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• F/V Pauline IV Commercial fishing boat capsizes in NY,

  SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — One of two men aboard a commercial fishing vessel was found dead after the boat capsized Sunday off the coast of Long Island, Read More »

• Capsized F/V Pauline IV survivor Scott Finne reflects on harrowing experience

  Link to video   photo credit newsday ,com Related Read More »

• Researchers seek fishing ground closures off N.S., N.B., to protect right whales

  Canadian researchers say they have a solution to a new U.S. government requirement that its seafood imports be caught in a way that minimizes harm to marine Read More »

• Navy to Expand Sonar, Other Training off Northwest Coast

  The U.S. Navy has finalized a plan to expand sonar testing and other warfare training off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and northern California. The Navy Read More »

• Nova Scotia lobster exports grow! A cargo flight to east Asia that can carry up to 100,000 kg has settled into a weekly schedule

  Here, some call them cockroaches of the sea. There, people see them as majestic dragons. China’s appreciation of Nova Scotia lobster is good news for local Read More »

• The Alaska Fisheries Report – KMXT Kodiak

  Coming up this week, Southeast fishermen get extra time to target coho this month, NOAA wants your feedback on Amendment 95, we’ve got a review of this Read More »

• Porbeagle shark swims onto endangered list

  Canada has only one shark to call its own, and this week the species was listed for the first time as endangered under an international convention. Read More »

• Coast Guard lifts fisherman from F/V Blue Gadus near Cold Bay, Alaska –

  Coast Guard watchstanders at the 17th District command center received a request from Health Force Partners Friday morning for the medevac. The man was reportedly suffering Read More »

• Stonington first selectman insulted by DEEP Capt. Keith Williams “keep them honest” comment about fishermen

  Capt. Keith Williams stated “I’ll check when they’re offloading, doing surprise checks at the dock. We’ll go to the docks in Stonington frequently just to keep Read More »

• Owner of Atlantic Charger, sunk in Frobisher Bay, angry no helicopter responded

  The owner of the Atlantic Charger, which sank in the Davis Strait last month, is asking why a search and rescue helicopter wasn’t dispatched from Labrador Read More »

• Bill Karp, Director of Northeast Fisheries Science Center is retiring

  The head of NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole has announced his retirement in September from federal service after just under four years Read More »

• UPDATE – F/V Miss Destinee – Coast Guard, partners continue search for two missing in Marmot Bay, Alaska

  Coast Guard, Alaska Air National Guard and good Samaritans continue to search Friday for one male and one female reported missing from the fishing vessel Miss Read More »

• Young Kodiak Fisherman Found Dead in Bunk

   Though Troopers are still awaiting autopsy results from the state medical examiner, their investigation revealed nothing suspicious aboard a Kodiak fishing vessel where a crewman was Read More »

• The Pope’s Environmental Message. There’s Plenty That Environmentalists Might Not Want to Hear

  Pope Francis, who certainly heaps plenty of blame on humans for the mess we have made of the natural world, is having none of this absolutist Read More »

• VIMS begins 75th anniversary celebration

  The Virginia Institute of Marine Science begins a yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary this month, with the launch of a special multimedia website and the Read More »

• Inverness Mounties nab yet another fugitive seal

  Inverness District RCMP always get their man, and increasingly these days, their marine mammal. Mounties were called to Highway 19 just north of Port Hastings on Read More »

• Omega extends the Olive Branch – Meeting could lead to truce over menhaden

  Decades of animosity don’t disappear overnight. But a conversation is a good place to start. Officials from Omega Protein met with recreational charter captains Tuesday night Read More »

• Selling out Fishermen so the Tourists can catch the fish! Commercial license Buyout, Round II

  On Monday the Queensland Government begins a second round of voluntary licence buybacks for commercial anglers, following the introduction of the state’s three new net-free fishing Read More »

• Mississippi fishermen busted with more than three tons of illegally caught shrimp in Louisiana waters

  A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent Tuesday busted four Mississippi men with more than three tons of shrimp caught illegally in Louisiana waters, the Read More »

• New book explores rise and ongoing value of commercial fishing in Whatcom County

  Joshua Stilts grew up in Bellingham the son of a commercial fisher, but never got hooked on fishing himself. Instead, he pursued his interest in journalism. Read More »

• Sharks aren’t always the top of the food chain

  Most people think of sharks as being apex predators, large, fearsome  hunters sitting right at the top of the ocean food chain.  Of course, that isn’t Read More »

• Comment: Stop polluting before you worry about ocean garbage – Erik van Sebille

  Plans to clean up plastics from five massive ocean garbage patches may be good in theory, but are ultimately useless unless we stop polluting our oceans Read More »

• Warren hears from local fishermen about industry ‘under attack’

  Wicked Local -“They want to get rid of the little guys, the people that know how to nurture  the resource, the people who do not care Read More »

• Alaska Airlines delivers 80,000 lbs. of the first Copper River salmon of the season to Seattle

  Alaska Airlines has delivered more than 80,000 pounds of fresh Copper River salmon to Seattle on four Alaska Air Cargo flights, marking the beginning of the Read More »

• Nova Scotia fisherman ‘died a hero’ after helping save crewmate

  Fishermen know that the sea is both sweet and cruel. On good days it’s your best friend, giving you food and a livelihood; on bad days it’s a Read More »