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• Geoduck fishery still closed

  The Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association announced Saturday that the geoduck committee met Friday and decided to suspend paralytic shellfish poisoning testing until a March Read More »

• Twillingate fisherman ready to sell cod, but no one is buying

  John Gillett is ready to start landing cod, but no one is buying. “I didn’t sell either cod fish in July and (as of Aug. 11) I Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs man off fishing vessel near Hatteras, NC

  The Coast Guard medevaced a man Tuesday off a fishing vessel in the Pamlico Sound near Hatteras. Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified at approximately 9:15 Read More »

• GULF OIL SPILL: Judge tosses claims against dispersant’s maker

  NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge presiding over litigation spawned by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has dismissed all claims against the manufacturer of a Read More »

• Papahanaumokuakea Review Spurs Tension With Conservation Groups, Fisheries

  President Donald Trump’s targeting of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the northwest Hawaiian Islands for national review has revived a lopsided debate between Native Hawaiians, Read More »

• Shark Week? Shark Hunt!! Australia – Calls for shark cull after fatal Great White attack

  Tourism operators in Western Australia yesterday demanded a shark cull, following the fourth fatal attack in seven months and amid warnings that the state’s beaches are Read More »

• Update: USCG and Wash. Dept. of Ecology continue to monitor grounded 97-foot F/V Neahkahnie near Whidbey Island, Wash.

  SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology continue to  monitor a fishing vessel that ran aground near Lagoon Point on Whidbey Island,  Read More »

• Dr. Ray Hilborn Discusses the Status of Federal Fisheries Management

  On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, Dr. Ray Hilborn, of the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, testified before the House Committee on Natural Read More »

• ASMFC 74th Annual Meeting – St. Augustine, FL November 2 – 5, 2015 Listen Live.

  Board/Section meeting proceedings will be broadcast daily via webinar beginning at 8:00 a.m.on November 2nd, continuing daily until the conclusion of the meeting (expected to be Read More »

• Carbon Experts at GAO: Feds should do more to stop ocean acidification

  GAO said ocean acidification is worsening because the ocean absorbs about 30 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, making the water more acidic. It can hurt commercial Read More »

• Maine Lobstermen Union holds inaugural meeting – Video

  “The problem is why we’re not getting our money is no one wants to give it to us from the top board down they’re keeping all Read More »

• Fundy fishermen call for a halt of all tidal energy activity

  The Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen’s Association (BFIFA) sent out a petition to port reps and stores up and down the Bay of Fundy on May Read More »

• West Coast: Sardines vanish from coastal waters; squid and anchovy fill the void for fishermen

  Larry Derr was as prepared as any longtime Southern California bait fisherman for the disappearance of the Pacific sardines he has pulled up by the ton Read More »

• Bids for Icicle Seafood lining up

  The hope from Icicle’s owner Paine and Partners, which recently closed another fund that it intends to focus partly on seafood investments, is for the sale Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for March 6, 2015

  Click here Weekly Update for March 6, 2015 20:57 Related Read More »

• New England Fishermen needlessly on the hook for uncertainties of stock estimates

  Proper stock assessments are the key to sound fisheries management here in New England. The current and now primarily survey-based assessments are heavy with uncertainty and Read More »

• ‘Deadliest Catch’ crew joins Fish for Kids program in Bristol Bay

  Leave it to the crew of “Deadliest Catch to liven things up, even when it comes to a philanthropic effort by fishermen and Peter Pan Seafoods Read More »

• Pew Charitable Trusts promoting illegal fishing crackdown

  In New England, one of the U.S.’s most active fishing areas, between 12 and 24 percent of the total catch of species such as cod, flounder Read More »

• Tell the SAFMC how you want the snapper-grouper fishery managed!

  The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is developing a long-term “vision” for managing the snapper grouper fishery. Next week, beginning in South Carolina, the fishery council Read More »

• Laine Welch: Candidate websites reveal positions on fisheries. – pssst! it ain’t good enough!

  You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again: The seafood industry is Alaska’s largest private employer, putting more people to work than any other sector. Read More »

• Dongwon chairman had direct control in price fixing say lawsuits

  Dongwon Enterprise chairman Jae-chul Kim, a legend in the tuna sector, directly controlled US subsidiary and tuna brand Starkist Co during the years of the alleged Read More »

• Sea scallops close to ‘sustainable’ MSC label ? Big ENGO deal. NOT!

  NEW BEDFORD — An international environmental group is a step away from declaring the Atlantic scallop fishery as “sustainable,” properly managed and in no immediate danger Read More »

• Nova Scotia fishermen mourned

  WOODS HARBOUR, N.S.—Hundreds of people gathered in churches in southwestern Nova Scotia on Sunday as friends and religious leaders urged their communities to offer support to Read More »

• Limited entry for Maine lobster fishery debated

  There’s another battle brewing in Maine’s lobster industry, but this is one that likely will be fought in the Legislature rather than on the water. Out Read More »

• Appeals court orders state board to reconsider Atlantic City windfarm

  The order requires the BPU to reconsider Fishermen’s Energy’s application to build the 25-megawatt project — which it rejected in April while citing costs to ratepayers Read More »