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• Pacific Choice play for pocket change threatens to sink a second crab season – End crab strike: Pay the full $3

  North Coast commercial crabbers had a bad enough time last season, thanks to domoic acid spikes. But at least they could blame that on algae blooms 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 »

• 2013 WINTER DEMERSAL SHELF ROCKFISH FISHERY ANNOUNCEMENT

   Sitka. . . The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (department) announced today that the 2013 directed commercial fishery for Demersal Shelf Rockfish (DSR) will open in Read More »

• Companies signal interest in offshore Va. winds

  Energy Management Inc., developer of the Cape Wind project in federal waters off Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, and Sea Breeze Power Corp. alerted the federal Bureau of Read More »

• Opening day: Island baymen continue an Island tradition

  Monday, was opening day to take bay scallops in New York State waters, an annual and important ritual for the handful of Shelter Island baymen. Long Read More »

• Maine’s rebuilt scallop fishery is enjoying high demand from the culinary world

  Maine’s rebuilt scallop fishery is enjoying high demand from the culinary world for its prized meaty mollusks, and the 2016 season that ended last month is Read More »

• Massive search on for fishermen lost In the West Philippian Sea – 55 rescued, 42 missing

  A massive multi-agency search-and-rescue (SAR) operation is underway to locate 42 missing fishermen, following the rescue over the weekend of 55 of the 97 fishermen who Read More »

• I don’t usually post from this site but, The Beer-Reviewed Stock Assessment: A Fisheries Phenomenon

  We’ve all heard about .  That’s what you get when a team of biologists assesses the health of one stock of fish, and another panel of Read More »

• Sean Mahoney’s F/V Moonraker, catches fire while hauled out at Rose’s Wharf, from welding sparks

  Firefighters knocked down a boat fire at Rose’s Wharf on Friday about 8 a.m. [email protected] gloucestertimes Related Read More »

• National Fisheries Institute – Top Ten List, a Familiar School of Fish

  10 Most Popular Make up More than 90% of the Fish Eaten Washington, DC – September 24, 2012  –  From Canned Tuna to Cod the top Read More »

• P.E.I. Lobster fishermen are going to some extreme lengths to keep the crustaceans cold

  Like the rest of P.E.I., the lobster industry, now into its fall season, has had to adjust to this week’s hot, sunny weather. Lobsters suffer in Read More »

• State DMR rejects the so-called “Gloucester Plan” for more inclusive fishery aid plan

  The full grant of $6.9 million contained in the third phase, or Bin 3, of federal funding being funneled through the state is the final installment of Read More »

• Were you living in Unalaska in the 70s or 80s? This guy wants to talk to you!

  Were you living in Unalaska in the 70s or 80s? If so, Christian Skovly is looking for you. The Californian wants to make a book of stories of Read More »

• Massachusetts AG suit vs. NOAA gets new backing from the state of New Hampshire

  New Hampshire last week filed a motion seeking “permissive intervention” in U.S. District Court in Boston primarily to protect the interests of the state’s “unique small-boat Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch …. Seven elements to be considered for any catch share plan. That’s up after this –

  Like it or not, catch share programs are a preferred tool for federal fishery managers. For any program, seven topics should drive the decisions that will Read More »

• Are the Feds gonna let Carlos cop a plea? Trial pushed back again!

  Indicted New Bedford scallops magnate Carlos “Codfather” Rafael has asked the court to postpone his upcoming trial in part to pursue talks with prosecutors about “resolving” Read More »

• David Sikes: Seagrass protection still a hot topic in state legislature

  CORPUS CHRISTI — State Rep. Geanie Morrison of Victoria filed legislation this past week that would outlaw the uprooting of seagrass throughout the entire Texas coast. Read More »

• Free survival training for commercial fishermen Friday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sandwich Marina

  Registration forms are available at the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association  office, 8 Otis Place, Scituate, or by calling Lori Caron at 781-635-0011 or  emailing [email protected] The Fishing Read More »

• Coming up short. Jury deadlocks in case that questioned how to measure a lobster

  ROCKLAND, Maine — Jurors deliberated for nearly four hours over two days before deciding Thursday that they could not agree whether a Spruce Head man was Read More »

• Oregon, Washington continue talks to ease gill-nets from lower Columbia River salmon migration lanes

  In 2009, a legislator suggested a commercial fishery in the Portland harbor  reach of the lower Willamette River. The same year, a highly placed official of Read More »
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  At least three killed as Argentine fishing boat sinks off Chubut

  Argentine Coast Guard found Sunday the dead body of two of the nine crew members missing after Saturday’s sinking of a fishing vessel off the coast Read More »

• No Fukushima radiation found in Alaska seafood

  Alaska health officials say testing of Alaska seafood revealed no radiation contamination from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, which was damaged by a tsunami in 2011. Read Read More »

• Western Aleutian Processors Snag Business From Kodiak Plants. Fishing for History? Audio

  Unalaska Community Broadcasting – For the past year, pollock and cod fishing off Kodiak has been booming — but processing plants in town say they aren’t Read More »

• Process underway now to plan ahead for upcoming lobster seasons

   If things go as planned, lobster fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia won’t find themselves wondering at the 11th hour whether there will be any changes to Read More »

• Fisheries experts (Pew) caution against raising western bluefin tuna quota – latest science indicates the stock “has grown substantially”

  Member nations agreed to hold the shared quota at 1,750 tonnes for the last several years, with Canada drawing fire two years ago for being the Read More »