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• Scientists, Fishing Fleet Team Up To Save Cod — By Listening

  In the ocean off of Massachusetts, an unlikely alliance of scientists and fishermen is on a quest. They’re looking for mating codfish. The goal is not Read More »

• Pew Environment Group Targets John Bullard in Online Petition Drive Against NEFMC Proposed Changes to Closed Areas

  March 18, 2013 — Calling current efforts being undertaken by the New  England Fishery Management Council “a short-sighted plan” that ”  threatens New England’s coastal ecosystem,” Read More »

• Animal Rights Crusaders Crash Brooklyn Lobster Party To Protest Crustacean ‘Torture’

  An animal rights group barged into a lobster boil party in Brooklyn yesterday, shouting, holding signs, climbing on tables and dousing one another in “blood.” Collectively Read More »

• For the third consecutive year, testing finds Alaska seafood free of Fukushima radiation

  The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said in a statement that seafood samples from Alaska waters in 2016 tested negative for three Fukushima-related radioactive isotopes: iodine-131, Read More »

• NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares federal fishing limits on flounder absurd – Will Sue Government if Necessary -Video

  MONTAUK –  Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the commercial fishing fleet in Montauk today to declare that federal fishing limits on flounder were absurd. He added that if Read More »

• The Dolphin Death by Fishermen hysteria seems to be dying down as the body count stack’s up off the coast of NJ and Va.

  Mooney-Seus said the widespread geographic area where the dolphins were  washing up suggested a disease as the culprit, rather than a fishing net or  other human Read More »

• Safety Training for Commercial Fishermen in Montauk – 4/27/2016

  Commercial fishermen can take advantage of free safety training programs that will be offered next week at the Montauk Coast Guard Station. , a Massachusetts organization Read More »

• Stay, or Go. McClellanville Fishermen face tough decision as Hurricane Matthew approaches

  Hurricane Hugo just devastated the sleepy fishing village of McClellanville, but they rebuilt and started fishing again. The community has since weathered several storms. As Hurricane Read More »

• Pacific Marine Center Expands Capabilities With New Marine Travelift 200CII Boat Hoist (200 TON CAPACITY)

  Marine Travelift Inc. has announced the delivery of its 200CII mobile boat hoist to Pacific Marine Center for use at their facility in Anacortes, Washington.  Pacific Read More »

• New Rules Ban Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet Strict U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection

  The National Marine Fisheries Service issued regulations Thursday prohibiting seafood imports from nations whose fisheries kill more whales and dolphins than U.S. standards allow. Each year Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, January 11, 2015

  The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• Shrimp Season To Close in Additional Louisiana State Waters

  (Jan. 9, 2014)- Today, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham announced a shrimping closure in a portion of state inside waters east of the Mississippi Read More »

• Working the system makes the system unworkable, by Ronald Smolowitz

  As the owner of Coonamessett Farm in Falmouth and a partner at the Woods Hole Oyster Co., I spend as much time navigating regulatory hurdles as Read More »

• Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail: Evelyn S. still making history

  A new Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail offers opportunity to explore the past, present and future of the lakes through the lens of fish and fishing Read More »

• Navy’s power cable plans for Cutler station concern Maine scallop fishermen

  MACHIAS, Maine — The Navy’s plans to run a power cable under Machias Bay to bring electricity to its communications station in Cutler has caused area Read More »

• Illinois company latest to test market for carp

  When they arrive at the processing plant, the fish that have been cursed as a menace to American lakes and rivers are raked onto a conveyer Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 23, 2013

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• Gillnetters: Kitzhaber plan doesn’t deliver

  Lower Columbia River gillnetters told the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Nov. 9 that fishery harvest reforms initiated in 2013 are not working economically, while salmon Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 76′ Stacked Wheelhouse Stern Trawler,1979, Dragger Steel, CAT 3412 – Permits

  Specifications, and information and 4 photos click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:22 Related Read More »

• Newport Fishermen’s Wives seeks injunction to prevent the USCG from eliminating our helicopter

  Newport Fishermen’s Wives is filing suit in federal court, seeking an injunction to prevent the USCG in Wash D.C. from eliminating our helicopter. To make a Read More »

• Seismic surveys are coming to the East Coast – This is the result in Tasmania’s scallop industry “Smart from the Start”?

  the mercury.comau – A PUSH to protect marine life from seismic surveys has been backed by Tasmania’s scallop industry, which says testing in Bass Strait in Read More »

• Weir fishermen struggling to catch herring in Bay of Fundy

  Some fishermen in the Bay of Fundy are worried the centuries-old herring weir fishery could be coming to an end because of a lack of fish. 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 »

• Ketchikan fishermen fined for violating Lacey Act

  Three fishermen from Ketchikan admitted to violating a federal wildlife law on Tuesday for illegally catching halibut without the proper permits and selling it to a Read More »

• The Warped Musing’s of a Climate Change Opportunist / Ocean Industrialization Habitat Destruction Hypocrite

  The hypocrisy! – capecodtoday – Conservation Law Foundation Op Ed is a strong rebuttal to NOAA’s new limits The catch limits on the most endangered stocks Read More »