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• Fisherman airlifted safely from F/V Newfoundland Pioneer after suspected heart attack

  CBCNews – A fisherman had to be airlifted to hospital in St. Anthony on Monday amid a medical emergency. A search and rescue official said a Read More »

• Prince Edward Island Activists Call for Ban on GM Salmon

  Canadian-based group Islanders Say No to GM Salmon is calling on Premier Ghiz to ban the production of genetically modified (also known as genetically engineered or GE) Atlantic Read More »

• Harbor improvement grant lacks fishermen support: Frustration boiling over about Pillar Point Harbor control, district decision-making

  While seeking funds to update one of the most productive commercial fishing ports in the state, the San Mateo County Harbor District is receiving pushback from Read More »

• Vineyard bay scallops provide hard work, good pay, high value

  Aquipecten irradians, the scientific name for the bay scallop, is a species in low supply but high demand on dinner tables across the Island and country. Read More »

• DFO at risk from budget cuts, change: internal review

  NDP critic says department in chaos; U.S. analyst calls it an “implosion” An internal performance review says Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is at risk Read More »

• MENHADEN DEFENDERS: Mini (the dolphin) Needs Menhaden – savingseafood.orgs excellent analysis rebutts. (Mini won’t be going hungry!)

  Our grassroots group, “Menhaden Defenders” has been working with fellow anglers to increase awareness and get fisherman involved in the fight because they are on the Read More »

• Putting on the Show! – DFO policy being worked out for tourism lobster charters – Interesting

  As lobster fishing think ahead to the start of their commercial fishery this fall, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is thinking ahead to when their Read More »

• Judge’s Groundfishing Rulings Bring Mixed Reaction in Maine –

  There was mixed reaction today from environmental advocates following a couple of recent decisions by a federal judge regarding New England’s groundfishing industry. Listen, and Read Read More »

• Sweetening the (lobster) pot – With fewer harvesters at play, the industry is expected to be more viable

  The Lobster Fishery Sustainability Program, which ends on March 31, will definitely have a positive effect on lobster harvesters’ bottom lines in the future, says the Read More »

• Hmm. Fishing quotas causing concern in Morro Bay

  Commercial fishing in Morro Bay could suffer a big blow come January 1. That’s because a two-year old program called the “Catch Share System” will allow Read More »

• Fishermen take heart in herring rules, while “The herring industry has been set up to fail,”

  CHATHAM — Relatively few people in New England eat sea herring, but a lot of the fish they love to eat, do. That’s why local fishermen Read More »

• St. Bernard trio arrested for stealing crab traps

  Three men from St. Bernard Parish La. were arrested for stealing 37 crab traps, worth over $1,500 from the Delacroix Island area. Read more here 07:42 Related Read More »

• Alaska fishing groups protest expanded observers program Ketchican, Alaska

  “A lot of Alaska fishermen are sitting here saying this program, which is  scheduled to start in a month, is extremely onerous for the small  community-based Read More »

• The Great China Geoduck Ban Mystery

  China’s ban on the importation of bivalves originating from the US West Coast could not have come at a worse time for the commercial producers and Read More »

• Baker – The axeman cometh for DFO and Coast Guard?

  Some things are hard to explain even by the most verbose of politically astute minds.  The ongoing gutting/changing of budgets and services at the Department of Read More »

• CF/V Gale Force grounded by storm leaking fuel onto Comox beach

  “All of us, as hospital employees, have been watching oil and gas leak into the ocean on high tide every day, a big rainbow,” he says. Read More »

• Woman gets jail for embezzling about $500,000 from seafood plant

  The U.S. attorney’s office says in a release that 33-year-old Isairis Wolfe of Kodiak was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Monday. Prosecutors said Read More »

• Undersized oysters, undersized greater amberjack, possession in a prohibited area from Apalachicola Bay

  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers within Franklin County are continuing to address the illegal harvest of undersized oysters from Apalachicola Bay. more@thetimes 17:10 Related Read More »

• From the Deckboss

  McPollock, Yes, you’re all doing great!, Halibut harvesters catch a break. Read more, and read the comments. Related Read More »

• NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SANDY-IMPACTED FISHING INDUSTRY

  Saugerties, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today urged coastal fishing businesses harmed by Storm Sandy to apply for available funding through the State’s recently approved Read More »

• California representatives: Federal reports confirm Bay Delta plan not based on sound science

  On Friday, several U.S. Representatives from Northern California called on the Brown Administration to withdraw and fully revise their proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) in Read More »

• Brilliant Doesn’t Begin To Describe The Genius That is The Chum Cutter – Video – GoodMorningGloucester

  Our buddy Stevie Corbett designed something so simple, so efficient so time saving for ANYONE that does ANY amount of fishing.  Unless of course you’d rather Read More »

• Work on fishing safety needed

  It’s been well documented that commercial fishing can be deadly. In the past five years, more than 30 fishermen have died on the job in this Read More »

• Feds face fisheries investigation – Organization to examine whether Ottawa is ignoring legislation

  The initial submission was filed jointly by Environmental Defence Canada, the Natural Resources Defense Council in the U.S. and three private individuals. In it they cite Read More »

• NJ back to court to stall seismic study

  Scientists have yet to begin using loud air gun blasts to study the sea floor off New Jersey, and state officials said Tuesday they are going Read More »