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• Fishtown Local: A hole in Gloucester’s fabric – Gordon Baird

  Richard had, as every Gloucesterite knows, developed “The Story” — or should I say, mined The Story, unraveled The Story, rode in the saddle of The Read More »

• Next Labour Relations Board hearing on fight between FFAW and FISH-NL set for Thursday

  The Labour Relations Board has another hearing scheduled this week in the ongoing battle to represent inshore fish harvesters in the province. Last week, the board Read More »

• James McCauley shares memories in new memoir ‘In My Wake’

  James McCauley has spent most of his life on the water. About four years ago, after his wife, Joan, suffered a stroke and he began taking Read More »
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  Latest shark incident prompts Cape Cod politician to push ‘Hazard migration strategy’ – would hook ’em, kill ’em

  A Barnstable County commissioner is proposing a controversial “shark hazard mitigation strategy” after a shark attacking a seal off a Cape Cod beach Monday sent terrified Read More »
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  Why Mississippi DMR paid $291K for a boat fishermen dream of

  This is not Bill Walker’s Department of Marine Resources. The DMR just bought a 39-foot, offshore boat, but it won’t be used for the legislative fishing Read More »

• Federal officials plan to track every fish and crustacean shipped to U.S. ports

  Before any seafood enters the U.S. market, officials said, it must contain information that federal, state and local officials currently do not ask for: its origin, Read More »

• Is Phillip Boudreau really a victim? by Phonse Jessome

  Phillip Boudreau is a murder victim and they rarely need defending but maybe he does. It might be easy to blame him for what happened but Read More »

• New Bedford man dies in shucking machine accident at Sea Watch International Seafood Co

  NEW BEDFORD — A 35-year-old worker died after getting tangled in a shucking machine at a local fishery early Thursday. The New Bedford resident, identified as Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues fisherman after vessel sinks near Newport, Ore.

  The master of the 28-foot fishing vessel Rip Rider contacted Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Oregon, at 8:20 a.m., via VHF-FM radio reporting that he was Read More »

• NIOSH Fishing safety program survives cuts – As long as the program lives, lifejackets are a major focus of that effort to try to save fishermen’s lives

  Falls overboard are the second largest cause of death in fishermen, Lincoln said. Only one of the 191 fishermen who died between 2000 and 2012 was Read More »
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  New Nelson-built fishing vessel F/V Santy Maria carries economic and environmental hopes

  The FV Santy Maria is the first vessel in Moana New Zealand’s $25-$30 million fleet renewal project and was officially blessed at Port Nelson on Thursday. The vessel was built Read More »

• Tensions reach boiling point over net-free fishing zones

  Tensions have reached boiling point in some fishing grounds along the Queensland coast, with one industry representative alleging guns have been drawn between commercial operators. “The Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Managers Seek Public Input on Issues Impacting Commercial Summer Flounder Fishery

  Cape Fear Business News — The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a meeting June 4 to discuss possible management strategies to address issue impacting Read More »

• Scallop Actions: NEFMC September 25 – 27, 2012 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  ,,,,,,,,,,quota for the U.S. and Canada to share for Georges Bank yellowtail, leaving the U.S. share in the low 200’s—an amount considered insufficient by the scallop Read More »

• Shortage of Workers Expected to Affect Upcoming Gulf Shrimp Season

  Boat owners said new restrictions on work permits for foreign workers are forcing them to count on whichever workers they can find. Boat owner Marcelino Ochoa Read More »

• Vintage Fishing Boat, F/V Roann, to Highlight First Cape May Port Commercial Fishing Festival

  Her name’s Roann and she’ll be showing off her stuff to curious landlubbers June 6 and 7 at the Lobster House Docks. Roann may be the Read More »
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  Fundraiser for Fernando Diaz – Lobster business was destroyed by the Vaca Key Marina fire

  I want to thank everyone for taking time to view this page. In the early morning hours of June 5, 2017 there was a massive fire Read More »

• Flooding 60-foot F/V Endeavor contact Coast Guard for assistance at 09:15 this morning, tied up 12:20 this afteroon

  NORTH BEND, Ore. — A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Yaquina Bay, in Newport, assisted three men aboard a commercial fishing vessel taking on water about 10 Read More »

• Minister Aglukkaq Leads Delegation to Defend Canadian Seal Hunt at World Trade Organization

  “Let me start by emphasizing that seals have been harvested around the world for thousands of years for a variety of purposes, including subsistence, commerce, and Read More »

• FISH-NL takes its message to Port de Grave

  FISH-NL (Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador) is just about finished its provincial tour, with a scheduled late-afternoon meeting Wednesday in Torbay being Read More »

• South Atlantic Catch Share plan will eliminate over 60 percent of the commercial snapper-grouper fishermen

  Just a quick reminder that we need your help today to stop the “pilot” commercial snapper-grouper catch share program being proposed by two South Atlantic Fishery Read More »

• The Lady Is Still Here – Radio Caroline’s “Pirate radio” Floating Legacy Ross Revenge

  The Blackwater Estuary is in the English county of Essex. Despite its closeness to Colchester, England’s oldest town, it is a remote and lonely stretch of Read More »

• Are Humans behind the Massive Dolphin Die-Offs along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast?

  Environmental degradation might be amplifying the effects of a measleslike virus, fueling infections that are propelling an alarming death count. [email protected] 10:55 Related Read More »

• Barry Myers is Trump’s nominee to head NOAA – Why Does This Guy Make Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz Nervous?

  Hawaii relies heavily on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — in some ways, for its very safety. NOAA, which oversees the National Weather Service, is Read More »

• Larger expected king run loosens restrictions on setnets, drifters

  Commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet will be somewhat freer to fish at the outset of the 2016 season thanks to a larger projected king salmon Read More »