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• Joe’s Lobster Mart Re-Opening Is A Travesty Of Justice – Real Cape Hippie

  Joe’s Lobster Mart, the beleaguered fish market on the shores of the Cape Cod Canal, is reopening under new ownership. Scott Thayer, the long-time general manager Read More »

• Three times US Senate Candidate Steve Lynch exclaimed he was for the fishermen, and Markey was for the fish! Markey clammed up!

  During the Senate debate on local channel 4 news, carried on C-span, Steve Lynch pressed the issue we all want to hear about in the fisheries Read More »

• Coast Guard responds to sinking F/V Robert Croll near Salt Point

  Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center received a call that the 34-foot commercial fishing vessel Robert Croll had struck a rock and Read More »

• Bristol Bay is no place to experiment: Assessment shows Pebble mine would be bad for Alaska

  In many ways, Alaska was — and still is — a grand experiment. But our founding mothers and fathers would almost certainly not approve of the Read More »

• No consideration given to lobstermen by Army Corps of Engineers Royal River dredging project

  The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the project, which is set to begin on October 14th, and last until April. Sediment will be removed from Read More »

• Hatching a plan for lobster farming – new approach to sea based rearing systems for European Lobster

  AQUACULTURE equipment specialist, Fusion Marine, is participating in a multi-partnership project to develop a sea based lobster rearing system that could ultimately benefit coastal communities.   Read Read More »

• UPDATED: Charlie Melancon resigns from post as secretary of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

  Melancon spent most of his brief tenure either pissing people off or running another typical Louisiana corruption scheme. The biggest issue that has arisen in Melancon’s Read More »

• Alaska’s 2014 Whaling Season in Photographs

  Alaska Native whaling crews are setting out for this year’s season, and Channel 2 viewers have sent in these photos of their catch thus far. See Read More »

• Fisheries science books disposal costs Ottawa thousands

  The information comes from the office of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea. It was prompted by a request from Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay last October, Read More »

• Fisherman pleaded guilty to social security fraud receiving over $157,000 in SSDI benefits

  United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel Fitzsimmons, 54, of Whiting, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to social security fraud. Read More »

• Aubrey Lee Price, 47, suspected of faking his own death, costing the Coast Guard more than $173,000, arrested

  Price was reported missing by his family on June 18, 2012. A family member in Georgia reported the missing man to the Coast Guard after they Read More »

• Fishermen get that sinking feeling: New industry plans could squeeze out smaller family-owned operators

  “Why do they have to get rid of small businesses just to make room for big business?’’ he said. “They do it with everything — look Read More »

• Coast Guard crew medevacs man near Boothbay Harbor, ME

  The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 49-year-old male Monday five miles southeast of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  At approximately 11:30 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 58′ Fiberglass Shrimper, Twin 3406B Cat’s, Izusu 8 KW Genset

  Specifications, information and 7 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:51 Related Read More »

• Lobster Trap Head Knitter

  Friendship Trap Company is seeking experienced lobster trap head knitters. If you have experience and are looking for extra income, please call or drop by to fill Read More »

• Illuminating Fishing Nets Prevent Bycatch

  Bycatch is an economic and environmental problem for commercial fishing. Large trawlers often scoop up sea-life other than the species they’re targeting, and if there’s too Read More »

• Lobster season off southern N.S. opens after weather delay – optimism as dumping day begins

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada had postponed the opening for five days, fearing poor weather during the past week would make it too dangerous for fishermen. The Read More »

• Volunteers will be dishing out some free surplus salmon from Michigan DNR weirs.

  American Canadian Fisheries and area veterans groups we will be distributing fish to the general public at several locations throughout northern Michigan.  The cost of distributing the Read More »

• Buckmaster, Atkinson to get full Senate vote for fish and wildlife commission

  The sportfishing industry raised an outcry after Gov. Kate Brown announced last month the appointment of Astoria resident Bruce Buckmaster to fill a seat on the Read More »

• Alaska pollock fishery closes Nov. 1; Lots of fall fishing action in Gulf and Bering Sea – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch

  Several closures are coming up on Friday.  That’s when Alaska’s biggest fishery – pollock in the Bering Sea – will close for the year. Roughly three Read More »
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  ‘These boys loved what they did’: Former crabber on missing Destination talks about lost boat, lost brother

  Dylan Hatfield worked for six years aboard the Destination before leaving in 2014. He was tight with all of the crew, which included his older brother, Read More »

• California crab task force recommending a number of changes to the fishery.

  The state’s advisory panel on crab fishing has released its report to the state legislature recommending a number of changes to the fishery. The panel was Read More »

• Seven plead guilty to illegal Elver Eel trafficking

  Seven people pleaded guilty to federal charges of trafficking nearly $2 million worth of baby eels on the East Coast. The pleas took place between Tuesday 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 »

• Seafood sales on Facebook lead to fine

  A recreational fisher who used social media to sell his catch has been fined $3000 for the illegal activity in the Mackay Magistrates’ Court. Queensland Boating Read More »