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• ‘Deadliest Catch’ Season 13: Captains Bill Wichrowski and Keith Colburn’s life more appealing than Josh Harris?

  Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” season 13 is already up for production and already a captain is not coming back. Rumors are swirling that the lives of Read More »

• Lobster Glut – Cape Breton plants struggle to handle extra lobster

  Record landings along parts of the Cape Breton coast have resulted in a backlog of lobster. As a result, large buyers in Area 26B, from Pleasant Read More »
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  Commercial fishing company becomes first to be banned in New Zealand

  In what’s believed to be a first in New Zealand, a commercial company has been banned from fishing. The company run by the Hawke’s Bay D’Esposito Read More »

• Anchorage, Seattle greet first fish of Copper River salmon season

  The ceremonial first fish of the Copper River salmon season has arrived in Seattle on an airplane from Alaska. Thousands of pounds of salmon arrived on Read More »

• Alaska’s record pink salmon harvest in 2013 could create a market glut that will drive prices down for several years.

  Alaska fishing fleets caught 219 million pink salmon last year. That helped fill an estimated 4 million cases of tall pink cans and left companies with Read More »

• Greenpeace International: The behavior of the longline tuna fisheries industry is scandalous

  Amsterdam, 20 November 2013 – A grave lack of regulations hinders sustainable management of the world’s oversized longline tuna fishery fleets, Greenpeace International warned as it Read More »

• SANDY, Oregon: Millions of smelt return to the Sandy River

  The river was full of the silver fish, which were put on the threatened species list three years ago because of dwindling runs. This was their Read More »
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  Most likely Carnival Cruise Lines is responsible for 18+ Right Whale deaths in the past 3 year, at which rate they would soon be extinct.

  Human caused Right whale deaths have suddenly, in sync with a plummeting whale birthrate, put the right whale on the path to extinction.,,, There is the simple Read More »
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  Ocean Choice International will not be prosecuted for illegal fishing charge

  In court, OCI’s lawyer argued a technicality and on Thursday, Judge James Walsh dismissed a charge of illegal fishing against the company. The charge arose from Read More »

• F/V Aspasia Skipper honored for role in Icy Strait rescue

  John Hagen’s name did not make the news last June, when he intentionally beached his troller Aspasia in Icy Strait to rescue Tim Lane, who was Read More »

• Tofino whale watching tragedy rescuers honoured by Lifesaving Society

  Ten people who helped rescue victims after a whale watching boat capsized off the coast of Tofino in October, 2015 have been awarded medals for their Read More »

• Letter: Searching for an explanation on fishing woes – Pew Charitable Trusts, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization” doesn’t have the answer

  Question: Where have all the fish gone? Overfishing? Doubtful. Consider that NMFS has levied quotas, closures, species limitations, increases in net sizes, tracking programs on fishermen, Read More »

• The first year of a three-year experiment allowing commercial fishing for whitefish in southern Lake Huron is wrapping up.

  Tom Goniea, the administrator for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ commercial fishing program, said of Pinconning had collapsed his trap nets before pulling them. “He’s Read More »

• Good lobster year helps boat builders – Video

  People who work in Maine’s lobster industry have been celebrating after what many say was a good year. The higher incomes mean that after a number Read More »
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  Virginia escapes sanction — for now — that could shut down menhaden fishing

  A threat to shut down Virginia’s menhaden fishery disappeared after an interstate commission decided it wouldn’t find the state out of a compliance with a new Read More »
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  Black sea bass quota reduction for N.Y. has local lawmakers up in arms

  The decision last month by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to reduce New York’s black sea bass quota by 12 percent this year has anglers, Read More »
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  Jack Spillane: A Shakespearean tragedy on the New Bedford waterfront

  How corrupt is the New Bedford waterfront? John Bullard seems to think it’s more than a little corrupt. Jon Mitchell seems to think it’s corrupt mostly Read More »

• Tahoe Lobster Co. Crawdad trap theft tops $21,000

  tahoedailytribune.com – Tahoe Lobster Co. traps have continued to disappear from Lake Tahoe, threatening the lake’s first commercial crawfish harvest operation. Tahoe Lobster Co. Owner Fred Read More »

• Maine’s elver industry could be shut down in August

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An interstate fisheries commission postponed a decision Tuesday on whether to scale back or even shut down the highly profitable baby eel fishery Read More »

• Confusion, rancor, and yes, fear, after LIPA wind farm meeting postponed

  New York State’s decision to postpone LIPA’s consideration of an offshore wind farm that is popular with environmentalists prompted confusion and rancor in its aftermath, as Read More »
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  Holy mackerel! Civilisation begins with fishing

  Fishing, writes Fagan, ‘has created the modern world’. It is a startling claim, particularly given the wont of prehistorians to focus on hunting, gathering and then Read More »

• Menhaden rules to be heard Today by Md. Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review Committee

  For watermen, this is a chance for their voice to be heard on regulations that some, like Bob Newberry, who is a co-organizer for the Harvesters Read More »

• Opinion: Rafael’s assets could fund observer program

  Any discussion of fishery management nowadays — official and casual alike — is likely to include musings on what should happen to the assets forfeited by Read More »
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  Advanced workboat propulsion controls unveiled

  Twin Disc has introduced contactless sensors to its range of commercial-grade propulsion controls for workboats. The EC300 Power Commander now comes with magnetic, contactless hall-effect sensors Read More »

• Mulcair fisheries commitment brings hope to Newfoundland and Labrador

  JUNE 8, 2015, ST. JOHN’S – Last Thursday in Corner Brook, nearly a hundred fish harvesters, concerned citizens and political leaders gathered to stand up for Read More »