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• Witnesses Agree on the Importance of a Robust National Fish Hatchery System

  House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “National Fish Hatchery System: Strategic Hatchery and Workforce Planning Report.” Read More »

• It isn’t clear what has led to the increase, but River Herring numbers up in NH, although still far short of past years

  “They were a huge part of the ecosystem here, especially in near-shore environments where everything eats them – fish, seals, gulls, ospreys,” said Matt Carpenter, fisheries Read More »

• New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoes offshore wind project again

  Christie has vetoed a bill that could have resurrected Fishermen’s Energy’s 24MW Atlantic City offshore wind project. The legislation, which passed both houses of the state Read More »

• Atlantic Salmon Federation calling on Greenland to end commercial fishery of Atlantic salmon

  Fishermen and conservationists are urging Greenland to end its commercial fishery of , arguing the stock is at historic lows and won’t recover if the harvest Read More »

• OPINION: ‘Fisher’ falls short of creating gender equality in fishing industry

  In this week’s report on Alaska’s fishing industry, fish columnist Laine Welch offered an off-the-dock response by those in the fishing industry about the use of Read More »
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  Investigation may lead to charges in the Nathan Carman “Chicken Pox’’ boat sinking

  A multi-state investigation is underway into Nathan Carman and the disappearance of his mother while on a tuna fishing trip with him, a trip that authorities Read More »

• Former Fish Board appointee Roland Maw fined $7k in Montana charges

  Roland Maw, Gov. Bill Walker’s controversial appointee to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, pleaded no contest last week to illegally obtaining resident hunting and fishing licenses in Read More »

• Supertrawler fishing ban comes to an end amid demands for permanent stop

  The Stop the Trawler Alliance said Prime Minister Tony Abbott should make good on his promise in March that: “The supertrawler was banned from Australian waters…It Read More »

• The right to fish fairly – Marty Frost, Salter Path, N.C.

  After reading your article in the Wednesday, May 13th edition entitled “Sound solutions targets gear,” one thing is for certain — conservationist organizations such as the Read More »

• Cod on rebound, haddock takes hit

  The codfish is on the rebound, and that means High Liner Foods CEO Henry Demone has never been more confident in the global supply of wild Read More »

• Tradex 3-Minute Market Insight: Bleak Outlook for Collapsed Sole Market; Cod Pricing Creates Buyer Opportunities

  Long inventories, poor markets, and limited cash flow equate to looming troubles ahead for Chinese processing plants. Atlantic Cod pricing remains strong and raw materials are Read More »

• Singing the halibut blues – Buck Laukitis, commercial fisherman

  Why is more of the halibut resource wasted in the Bering Sea than landed and sold? Thirteen out of 14 fish in the Central Bering Sea Read More »

• MAFMC & ASMFC Set Black Sea Bass Specs for 2017-18 – Benchmark Assessment Finds Resource Not Overfished & Overfishing Not Occurring

  The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) have approved revised specifications for the 2017 black sea bass fishing year Read More »

• Todays Nuttery: Rogue Fishing Ops Call for Enforcement Led by U.S. Navy, a Primary Tenet of Global High Seas Marine Preserve

  Pressure on coastal fisheries, from overfishing and pollution, is pushing more and more fishing trawlers into the high seas or to illegally poach on territories with Read More »

• FWC announces new law enforcement director

  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced a new law enforcement director, Col. Curtis Brown. Brown, known among colleagues at the FWC and partner Read More »

• Vehicle stolen in Capitola with Aromas Fisherman’s prosthetic arms inside

  CAPITOLA, Calif. —A fisherman who lost his right arm in a commercial salmon fishing accident at sea last year has lost another arm this month “It’s Read More »

• Ontario farm converts from pigs to shrimp in hopes of jumbo profits

  In rural Ontario, 800 kilometres from the nearest ocean, you will find the unexpected — a  successful inland shrimp farm. With pork prices low, Paul and Tracy Read More »

• Ocean conditions appear improving for salmon

  Warm water temperatures in the north Pacific Ocean are starting to cool after three years, but their effect on Northwest salmon will persist for another year Read More »

• Will California Department of Fish and Wildlife live up to its name? by Dan Bacher

  The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) became the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on January 1, 2013, but many Californians are wondering Read More »

• Fisheries official tried to keep Robichaud file secret – didn’t make government ‘look good,’ Wilbert Sabine testifies

  The head of enforcement at the Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries says he marked his emails on the Donat Robichaud case as “confidential” because he Read More »

• UPDATE: Fishing vessel aground in Digby Gut

  A fishing vessel, F/V Chief Charles Paul, a scallop dragger,  is aground in Digby Gut waiting for high water to refloat it. continued Related Read More »

• Congressman Walter B. Jones takes action to reform Endangered Species Act

  Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is taking action to modernize the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in order to prevent the waste of taxpayer money and implementation Read More »

• Senate winner will inherit fishing crisis

   The winner of Tuesday’s special election for the U.S. Senate will face a number of issues, but perhaps none tougher than representing a diminished and dispirited Read More »
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  The Five Trillion Dollar Plan to Save the Arctic Ice

  Just in case you thought the climate community had run out of absurd ideas to waste taxpayer’s money, here is an academic plan to rebuild Arctic Read More »

• SAN FRANCISCO: Fishermen enjoy plentiful herring season -Video

  Herring boats stretched across the Bay near the San Rafael Bridge Friday morning, the scene attracted thousands of birds and even some seals got into the Read More »