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• Cost of Canada’s new flagship ocean science vessel jumps a further $300M

  The budget for Canada’s new flagship ocean research ship increased 28 per cent this year jumping from $995 million to $1.28 billion. Construction of the offshore Read More »
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  Port of Bellingham plans Fisherman’s Pavilion for commercial fishermen, events

  The Port of Bellingham recently applied for a shoreline permit to build a 9,000-square-foot unheated building in the outdoor storage yard near the park. The building, Read More »
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  Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 11, 2020

  The run in Bristol Bay is over 30 million fish, 30.8 million to be exact. Total harvest baywide was 2.1 million yesterday, bringing the season’s harvest Read More »
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  Letter of the Day: Respect the vote and let open LFA 24 on May 6

  I am here to talk about our concerns about the delay in our lobster fishery to May 15th. We the fishers of Lobster Area 24 voted Read More »

• Letter: Accumulation of quota harms fishing industry – Frederick Brodsky – southcoasttoday.com

  October 18, 2012 12:00 AM Accumulation of fishing quota harms the whole industry I keep reading about the demise of the fishing industry as the result Read More »

• Louisiana House moves turtle extruder shrimp-net rule moves forward unanimously

  The Louisiana House took a great step forward on Wednesday when it unanimously passed a House Bill 688. The measure — if it passes and is Read More »

• U.S. to focus on climate change, oceans as new chair of Arctic Council

  The United States is starting its term as chair of the Arctic Council by adamantly steering clear of geopolitical and military issues, in favour of focusing Read More »

• EPA Awards $500,000 to Reduce Marine Emissions

  Two Massachusetts projects have been awarded more than half a million dollars under a competitive national grant competition to reduce diesel emissions. more@ecori 09:48 Read More »

• Rights of Spawning Salmon Could Trump Gold Miners’ Federal Guarantee

  Salmon spawning in America’s great Northwest is nothing but a brief, fleeting romance that is always followed by death. However, the annual rite of watery reproduction Read More »

• Alaska – Better alternatives to fisheries observer program story – dwarfed by the public comment!

  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) recently approved a restructured observer program that extends observer coverage to Alaska’s small boat fleet. With the National Marine Read More »
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  New boat joins the Stonington lobster fleet

  Sunday was a great day to have a picnic along the shore of Eggemoggin Reach even without an excuse. The celebration for the launching of Stonington Read More »
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  Town Dock to offer vaccine clinic for commercial fishermen, employees

  The Town Dock in Narragansett is partnering with the Governor’s Office, the Department of Health, and the Department of Environmental Management to host a vaccine clinic Read More »

• NatGeo renews ‘Wicked Tuna’ as Season Five closes

  As the fifth season of the hit National Geographic Channel series “Wicked Tuna” comes to a climax Monday, May 16, with the finale, NatGeo announced that Read More »
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  Coast Guard medevacs an injured fisherman 80 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska

  An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew based out of Air Station Kodiak and deployed aboard Cutter Alex Haley, hoisted the man from the vessel Magnus Martens after Read More »

• New Virginia Institute of Marine Science study shows ‘dead zone’ impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes

  The study, published in the May issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series, was authored by Andre Buchheister, a Ph.D. student in William & Mary’s School of Read More »
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  Latest DFO assessment of NL snow crab presents a ‘mixed bag’ of stock health

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) released its stock assessment for snow crab Tuesday, Feb. 26 and overall it was described as a “mixed bag.” Read More »

• Upcoming Alaska Navy training exercises prompt protest plans for Saturday

  A Navy training exercise planned in the Gulf of Alaska has sparked heated opposition in a small commercial fishing town nearby whose residents say the drills Read More »

• An era ends: Wanchese seafood operation to close in March

  Started as a small business 88 years ago by a native Outer Banks fisherman, the Wanchese Fish Co., now a global behemoth, is closing the doors Read More »

• Heiltsuk heartbroken by herring fishery’s re-start, with RCMP protection

  It’s come to this.  The police protection of the controversial herring fishing, on B.C.’s central coast.  Heiltsuk Nation had opposed the return of the large fishing Read More »
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  Letter on Fish Farming – Shame on NOAA

  NOAA, of all organizations, knows how destructive fish farms are to the ocean and its inhabitants (“NOAA wants to fund more fish farming to offset trade Read More »

• Mammoth tooth possibly found in NH local waters

  RYE — A local fisherman landed a mammoth catch this week — literally. Mike Anderson was fishing for scallops on the F/V Rimrack out of Rye Harbor Read More »

• URGENT:::NEW ENGLAND:::Fwd: National Ocean Policy – Fishermen, are you losing your voice and democratic rights?

  I’m fwding this message to anyone in the area who’s interested in what the govt. and Big Biz has in store for our ocean—it ain’t about fishing and Read More »

• Police find 2 bodies near missing fishermen’s boat – 1 body recovered earlier near Tabusintac on Saturday

  Two bodies have been found close to a submerged boat off the coast of New Brunswick, a day after a boat capsized with three crew members Read More »

• The Pirates of Bodega Bay – Crab Fleet still testing crabs with Domoic Acid

  A little-known fact is, Pirates in the 17th and 18th Centuries created one of the first democracies, voting for their captains and quartermasters, and voting them Read More »
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  Charged with illegal fishing, Mi’kmaw man seeks to redefine Supreme Court’s Marshall decision

  Exactly 18 years after the Supreme Court of Canada issued a clarification of its ruling on Indigenous peoples’ right to fish, a Mi’kmaw fisherman from New Brunswick’s lawsuit against Read More »