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• Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 60′ Live-Aboard/Shrimper – Twin Detroit 671’s

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• ‘Ministers strike a balance to protect livelihoods’ – December Council outcomes

  Despite pressure from environmental lobby groups, ministers took advantage of the flexibilities provided for them them by the to reduce proposed cuts on a number of Read More »

• Maine lobster company hit the genetic jackpot by catching two rare albino lobsters in consecutive weeks.

  The odds of catching a single albino lobster, the rarest of all lobster color schemes, are reportedly 1 in 100 million. But Elizabeth Watkinson, an owner Read More »

• Cooling water in the Fraser River system take heat off returning salmon

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is relieved to see water temperatures in the Fraser River system slowly dropping from summertime highs that could have proved Read More »

• New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Hearing to air proposal to reduce take in scallop fishing

  CONCORD — A public hearing on proposed amendments to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department marine fisheries rules, as well as proposed rule changes for Read More »

• Sea cucumber management changes take effect June 11

  A commercial daily trip and vessel limit of 200 sea cucumbers will go into effect June 11 in state and federal waters off Florida. Read more Read More »

• Times are tough – Rockland refuses to waive fees for Maine Lobster Festival

  The Maine Lobster Festival will have to shell out money to the city for the annual summer waterfront celebration. The council voted 4-1 Monday night to Read More »

• Washing up on the Florida Coast, Military Ordinance, Unexploded Bombs, Dumped in Gulf of Mexico

  Texas A& M oceanographic researcher have reported that unexploded bombs and other military ordnance washing up on the Florida coast has brought more awareness U.S. government Read More »

• Another fishing industry bashing article – this time it’s fuel subsidy

  Here are some excerpts from the recent Guardian’s fuel subsidy article: “Fuel subsidies ‘drive fishing industry’s plunder of the high seas’ Spain, France, UK, US and Japan Read More »

• NCFA Weekly Update

  Weekly Update for September 5, 2014 as a PDF 10:33 Read More »
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  Sandy Stokes and the C.C.Venture spent four days stuck in Bonavista Bay

  After days stuck in pack ice in Bonavista Bay, Sandy Stokes and the crew of the C.C. Venture freed themselves with some clever thinking. With only a few Read More »
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  Cuomo Calls for “Citizen Fleet” to Block Offshore Drilling

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has introduced new legislation to ban offshore oil and gas exploration in New York State’s waters.,, Cuomo has gone one step further Read More »

• Yellowtail flounder giveaway will not harm scallopers this year

  The scallop fleet heaved a collective sigh of relief Friday when NOAA Fisheries announced the industry would not suffer for a good deed. Every year, groundfishermen and Read More »

• National Research Council’s Fisheries report boosts both sides

  “As we continue to digest the report, we are very pleased to see a variety of third-party findings that mirror what our organization and our fishermen Read More »

• Oregon Coast to see new restricted areas – become off-limits to fishing and other “consumptive” recreational pastimes and commercial fishing beginning Wednesday.

  Restrictions begin at two new marine reserves at Cascade Head just north of Lincoln City and at Cape Perpetua south of Yachats, as well as slightly Read More »

• UPDATED: Charlie Melancon resigns from post as secretary of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

  Melancon spent most of his brief tenure either pissing people off or running another typical Louisiana corruption scheme. The biggest issue that has arisen in Melancon’s Read More »

• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Approves Omnibus Recreational Accountability Measure Amendment

  During a meeting last week in Eatontown, New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted on a suite of alternatives that would change the way the Read More »

• Virginia Marine Resources Commission hits fisherman with new maximum punishment

  Last year, state lawmakers answered a plea from Virginia’s commercial fishing industry to toughen the penalties for watermen who repeatedly break the law. On Tuesday, the Read More »
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  Fight for fishermen – European Union bid to grab UK fish stocks under Brexit revealed

  Leaked reports claimed this week that MEPs in the European Parliament are drafting provisions to be included in the final Brexit agreement – including legislation that Read More »
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  Legendary Beaufort waterman caught the big one when ‘Forrest Gump’ came to town

  Jimmie Lee Stanley was all but born in the river, and he was surf fishing for black drum, flounder and speckled trout the weekend before he Read More »

• Editorial: Get federal fisheries aid to those who need it

  The talk of scuttling or at least pushing back any buyback program surfaced through a meeting held a week ago today among NOAA representatives, New England Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance December 8, 2013

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• Just Now!! Coast Guard Station Gloucester races to respond to a distress call. Somebody is in trouble out there……

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  DFO to study fish mortality at Annapolis tidal plant

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada has commissioned a scientific review of the Annapolis Tidal Turbine’s impact on fish populations.,, The 20-megawatt tidal generating station in the Annapolis Read More »
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  SAFMC decides for now to not limit the number of head and charter boats

  Some good news. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council at their meeting this month decided, at least for now, to not move forward with limiting the Read More »