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• Greens fight and fuss but shark nets are coming

  A SPATE of shark attacks and failed attempts to find an eco-friendly alternative means mesh nets known to kill dolphins and other non-shark species are almost Read More »

• P.E.I. government invests in province’s lobster holding capacity

  There will be more space available in P.E.I. to store live lobsters so they are as fresh as possible when they are processed and sent around Read More »
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  Lets help this guy get to the International Seafood Expo in Quindao, China and expand the dogfish markets

  My name is Doug Feeney. I have been a commercial fisherman for over 20 years. I used to catch a lot of ground fish back in Read More »

• Criticism of NPFMC bycatch measures failed to take successes into account

  OPINION: A recent commentary singing the praises of bycatch reduction in Canada, and asserting that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is unable or unwilling to Read More »

• Jensen Maritime Awarded for Vision and Innovation in Design of the Northern Leader Fishing Vessel

  Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, has been honored with the New Wave Award, which recognizes the company’s vision and innovation Read More »

• Northern Peninsula Shrimp harvesters vow to keep fighting quota cuts

  “I respect science but, if I get cut, everybody across the board should be cut evenly,” he said. “I can live with it then. But for Read More »

• NPFMC tightens Southcentral charter halibut allocation for 2016

  The level of legally harvestable halibut in the North Pacific has dropped for a decade, and though biologists think the biomass has stabilized, downsized fishermen continue Read More »

• Living the blues: Southwest Florida’s blue crab industry on track for great year – Video

  Florida’s commercial blue crab fishery is a multimillion-dollar industry. Over the past 10 years, commercial fishermen landed an average 9.28 million pounds of blue crab statewide Read More »

• 11th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management

  The 11th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management is taking place June 4-9 in Portland, ME.  The agenda and related event listings are Read More »

• A “Golden Opportunity” Don’t take NOAA for an answer – Video

  What we have here is a golden opportunity. This report ( National Academy of Sciences report) about how NOAA manages fish has been percolating for what, three or Read More »

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released draft of its revised Alaska Sea Otter stock assessment – more than doubled over the past decade, audio

  KFSK – The draft estimates a total of 25, 712 otters in the region. The number is based on aerial surveys done by researchers in 2010 Read More »

• Deepwater Horizon oil left tuna, other species with heart defects likely to prove fatal

  The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill struck at the very heart of fish, a new study says. Exposed to millions of gallons of crude, young tuna Read More »

• New Jersey Fisherman Josh Catlett missing after F/V Linda Claire suddenly rolled over. Acts of Heroism, Search suspended – Video

  It was 8:45 a.m. Thursday when the Linda Claire, a 44-foot commercial boat, started taking on water about six miles west of Cape May Point and Read More »

• Ordnance found in fishing gear safely removed from RCMP Harbour Grace

  RCMP say the roads around the Harbour Grace detachment have been re-opened, after an explosive disposal unit safely removed a “suspected military ordnance” from the building. Read More »

• F/V Huachinango saved from sinking by crew, Coast Guard

  A commercial fishing vessel from Brownsville is slowly making its way back to port Tuesday, thanks to some quick actions by its crew and Coast Guard Read More »

• Maine Department of Marine Resources closes more scallop fishing areas

  In a statement released Friday evening, the department indicated it was immediately closing scallop fishing grounds at the mouth of the Damariscotta River, in Somes Sound and around Greenings Island Read More »
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  The online market in China is huge! The Province wants Nova Scotia’s lobster industry to get its share

  Lobsters from Nova Scotia are already selling on China’s Alibaba massive e-commerce website but now the province is stepping in with a pilot project to ensure Read More »
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  PANBO Blog: McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS EPIRB, first of many, PLBs too?

  Let’s first note that McMurdo’s trailblazing SmartFind G8 AIS EPIRB still awaits FCC approval and probably won’t be for sale in the U.S. until spring (along Read More »

• Setnet innovation may solve war between Alaska’s commercial, sport fishermen in Cook Inlet

  For decades, commercial fisheries biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game fought the idea it might be possible to pass Kenai River king salmon Read More »

• This is good! Mullet plan could create hundreds of jobs, preserve fishing industry

  Mullet could one day be Florida’s desired fish, help create hundreds of jobs and preserve the fishing industry. Local organizations have teamed together to study the Read More »

• Overreach of Obama’s National Ocean Policy Begins in NY, issues 10-year Ocean Action Plan

  “This marks the first time a state member of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body for the National Ocean Policy has issued a statewide ocean action plan,” Read More »

• Letter to the Editor: Bullard’s spin on fishery doesn’t hold water – Sam Frontiero, Gloucester Ma.

  After reading his letter, and following his actions, it shows just how destructive the views of NOAA Northeast Administrator John Bullard are. Throughout history, people leave Read More »

• Gloucester: At Fishermen’s Memorial Service, daughter speaks language of loss

  Candace Unis, who will speak at Saturday’s annual Fishermen’s Memorial Service of the grief of losing a loved one to the sea, knows of which she Read More »

• Florida ‘cracker’ fishermen?

  To the editor: Just to add a little humor to last week’s article, Exploring the Island’s History, Matlacha is described as a cracker fishing village turned Read More »

• Hearing! 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday – MSA Reauth – Oversight of Fisheries Management Successes and Challenges

  U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, will convene the hearing titled “Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Read More »