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• $1-million contest for solution to ‘dead zones’

  That runoff from Midwest farms carries large amounts of fertilizer down the Mississippi River to produce the low oxygen areas in the Gulf, so Tulane University Read More »

• Lobsters seized from offshore trawler donated to homeless veterans by Massachusetts Environmental Police

  Massachusetts Environmental Police donated lobsters seized from an offshore trawler in New Bedford to veterans after officials determined the lobsters could not be returned to the Read More »

• In Another Time > Fishing has always been dangerous work

  The most tragic fishing accident in the history of the Wildwoods occurred as October was fading into November in 1921 and as the local fishing season Read More »

• North Pole not ours, despite Harper’s bluster

  Denmark has recently taken steps to claim jurisdiction over resources of the seabed in the vicinity of the North Pole. It’s a move that has rekindled Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ H & H Tuna boat, 435HP 8 Cylinder CAT

  Specifications, information and 15 photo’s  click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:19 Related Read More »

• Wicked Good! Maine Shrimp Rounds – The Yankee Chef

  Although I enjoy larger shrimp as often as possible, there truly is no shrimp like Maine shrimp. Some chefs compare it to Gulf of Mexico shrimp, Read More »

• Where are the herring? Unalaska’s seine fishery remains on hold

  The commercial herring fishery is on hold in Unalaska — because no one can find the fish. The herring season opened more than a week ago. Read More »

• Get ready. More Secrets. NOAA Rule Would Restrict Access to Fisheries Data – NMFS Director Samuel Rauch declined an interview request through a spokesperson.

  by Erik Stokstad on 19 October 2012, Every year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spends about $40 million to    put independent observers on fishing vessels, where Read More »

• UPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for missing shrimpers after boat capsizes in Mississippi River

  The search continues for two Jacksonville fishermen who went overboard after a local shrimping boat capsized in the Mississippi River Tuesday afternoon. Charles Christopher remembers the Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna’ Star Paul Hebert gets 4 years of probation for defrauding the government

  A man whose fishing job was featured on the reality television show “Wicked Tuna” while he was receiving government disability benefits was sentenced on Wednesday to Read More »

• Getting CHOKED! Cod quota cuts, boats not fishing could interrupt New Bedford fish auction trading

  The fish auction that’s been a daily institution on the city’s waterfront for decades could see periodic closures over the next month or so, as a Read More »

• 3-Minute Market Insight – Pacific & Atlantic Cod Pricing Peculiarit​y, Poor Sockeye Salmon Season

  Jun 30, 2014  Prices for Pacific Cod ex Warehouse Vladisvostok Russia are up over 30% Higher than prices this time last year whereas prices for Pacific Read More »

• EDITORIAL: Reviving groundfish

  Even heavily overfished, nearly depleted groundfish stocks can fully recover. That, says Dalhousie University marine biology professor Boris Worm, is the underlying message in the stunning Read More »

• Alaska Board of Fisheries spurns Central Peninsula – stigma that this area is dangerous to board members

  By the time the Alaska Board of Fisheries holds its next meeting on Upper Cook Inlet fisheries, it will have been nearly 20 years since its Read More »

• Shrimp subsidies in five nations undercutting U.S. prices, importers must pay bonds up to nearly 63 percent to offset – US Commerce

  “It’s a good day. It means that a substantial percentage of the shrimp imported into this country will face some level of at least temporary tariff Read More »

• Lobster waiting list debate continues

  The waters off Hancock and Washington County have been very productive for lobster fishermen in the last few years. And when business is good, more people Read More »

• Trump’s NOAA Pick Says He Won’t Censor Global Warming Data

  The Trump administration won’t censor climate scientists or delete temperature data, nominee for Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. If confirmed, Read More »

• Proposal to halt shrimp trawling in coastal North Carolina areas – video – Marine Fisheries Commission meets today in New Bern

  The State Marine Fisheries Commission is considering a controversial fishing ban that would stop shrimp trawling in North Carolina inner coastal waterways. The commission will discuss Read More »

• New England fishermen get a break on monitoring costs

  Commercial groundfishermen had their projected cost for at-sea monitoring cut in half this year, but fishermen say it is still unfair they’re forced to pay for Read More »

• Smoked herring connects Cap-Pelé to Haiti – A million cases each year to the impoverished country

  For the past century, one of New Brunswick’s most enduring trade partnerships has been with one of the world’s poorest countries. The fishing village of Cap-Pelé has sold Read More »

• Friends and loved ones to gather, celebrate the life of Fisherman Douglas William Thomas in Port Alberni September 26th

  Doug passed away suddenly as a result of a marine accident off the coast of Vancouver Island. He was a fisherman, gardener, and cook. His hands Read More »
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  Northern Shrimp quota slashed – Who will get the remaining shrimp quota? Who gets to financially survive?

  The fights were starting to brew on Friday, as word spread of cuts to northern shrimp quota for 2017. Lean times in the Newfoundland and Labrador Read More »

• Blue Harvest Fisheries Acquires Hygrade Ocean Products

  Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC has today announced the acquisition of Hygrade Ocean Products Inc. Hygrade is a New Bedford, Massachusetts, based processor and distributor of scallops, Read More »

• FISH-NL leaders to meet with Labour Relations Board, address reporters on Friday

  The leaders of an upstart union movement in Newfoundland and Labrador will reveal their strategy for a certification bid Friday, months after launching a bitter and Read More »

• Blockade of the prawn fishery could ruin fishermen – Lance Underwood skipper of Justin Time II and Quicksilver Girl

  I am a commercial fisherman from Cowichan Bay. I run a commercial prawn and crab boat, and the local spot prawn fishery is incredibly important to Read More »