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• Director of environmental grants at Heinz Endowments is forced out, reasons unclear

  The Heinz Endowments has suddenly dismissed its longtime head of environmental grant making, signaling that changes are coming to one of the leading charity’s priorities. @washingtonpost Read More »

• La. and Texas Fisheries Agencies File Joint Lawsuit challenging National Marine Fisheries Service Red Snapper Emergency Rule

  As published in the federal register on March 25, the emergency rule would authorize the National Marine Fisheries Service southeast regional administrator to reduce the red Read More »

• Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization: Fisheries debate likely to heat up soon

  NEW BEDFORD — The fledgling Center for Sustainable Fisheries takes its message to Seattle, Wash. in February to stoke discussion of changes in the way commercial Read More »

• What is really happening in the Gulf? Declining seafood catches and deformities, and a legacy of psychological and social problems

  “It’s disturbing what we’re seeing,” Louisiana Oyster Task Force member Brad Robin told Al Jazeera. “We don’t have any more baby crabs, which is a bad Read More »

• Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board alternative bill gets mixed reviews

  Sen. Norby Chabert began sculpting a new vision for the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board during the last legislative session, and continues a path toward change Read More »

• On the Yukon River, a Troubling Salmon Decline

  Every year, thousands of Chinook salmon swim past Eagle en route to their Canadian spawning grounds, some as far away as Teslin, Yukon, nearly 2,000 miles Read More »

• Rising radioactive spills leave Fukushima fishermen floundering

  We used to be so proud of our fish. They were famous across Japan and we made a decent living out of them,” said 80-year-old Yaoita, Read More »

• Kwik’Pak Fisheries Attain Alaska RFM Chain of Custody

  The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has announced that Kwik’Pak Fisheries LLC. has successfully met the requirements of the FAO-Based Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) Chain of Custody Certification. Read More »

• Council takes final action on skate habitat protections

  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council made quick work of a number of  issues today, taking final action on skate habitats and doing the initial review  Read More »

• This Skipper knew exactly what he was going to do!

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• Two From Alaska Fish Radio

  Apply now for wide range of good paying internships at ADF&G – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Your career in the Last Frontier Read More »

• BP Deepwater Horizon disaster – Who are they trying to protect with this mosquito prosecution?

  BP is hoping that everyone has forgotten the facts. The field crew were arguing over the abnormal negative tests and the move to proceed forward. Schlumberger Read More »

• New policies, and a court ruling, protect whales from ships in SF Bay and along the Pacific coast from the US Navy.

  Whales, dolphins, and marine mammals in the San Francisco Bay and along the California coast could be better protected by a federal court ruling on US Read More »

• NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service issues new call for nominations for International Pacific Halibut Commission seats

  In Spring 2012, NOAA Fisheries publicly solicited nominations for two presidential appointments to serve as U.S. commissioners to the IPHC. It was the first time ever Read More »

• Washington Bill seeks resolution for ‘Fish Wars’ convictions

  OLYMPIA — Nearly half a century after hundreds of American Indians were arrested during the “Fish Wars,” a bill would give those who were convicted a Read More »

• No green light for Cape Wind – Cape offshore wind energy foes suffer setback

  The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday denied a petition by wind-farm opponents appealing the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of the proposed Nantucket Read More »

• Letter: Federal fishing actions an outrage to all, not just the fisherman – Sam Frontiero, Gloucester

  Listening to Peter Shelley of the Conservation Law Foundation in a recently recorded interview shows the mentality of conservationists and rule makers within our federal government. Read More »

• Canada-Korea trade deal boon for fishery: processors’ rep

  An effort was made this morning to promote the benefits of the coming Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement and to Newfoundlers and Labradorians. It is not an Read More »

• N.C.New rule limits licensed oyster-harvest methods

  State law has changed and a Standard Commercial Fishing License with a shellfish endorsement now is required to mechanically harvest shellfish, according to N.C. Division of Read More »

• Ottawa introduces hovercraft to offset closure of busy Kitsilano Coast Guard base

  A new hovercraft that was promised by the federal government to assuage anger over the closure of Vancouver’s coast guard station has arrived. Fisheries Minister Gail Read More »

• Comeback for cod, yellowtail? Gulf of Maine cod have made a dramatic return

  In a welcome surprise but one with potentially complex implications, Gulf of Maine cod have returned in notable concentrations to Stellwagen Bank and are being landed with Read More »

• Fish panel snubs U.S., Canada limits Gloucester Daily Times

   NOAA’s New England Fishery Management Council Wednesday heaped derision on a joint assessment of yellowtail flounder conducted jointly by U.S. and Canadian scientists, then trashed the Read More »

• A Proposal for NOAA – Sean Cosgrove (CLF)

  Why does this current groundfish crisis seem so familiar? As the populations of New England’s cod, haddock and flounder have continued to decline, it’s not surprising Read More »

• Changes proposed to Calif. twin tunnel project

  The height of pumping plants would also be reduced and the tunnels’ length would  be shortened from 35 miles to 30 miles. The tunnels would carry Read More »

• Kerry proves lone fed voice on disaster call By Richard Gaines GDT

  The U.S. Commerce Department’s assertion is correct that “diminished fish stocks” played a role in the descent of the Lubchenco into a disaster under the watch of President Read More »