline

  If you fish under one of the days-at-sea (DAS) programs in the Northeast region (multispecies, monkfish, or sea scallop), NOAA Fisheries wants you to know that, Read More »
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  Abandoned And Adrift, The Alaska Patriot Has Been Sunk In The North Pacific

  The Alaska Patriot has been sunk in the North Pacific. Because of incoming inclement weather, the Coast Guard cutter Sherman left the area Wednesday evening while Read More »

• Open invitation issued for Parade of Boats to welcome the Charles W. Morgan

  NEW BEDFORD — Almost anything that floats, that is at least 15 feet long and is fast enough is welcome in the Charles W. Morgan Homecoming Read More »

• Striped Bass In Trouble, It’s Time For Recreational Anglers To Drastically Limit Their Catch

  In his book, “The Founding Fish,” John McPhee makes the argument that the American shad, given its role in our nation’s history is indeed “America’s fish” (the Read More »

• Remnants of Salizar: 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.

  The 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday that it lacked jurisdiction to review Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s discretionary decision not to issue a new operational permit for Drakes Bay. Read More »

• Two Kiribati fishermen lost at sea for 7 days, found in six minutes

  Two Kiribati fishermen lost at sea for days were found on Wednesday just six minutes into a search that targeted a massive patch of ocean, New Read More »

• Maine fisheries chief moves to suspend license of accused lobsterman

  Theodore Gray, 34, was charged May 9 after Marine Patrol officers found him in possession of 269 lobsters shorter than the minimum size limit, 123 breeding Read More »

• Maine’s 2012 seafood harvest worth record $528M

  Lobster was Maine’s top fishery for the year by far, with a record 127 million-pound catch valued at a record $341 million. Lobster accounted for 65 Read More »

• Swans Island sisters forge careers on the sea

  Lesley and Leah Ranquist, sisters in their early 20s, were first introduced to fishing when they were mere kindergarteners. Now they are among the 4 percent Read More »

• FLORIDA KEYS – Stone Crab Prices Putting The Pinch On Wallets – many Florida Keys commercial fishermen are struggling

  FLORIDA KEYS (CBSMiami) – Just two months into stone crab season, many Florida Keys commercial fisherman are struggling or even giving up, despite skyhigh prices for Read More »
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  Craziest lobster contest

  There are blue lobsters, spotted lobsters, bi-colour and rainbow ones. That’s in addition to the bizarre versions with extra appendages. Billy Mole, marketing manager for Murray Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues fisherman after vessel sinks near Newport, Ore.

  The master of the 28-foot fishing vessel Rip Rider contacted Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Oregon, at 8:20 a.m., via VHF-FM radio reporting that he was Read More »