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• Spraying for Mosquitoes a Risky Proposition -Has this destroyed the Southern New England Lobster Stocks?

  Both Connecticut and New York sprayed Scourge over Long Island Sound communities and placed Altosid briquettes or “dunks” in catch basins, with outlets to the Sound, Read More »

• Massachusetts Lobstermen go back to work after three-month closure

  Just a few weeks ago, Green Harbor was mostly empty just a few weeks –  aside from the unoccupied mooring balls dotting the water. But the Read More »

• DENIAL, DELUSION AND NMFS STILL DOESN’T KNOW ITS NAME

  “Fishlink Sublegals.”-  The third “Managing  Our Nation’s Fisheries” conference was held on 6-9 May, 2013 in Washington,  DC.  Titled, “Advancing  Sustainability,” the national event, sponsored this Read More »
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  Western Gulf fishermen bristle at other P.E.I. fisheries group resolution

  The Western Gulf Fishermen’s Association has answered back to the Prince County Fishermen’s Association. Last week the PCFA voted in favour of a sending a motion Read More »

• Mariner’s Day in works for Nova Scotia

  The work and sacrifices of Nova Scotians who make a living at sea will be commemorated annually as the province sets aside a special day to honour Read More »

• Chiefs welcome delay in WPRFMC vote

  Traditional leaders who petitioned against changing the rules to allow longliners to fish in near shore waters now relegated for small alia vessels, have welcomed the decision Read More »

• Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute Releases Summary of “Incorporating Environmental Change in Assessments and Management” Workshop

  The meeting was held May 7-8 at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology. continued Related Read More »

• FISH-NL calls for reopening of Terms of Union with Canada; state of fisheries national shame and international disgrace 

  The President of the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) says the province’s Terms of Union with Canada must be reopened with Read More »

• Fish out of troubled waters: Field day held to examine habitat at Elwha River mouth

  PORT ANGELES — New habitat for juvenile fish is increasing dramatically in the Elwha River estuary and the shoreline of Freshwater Bay, a survey found last week. Sediment Read More »

• Maine lobster marketers look to re-brand ‘shedders’ as treat

  When Maine’s lobsters start shedding their shells, restaurant owner Steve Kingston goes to the docks with a message for lobstermen: bring ’em to me. Kingston is Read More »

• Fisheries law renewal reignites conflict between fishing industry, environmentalists

  The impending reauthorization of the federal laws governing commercial fisheries has mobilized environmentalists who contend that any relaxation of existing rules amounts to capitulation to reckless Read More »
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  This 43-foot dead whale was trucked through downtown Portland

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is investigating how an endangered right whale found floating off the Maine coast Friday became entangled in fishing gear that Read More »
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  Wind Farm Conflict: Fisherman, “I feared for my life”

  John Worthington was out trawling a catch on his 10m fishing vessel Mi-amor (FD1) when his boat and the 20m plus survey vessel Fairline Surveyor, employed Read More »

• U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) writes letter concerning Fisheries Disaster funding

  This past Friday, February 6, 2014, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) wrote a letter to Penny Pritzker, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce strongly encouraging Read More »

• A look at the global eel trade reveals widespread fraud – In Japan, 9.6 tons of baby eels magically appeared in 2015

  The glass eel trade is coming under international scrutiny. Already, cultured eels account for more than 99% of the world’s supplies. But the farming of these Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update – August 29, 2014

  Weekly Update for August 29, 2014        www.ncfish.org  16:09 Related Read More »
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  How towns are affected by reduced fishing fleets

  Over the years I have seen our fleet in Gloucester, Mass decline. As a former fisherman in the sixties we had about two hundred draggers, and Read More »
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  3 crew members rescued as Search and Rescue mission underway for fishing boat captain off Canso

  A search and rescue mission is underway about four kilometres southeast of Canso, N.S., to find the captain of a fishing vessel that ran aground on Read More »

• VIDEO: Oceana’s Hollywood celebrities caught on hidden camera accepting money from “Middle Eastern oil interests”

  This video perhaps provides insights into how money can make things happen among “environmentalists”.  James O’Keefe Premieres “Expose: Hollywood’s War on US Energy” at Cannes Hollywood Read More »

• Lobster catches on P.E.I. down about 40 percent

  The president of the says lobster catches continue to be down dramatically this spring compared to last year.  Mike McGeoghegan blames poor weather and cold water temperatures. “I’d say Read More »

• Dollar Value of commercial catch to Sonoma County Fishermen in 2011? $14.3 million

  The commercial fishing  industry is often overlooked in the annual Sonoma County crop reports, but it was a $14.3 million dollar industry in 2011, nearly all of Read More »

• N.C Division of Marine Fisheries plans survey of commercial fishermen

  Commercial fishermen who fish in the Atlantic Ocean off of North Carolina may receive a questionnaire in the mail or by phone call in the coming Read More »

• Friday Funny – ‘tree hugging’ taken to the extreme

  Some days you just have to wonder about the sanity of environmentalists, today is one of those days. The photo below, Twittered by PBS station KQED Read More »
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  Gulf Coast spared the worst as Hurricane Nate rapidly weakens

  Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power cuts to the US Gulf Coast – but spared the region the kind of catastrophic damage left Read More »

• Dear President Obama – Opposed to expanding Papahanaumokuakea marine monument, Isaac and Shyla Moon, Kalaheo

  A group of seven Hawaii residents (William Aila, Kamanaopono Crabbe, Isaac Harp, Kekuewa Kikiloi, Marvin Kaleo Manuel, Victoria Holt Takamine, Nainoa Thompson) recently wrote you a Read More »