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• 12-year-old Mainer becomes local tuna fishing legend

  Myles Wotton, 12, of Bristol has been watching his father, Donald, older brothers, Mitchell and Merritt, and other area fishermen bring in tuna since he was Read More »

• Monster sockeye run starting to enter Fraser River

  Sockeye by the thousands could start swimming up the Fraser River shortly. The prized red sockeye entering the river now are the offspring of the 2010 Read More »

• Fishermen and politicians: A lost alliance

   On fishermen’s trucks in coastal New England, a popular bumper sticker tells a grim story: “National Marine Fisheries Service: Destroying Commercial Fishermen and their Families Since Read More »

• Door-to-door shrimp salesmen busted shorting customers

  Most door-to-door shrimp purveyors volunteer to remove the heads from the crustaceans after a customer agrees to a sale. For many, that’s not just a nice Read More »

• Nova Scotia fishing industry continues to be most deadly

  Nova Scotia’s fishing industry continues to be the deadliest workplace in the province because health and safety are not priorities, a legislature committee heard Wednesday. “We Read More »

• When Green is Grey

  From the article: ONE of the striking things about the “green” movement, from big-G political parties to environmental NGOs, is how little connect it has with Read More »

• The Wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon is Emitting a Mysterious Substance Into the Gulf of Mexico

  But, hey, maybe it’s a coincidence. What could be causing oil slicks around an abandoned, decaying exploded oil rig? Could be anything. The Gulf’s three-eyed fish Read More »
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• Fisherman loses leg in engine room accident – Coast Guard conducts Medivac from F/V Michael S in the Gulf

  Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 8:11 a.m. from the fishing vessel Michael S, requesting assistance for a man who suffered a severed leg below the Read More »

• New fish fight for New England

  The New England Fishery Management Council is looking at a plan to take 55 square miles of Stellwagen Bank, a section due east of Scituate and Read More »

• Skeena Sockeye Collapse: BC Fisheries Closed While Alaskans Keep Fishing – BC Conservationists Challenge Alaskans to Put Sustainability First

  The cause of the apparent collapse is not known and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, and Raincoast Conservation Foundation are calling on Alaskan fishery managers to Read More »

• A lobsterman’s life

  With respect to The Phoenix’s focus on food this month, I (Chris Shorr) figured it’d be a good time to paint part of the real picture behind Read More »

• How Did ‘The Codfather’ Rise? Some Say Fishing Rules Pull Up Big Fishermen

  While Carlos Rafael waits to hear his fate, some wonder whether there could be another “Codfather.” Critics say fishing industry regulations pave the way for bigger Read More »

• Crab season: West Coast Fishermen scrambling to pay bills

  This was supposed to be the winter Braeden Breton finally realized his dream of running his own crab fishing boat. After putting down $7,500 in April Read More »

• At the Boiling Point – Southern flounder in N.C.

  The fish fight has erupted into an all-out battle focused on the state’s nine-member Marine Fisheries Commission, now tasked with finding a solution that will pacify Read More »

• A Call to Action – Center For Sustainable Fisheries

  17:18 Related Read More »

• Todays Nuttery: Rogue Fishing Ops Call for Enforcement Led by U.S. Navy, a Primary Tenet of Global High Seas Marine Preserve

  Pressure on coastal fisheries, from overfishing and pollution, is pushing more and more fishing trawlers into the high seas or to illegally poach on territories with Read More »

• Marine Protection Area committee forming in La Jolla

  In the MPAs found in La Jolla — one off the coast from Emerald Street to Palomar Avenue, and another near the Cove — fishing or the Read More »

• Bycatch, enforcement on the menu at IPHC – Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal

  Harvesters at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s annual meeting  returned to their discussion of bycatch today, ultimately passing motions that  ask the commission to take serious Read More »

• Former NOAA Director Back at Oregon State University

  “I’m immensely proud of what we were able to accomplish during the four years I was at NOAA. I return to OSU with new insights, contacts Read More »

• Oil exploration off Nova Scotia carries potential benefits, dangers for Maine

  Nova Scotia’s government has granted Canadian subsidiaries of Shell Oil Co. and BP Plc. rights to explore thousands of square miles of ocean floor in search Read More »

• Commercial fisherman John Moore – Commercial Crabber

  While others still sleep, commercial fisherman John Moore, of Magnolia, wakes up at 3 a.m. and heads east to Bowers Beach and his boat, the Bay Read More »

• Tom Nies: Erroneous Oceana report ignores efforts of local fishermen

  The New England Fishery Management Council takes a different position from the one expressed in the July 1 editorial (“Frightening waste of fish”), as well as Read More »

• The warped notions of a Red Snapper Rec Shill – Red snapper management is broken

  There was a time when wild duck was a staple of any Chesapeake Bay restaurant. Canvasbacks were a particular favorite. The ducks were killed by commercial Read More »

• U.S. Coast Guard grants extension to some certificates of documentation for commercial vessels.

  The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it will allow commercial vessels engaged in domestic voyages between ports in the United States or its possessions to Read More »