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• Christie gets it right on off-shore drilling, Virginia’s governor, not so much

  In an Aug. 16 letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin made clear the Christie administration does Read More »

• The Harvey Haddock Report – Fullabullard to Fishermen, DROP DEAD!

  At a meeting here in NYC on august 12, 2015 the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted in favor of  economically devastating quota cuts in the Read More »

• Fishing industry still reeling from Sandy [Asbury Park Press, N.J.]

  “Now you can’t even get rid of them. Nobody’s buying male crabs,” Isaksen said. At the water’s edge, captain Michael Chanowich and dock worker David Tauro Read More »

• Lobstermen Under 40 Invited to Lobster Leadership Institute

  Maine lobstermen younger than 40 years old are invited to take part in the second Maine Lobster Leadership Institute, offered by the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance. Read More »

• We should be proud of our fisherman but misguided rules mean it’s a dying trade – Caught in the EU’s net

  Cara Rawdon, the son of a publican in nearby Moville, was drawn to Greencastle’s trawlers when he left school. “I came to the harbour looking for Read More »

• 2014 study shows haddock is booming and cod remains in decline in the northeast

  U.S. government scientists reporting on fish stocks off New England are reaching the same conclusions as their Canadian counterparts who have found that haddock is booming Read More »

• East Hampton Star Editorial board spins – “The Right’s War On Science”

  The East Hampton Star ran an editorial titled “The Right’s War On Science”, an extremist political rant regarding science denial. They listed plenty of examples like the Read More »

• ‘Pervasive’ amounts of radioactive material found in LA, Long Beach harbors

  Steven Manley, a marine biologist with California State University-Long Beach, says the most probable source of the contamination is the Terminal Island Water Reclamation Plant. Iodine-131 Read More »

• Fish council eyes limits on catch shares- Amendment 18 — the ‘“fleet diversity and accumulation caps” action, Really??

  Until the decision at the council last Thursday, the New England Regional Fishery Management Council had kept hands off  the commodity trading system; in November 2011, Read More »

• Lured by the sea – Walt Fossek, 84 years old owner the 100-year-old commercial fishing boat Otter

  Wood and fish. Both essential to the economy of early Florence, they captured the heart of Walt Fossek from a young age. Now 84 years old, Read More »

• How lobstermen gather temperature data from the bottom of the ocean

  A few decades ago, Jim Manning wanted to know what was at the bottom of the sea. And after years of studying waterways on the Atlantic Read More »

• Southeast AK pink salmon catch for 2014 to be “average”

  The Southeast Alaska pink salmon harvest in 2014 is predicted to be in the average range, with a point  estimate of 22 million fish (80% confidence Read More »

• OLD LYME, Conn. DEEP dogs now trained to track something fishy

  With fishing season starting Saturday, EnCon police now have a new tool to catch folks who try to break the rules. Ruger is one of four Read More »

• Maine’s lobster industry feeling pain of slow start – Some say the crustaceans are ‘back on the old time clock’

  David Cousins, president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and a South Thomaston lobsterman, said lobstermen expect shedding to pick up and catches to escalate at the Read More »

• N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission look at trawl restrictions

  MOREHEAD CITY — As the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission prepares to review a petition for rulemaking that could ban shrimp trawling from the state’s coastal waters, it’s shrimp Read More »
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  2016 proves a record year for Maine’s fishing industry

  Maine’s fishing industry topped $700 million in overall value in 2016, including a dockside value for the lobster fishery of $533 million. Both were records, according Read More »

• Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Fed panel’s provisions beyond cash are key to fisheries

  But regardless of whatever financial aid package emerges from these appropriation talks — geared toward the next federal fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1 and runs Read More »
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  Brexit ‘provides golden opportunity to regain control of fisheries policy’

  Brexit provides a “golden opportunity” to revitalise the UK’s fisheries industry, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has said.  The free market think tank claimed the Read More »

• This is very cool! 3D Printing Enables Quick Turbocharger Repair

  The first 3D-printed nozzle ring for marine turbochargers has been developed using exotic super metal alloy, enables the reconstruction of worn out components for shorter repair Read More »

• 2 arrested in assault of ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Jake Harris

  Authorities in Washington state said Tuesday that two people accused of beating one of the stars of the TV series “Deadliest Catch” over the weekend were Read More »

• Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) Opposed to 55-square-mile closure area of Stellwagen Bank

  Could a closure of Stellwagen possibly lead to other state closures in the future, if the “showroom environmentalists,” as Donofrio calls them, get their foot in 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 »

• Fishermen await decision about at-sea monitoring lawsuit

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — East Coast fishermen are awaiting a judge’s decision about their contention that the federal government’s plan to hand them the cost of Read More »

• The sound is driving them crazy! The Mystery of the Hummers

  IT’S the mystery hum that is making life a misery for people living on both sides of Southampton Water. Noise experts are still trying to solve Read More »

• This year’s halibut season is starting up just in time in British Columbia

  “The freezers were all cleared out. The frozen market got really short, starting in November-December,” said Cody Smith, who works in import, export and wholesales sales Read More »