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• RI Coastal Resources Management Council Hearing – September 24 – 6:00 PM – State Administration Building, Conference Room A, One Capitol Hill, Providence, RI

  Many of you have this already but this meeting on September 24, regarding the Deepwater Wind’s opportunity in getting the language changed in this proposal needs Read More »

• The Unforgiving Sea by Laurent d’Entremont

  The mighty sea has always been unforgiving, and this was sadly brought home recently, when five young men from the Woods Harbour and Cape Island area Read More »

• Alaskan Coastal legislators support halibut bycatch cuts

  The Alaska legislature’s coastal representatives sent a letter to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council expressing support for 50 percent halibut bycatch cap reductions for the groundfish Read More »

• From sea to sale: Fishermen skip processors, go straight to buyers

  Many of the salmon that wind up in the nets of the fishing vessel Ounce have their buyer’s name on them from the moment they come Read More »

• Storied Tacoma shipyard in foreclosure

  At nearly 90 years old, one of Tacoma’s last major shipyards may be closing down for good next month. J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. faces a foreclosure Read More »

• State of Alaska fishery spending analyzed

  Most of the benefit from the commercial fishing industry goes to local government, while the state overspends itself, according to a new analysis. A study conducted Read More »

• Mass. Governor hopeful Avellone sees new fishing, drug roles

  Responding to questions about the needs of the state’s fishing industry, Avellone identified the need for the state to work with NOAA and the federal government Read More »
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  National Hurricane Center – Hurricane Jose – Hurricane Maria Public Advisory’s At 800 PM EDT

  Public Advisory At 800 PM EDT, the center of Hurricane Jose was located by an Air Force reconnaissance plane near latitude 37.5 North, longitude 71.2 West. Read More »

• Alaska Fishermen to Walmart: “Why Didn’t You Keep Your Promise to Congress?”

  Alaska fishermen are pledging to take further action to hold Walmart accountable for its ongoing failure to keep its promise to revise by the end of Read More »

• ONE LAST PUSH! ADD YOUR VOICE TO FISHING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLING FOR PROTECTION OF BRISTOL BAY

  Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishermen are battling a proposal by a Canadian mining company to develop the “Pebble Mine”. If built, this copper and gold mine would Read More »

• Regulators Reject Lobster Restrictions in Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Areas

  The  was considering a proposal to prohibit lobster gear from those areas out of concern over unintentional cod by-catch. (Other gears allowed in spawning areas are Read More »

• Green Crab found near Pool’s Cove – Could be a serious issue in Fortune Bay

  According to Cynthia McKenzie, a research scientist with Fisheries and Oceans, the green crab has established a foothold in the Pool’s Cove area of Fortune Bay. Read More »

• SAFMC, and GMFMC tackle mandatory reporting at joint meeting

  Federal fishery managers this week debuted the latest drafts of rules they say will give them more data for crafting fishing regulations. Fishermen have been calling for Read More »

• “Snappy Dresser” Peter MacKay says $280M CETA fisheries fund never meant to be ‘slush fund’

  Ottawa and the provincial government have been at odds over the interpretation of the $280-million fisheries fund for , with the province claiming the federal government Read More »

• Aquaculture: What’s next in Delaware? – DNREC expects aquaculture rollout to be finished in a year

  State legislators approved the groundwork for commercial aquaculture late last month. [email protected] Related Read More »

• South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting June 13-17, 2016 Cocoa Beach FL

  The public is invited to attend the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to be held in Cocoa Beach FL at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront . Read the Read More »

• Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) warns skippers of dangers fishing near Total’s gas pipelines in Yell Sound

  The fishermen’s body has accused the company of “doing nothing” to make the area safe. It is urging shellfish boats in particular to stay away amid Read More »

• In Maine, green crabs threaten clamming – green crabs’ population explosion

  “They’re consuming everything in the environment, even plants,” said Chad Coffin, president of the Maine Clammers Association, whose group is preparing an all-out offensive against the Read More »

• Alaska’s fishing fatalities are dropping, no matter how you mix the numbers

  The deadliest catch is getting a lot less deadly. Last week, the  reported to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council that for the first time in Read More »
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  Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted bluefin tuna spawning habitat in Gulf of Mexico

  The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the largest environmental disasters in history, releasing roughly 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Read More »

• BP fine money RESTORE money up for grabs

   officials and environmentalists are urging the public to turn out in strong numbers to a RESTORE Act meeting today that could have a bearing on how Read More »

• The Environmental Movement Becomes a Bird-Killing Machine

  Self-proclaimed environmentalists lecture the rest of us about using less energy, even as the rich ones fly around in private jets. They will starve farmers of Read More »
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  The Fight to Raise the Sapphire – ‘We proved everybody wrong and we got our boys home’

  When four crewmen perished on the Peterhead fishing boat Sapphire 20 years ago, relatives began a campaign to have their bodies recovered from inside the sunken Read More »

• NORTH CAROLINA FISHERIES ASSOCIATION – WEEKLY UPDATE – June 26, 2014

  Click here to read the update 15:51 Related Read More »

• For Immediate Release – Statement by Carlos Rafael

  “There have been a number of stories written about this case and about me.  Some of the things that have been written are true, some are Read More »