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• Opinion: Cashes Ledge decision a victory for open government

  The decision by the Obama administration to pass on a proposal to make a large swath of the Gulf of Maine a national monument is not Read More »

• NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service seeks comments on Atlantic bluefin tuna management proposals

  NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule and its associated draft environmental impact statement, which aims to reduce discards of Read More »

• N.L. snow crab fishery news from DFO

  DFO advises that the details of the management measures, quota levels and season dates for the 2013 Snow Crab fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador. continued. Herring Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 24, 2015

  Click to read Weekly Update for April 24, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here20:27 Related Read More »

• Harvesting geoduck is lucrative, but it’s also brutally hard work

  Time is money in all types of commercial fishing, but that’s particularly true in the geoduck fishery. One reason is the huge market demand in China Read More »

• Your New Seafreeze Ltd. PRICE LIST for 4/30/2013 has arrived

      Click here for the complete price list. “The only thing we treat our fish with is respect”! Related Read More »

• Fire rips through Nautical Seafoods Ltd. seafood processing plant in – the community’s only year-round employer

  Firefighters appeared to be in a losing battle to save an Annapolis County seafood processing plant late Monday afternoon. [email protected] Related Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Reality TV brings Alaska’s toughest longline fishermen to Greenland.

  A new pilot featuring Alaska fisherman will take them half way across the world to the iceberg filled waters of Greenland. A recent ad in the Read More »

• Fisheries activist says giant processors exploit locals in the Aleutians

  UNALASKA — David Osterback says the Aleutian region could use a good regional cookbook, combining the recipes from local cookbooks already published in area villages, especially seafood dishes. Read More »

• Willapa gillnetters losing grip

  It’s been a tough two years for gillnetters on Willapa Bay. Battered by increasing costs, stifled by stricter regulation and furious over fewer fishing days, commercial Read More »

• FREE LUNCH!!! Free oyster workshop planned in Houma on Friday

  Oyster boat captains, deckhands and owners can attend a free workshop from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Friday in Houma. Topics will include using GPS to find oyster leases, Read More »

• Alaskans hear East Coast perspective on MSA

  SEATTLE — Several members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council participated in a workshop on the Magnuson-Stevens Act Tuesday organized by the Center for Sustainable Read More »

• Mystery as boats filled with dead bodies of North Korean fishermen found off Japan

  The rotting and lifeless bodies of 25 people were found on board 11 rickety vessels, which have either washed ashore or been retrieved by coastguards over Read More »

• Multinational search for missing crewmember in the Western Pacific

  POHNPEI, FSM—Multiple agencies from the Federated States of Micronesia, Japan, and the U.S. coordinated efforts, over the course of five days, to search for a crewmember Read More »

• Sitka herring fishery opener turns into spectator sport! – 21/2 hour event yields just over 4,000 ton

  If sold at last year’s price, today’s catch would be worth about $2.4-million to fishermen at the docks. This year’s price, however, remains unclear. The total Read More »

• Fairhaven Shipyard neighbors worry about shipyard reconfiguration

  FAIRHAVEN — The Fairhaven  is asking the state Department of Environmental Protection for permission to reconfigure docks in the North Yard, and neighbors worry the move Read More »

• An open letter from the MSC to Alaska – From the Marine Stewardship Council/9/26/13

  An open letter and fact sheet to address negative and inaccurate statements about the MSC program by ASMI, Alaska elected officials and trade journal reporting. [email protected] Read More »

• Starkist threatens to move ops away from American Samoa due to rising wages, fishing rules

  US tuna canner Starkist has imposed a hiring freeze in and warned that it is considering shifting some of its production to Ecuador and Senegal,,, In Read More »

• Drone images of the lobster fleet

  Maine is known around the world for the iconic lobster boats that dot the coast and are the primary vehicle for the state’s renowned fishing industry. Read More »

• SOUTHWEST HARBOR: Drifting boat sparks harrowing high seas rescue

  Combined efforts of lobstermen and a U.S. Coast Guard rescue crew brought the Northeast Harbor-based lobster boat Royal Fortune safely to port last month when its Read More »

• Study: Leatherbacks stay near Cape

  With a blunt nose and arched shell, up to 8 feet in length and weighing 2,000 pounds, a leatherback turtle is the marine equivalent of a Read More »

• Then there’s this Eco nut post on Talking Fish

  The New England Fishery Management Council won’t take any effective management actions to stop overfishing on Atlantic cod. So, as they preside over the collapse of Read More »

• Canada’s opening stance for NAFTA talks: Common ground, not confrontation

  The Canadian government is signalling the approach it intends to take should Donald Trump make good on his promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Read More »

• Scientists describe new giant clam species from depths off Canada’s Atlantic coast

  Canadian scientists have described a new species of giant file clam, originally collected from deep waters off Newfoundland 30 years ago. The giant file clam, about 9 Read More »

• Commission calls for proposals to spend 2012 Salmon Federal Fishery Disaster funds

  The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is asking for proposals on how to spend $2.2 million in federal disaster funds geared towards salmon research in Cook Read More »