Recent Posts

• The ENGO Media Pollution Machine is in High Gear! – ‘Disaster’ funds must be used to improve groundfishing in the long term

  President Barack Obama’s decision to declare the New England groundfishery,,,,,,,,Without the catch share program – a cooperative system that gives fis,,,,,,,,,,No one wants to see a Read More »

• Coast Guard urge mariners to prepare for hurricane force winds, 45-foot seas in Western Alaska

  The Coast Guard urges mariners to use caution with the onset of heavy weather expected to affect the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, this weekend. On Read More »

• Maine conservation group receives largest land donation in its history

  COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — The Downeast Salmon Federation received the largest donation of land in its 30-year history in late December 2012, according to a press release. Read More »
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  Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon

  Harbor seals, sea lions and some fish-eating killer whales have been rebounding along the Northeast Pacific Ocean in recent decades. But that boom has come with Read More »

• Not all agree Chilean sea bass is OK to eat – controversy among environmentalists

  Chilean sea bass, once a forbidden fruit of the sea after illegal fishing threatened the species, can safely be eaten again, according to Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Read More »

• Fish Are Fueling a Battle to Preserve Offshore Rigs as Artificial Reefs along the California Coast

  Sprawled on the bottom level of a massive oil rig more than 11 miles from the shores of Long Beach, the half-dozen sea lions grow louder Read More »

• Actual press release: “Policy makers and ecologists must develop a more constructive dialogue to save the planet”

  From the talk not action department and TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN comes this laughable press release: Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday July 19, 2016 – An international consensus demands human Read More »

• Permit values plummet for Alaska salmon

  Fire sale salmon prices last year and a dim outlook ahead have pushed down the value of fishing permits. A lot of people had disastrous salmon seasons Read More »

• A renewed aquaculture lease for Kelly Cove Salmon stirs up Shelburne Harbour neighbours

  A renewed aquaculture lease for Kelly Cove Salmon in Shelburne Harbour is raising local ire before the first fish is in the water. The Nova Scotia Read More »

• Coast Guard conducts medevac of Injured Fisherman near Cold Bay, Alaska

  KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a 23-year-old man with an injured hand from 120-foot crab fishing vessel approximately 75 miles north of Cold Bay, Thursday. Coast Read More »

• Susanne Altenburger’s Green ‘Boat in a crate’ takes to the water

  A newly built 39-foot boat that fits neatly into a 40-foot shipping container has been making a splash on its maiden voyages in Gloucester Harbor in Read More »

• Crab price spat delays season – Fishermen in District 7 not fishing until the buyer offers the original $3

  Negotiations with Pacific Group failed to secure an acceptable price range for local crab fisherman in District 7, stretching from Humboldt Bay’s North Jetty to Point Read More »

• Prawning regulations need change on BC Coast

  The Pacific Prawn Fisherman’s Association, representing commercial harvesters, recently recommended to DFO that there should be a coast-wide closure of all prawn fishing from December 1 Read More »

• Cooke Aquaculture’s escaped farmed salmon a major concern, says Opposition critic – Number of escapees estimated to be better than 50,000

  Liberal fisheries critic Jim Bennett says a recent incident of Cooke Aquaculture’s farmed salmon escaping from into Hermitage Bay compounds concern over an earlier escape on Read More »

• Fish report release unlikely before elections By Richard Gaines Staff Writer Gloucester Daily Times

  The Obama administration, through its Commerce Department and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has declined to respond to inquiries as to whether it would release before Read More »

• Gone fishing with New Bedford Standard Times writer Don Cuddy, aboard New Bedford’s F/V Sea Escape – Georges Bank

  Don Cuddy steps outside the box, and enters an unfamiliar world, the F/V Sea Escape. Great pictures, and an interesting story! Narration and slide show. Watch, and Read More »

• Uncovering a Nova Scotia Fisheries Trail, by Sadie Beaton

  Is this province embarrassed about celebrating local small-scale fisheries? The majority of seafood caught in towns and villages in Nova Scotia is exported directly from the wharf Read More »

• Sebastian Inlet District to crack down on angry anglers defecating and spreading it on the rail to mark their territory

  At Sebastian Inlet fishing pier, lines often cross. And tangled tackle ticks off fishermen so much, they often revert to territorial tactics, casting aspersions and sometimes other Read More »
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  Why Fishermen Fail To Unite and Resist Being Swept Off of Our Historic Fishing Grounds

  As fishermen it often seems we are beset on all sides by so many issues that would disenfranchise us, derail our efforts to safeguard our industry, Read More »

• Chinook salmon season to open May 1 for Bay Area commercial fishermen

  HALF MOON BAY — Fishery managers have circled May 1 as the opening date for what promises to be the second consecutive good season for Bay Read More »

• Ninth Circuit Outlaws Random Motorist Searches Over Fish – Fish Cop stop and search was Fourth Amendment violation.

  Fish and Wildlife Captain Michael Cenci and his subordinates have followed the Tarabochias, detained them without cause, confronted them on their fishing boat and threatened them Read More »

• Judge: National Marine Fisheries Service erred in bluefish limits

  ST. CROIX – A federal judge has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to redo a portion of a biological opinion that was part of the process Read More »

• What? You don’t have a DSPA 5 on board??

  This photo was taken by Alaska fisherman Steve Mentele. When he’s not fishing, he is a sales rep in the North West for AFG Flameguard USA Read More »

• A Vessel Van Gogh

  There’s no end to the artistic talent in Newfoundland and Labrador.  Much of it inspired by the scenic fishing villages like Twillingate, Newfoundland.  That’s where Jason Read More »

• From the Mayor’s Chair by Absecon Mayor John Armstrong – Keep summer flounder limits as they are

  One of my New Year’s resolutions is to do everything possible to preserve jobs and to attract new ones for our local residents. As a local Read More »