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• Forgotten no more

  For the third year in a row, Portuguese sailors stood at in St. John’s for a man named Dionisiv Esteves and laid a wreath in his Read More »

• Sustainable lobster fishery takes time, Atlantic Canada has sought status for three years

  The regional lobster fishery is moving toward sustainable certification, but it is taking time, says the Lobster Council of Canada’s executive director. “It’s complex,” Geoff Irvine Read More »

• Northern cod reclaiming its territory

  After being beaten down by overfishing to a fraction of the mighty force it once was, northern cod are starting to rebuild and re-populate its traditional Read More »

• U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell Urges SEC Investigation of Contradictory Statements by Pebble Mine Company

  Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate contradictory information provided by Northern Dynasty Minerals to federal officials regarding the Read More »

• Fisheries and Oceans minister says lobster industry’s on the right track

  She bases her optimism on the way the industry has responded to the 2008-09 recession and slumping lobster prices, seeking out markets around the globe. Fall Read More »

• Trolling for king salmon in Sitka

  The winter troll line in Sitka extends from Point Woodhouse on Biorka Island to Cape Edgecumbe, just off the volcano. The season continues from Oct. 11 Read More »

• Gov. Hassan signs into law Great Bay shellfish restoration bill

  Gov. Maggie Hassan has signed into law a bill that would allow the Fish and Game Department the closing of clam, oyster and other bivalve areas Read More »

• Markey eyes fishing, opposes NOAA aquaculture “when it is failing its core fisheries mission to restore wild stocks, like cod, haddock and flounder.”

  U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey of Malden, who, along with Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston, has declared for the special election race to fill the seat Read More »

• Maine to consider $3 million bond, other measures to combat shellfish-threatening ocean acidity

  Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle and the most vocal voice in the fight against acidification, said the arithmetic is simple. “Our marine economy is at stake here. Read More »

• Self-employed fishing boat captain accused in international drug conspiracy

  “The evidence appears to show that the  Defendant (Robert Evon) was involved in a conspiracy involving importation of  approximately seventy-seven (77) kilograms of cocaine through several  Read More »

• Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council seeks to Reopen Papahanaumokuakea to Fishing

  The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded its three-day meeting in Honolulu with a suite of recommendations, many of which are focused on keeping U.S. Read More »

• Memorial service marks sealing disaster

  CBC News – A memorial service was held in St. John’s on Monday to mark the 99th anniversary of the 1914 Great Sealing Disaster. On March Read More »

• PETA Strikes out on Maine Lobster Lunacy, kicks it up a notch with Alligator Cruelty in Louisiana – Nite Crawlers in Nebraska Next!

  The animal rights group nut’s, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is pushing for the prosecution of a swamp tour operator accused of striking an Read More »

• US Waives Jones Act to Secure Fuel for Hurricane Responders

  The U.S. government on Friday said it was temporarily waiving a law that limits the availability of cargoes on the U.S. coasts, a step that will Read More »

• Salvadoran castaway hit with cannibalism suit, denies he ate his shipmate to stay alive

  José Salvador Alvarenga’s story captivated the world nearly two years ago, when the Salvadoran-born fisherman was rescued in the South Pacific having spent 14 months adrift Read More »

• Meanwhile in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia government approves “experimental” turbine deployment

  The Nova Scotia government has approved a plan to deploy two experimental tidal turbines in the Minas Passage for research purposes. The government announced the approval of the Read More »
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  Omega Protein launches largest vessel in Louisiana, F/V Vermilion

  Omega Protein is pleased to announce the launch of its newest and largest fishing vessel operating in Louisiana, the F/V Vermilion, to start the 2018 Gulf Read More »

• Ocean Choice International president defends fishery at World Seafood Congress

  “We need to recast the fisheries argument to one of sustainable food production rather than marine conservation,” Sullivan said. Growing world populations mean that there is Read More »

• Keeping it real with eels

  ROCKPORT — There is much that still is not known about the American eel. But that’s hardly the fault of Eric Hutchins. Hutchins, a NOAA fisheries Read More »

• A Fishery Policy Action – Fishermen walk out of Fisheries Management Council meeting

  Dozens of local fisherman, from Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and even New Orleans – most wearing bright orange “Who Fishes Matters” shirts – joined voices to Read More »

• Bloody, red Cod Livers has Long Harbour fisherman suspicious of nearby Vale Smelter operation

  Andy Murphy of Long Harbour said last spring he was finding herring with bloody red-coloured innards, something he insists is a result of Vale’s smelter operations in the Read More »

• Brains vs prawn: the trawlers who put the shrimps on our barbies

  ON A BALMY moonless night, prawn fisherman Kim Justice, 61, pilots the Coral J from Wallaroo to the night’s fishing grounds in Spencer Gulf. As the Read More »

• State boards 2 clam dredging boats off Provincetown, seizes clams, one Skipper arrested on unrelated charge

  On the morning of March 24, Massachusetts Environmental Police patrolling off the coast of Provincetown in the patrol boat Jessie observed two fishing vessels, the Aimee Read More »

• Jersey Shore Fishing: DEP Proposed Rules for reefs up for comment

  “Recreational and commercial fishing are vital to New Jersey’s economy, providing more than $2.5 billion in economic benefits each year,” Commissioner Martin said. “This compromise will Read More »

• Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Annapolis, MD. December 7 – 10, 2015

  The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s December 2015 meeting on December 7 – 10, 2015 in Annapolis, MD. Briefing Materials & Agenda Read More »