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• Sounding off on Magnuson

  GLOUCESTER — The final word fell to Gloucester fisherman Paul Vitale, the last speaker of the day at the fisheries listening session,, “How many businesses could Read More »
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  Small Scale: Two Scoops Bait Company allows anglers to spend less time looking for bait

  “During the week it’s mostly guides, but on Fridays and weekends it’s a lot of guys,” said Trey Daugherty, owner and operator of Two Scoops Bait Read More »

• Day at the Docks kicks off Thursday night – Hatteras, North Carolina

  Day at the Docks was started to celebrate the “Spirit of Hatteras” when the village recovered from Hurricane Isabel in 2003 as an intact community, anchored by Read More »

• WGBH Interview of Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard and Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Bill Karp By Heather Goldstone

  Since the introduction of catch shares management for the New England groundfishery (cod, haddock, flounder, and several other species) in 2010, the fleet has shrunk to Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch …. Seven elements to be considered for any catch share plan. That’s up after this –

  Like it or not, catch share programs are a preferred tool for federal fishery managers. For any program, seven topics should drive the decisions that will Read More »

• “Deadliest Catch” Skipper Sig Hanson will be a contestant on the upcoming “Celebrity Apprentice.”

  NBC on Tuesday announced the lineup of 16 personalities who will compete for their favorite charities as the reality show returns for a new season in Read More »

• Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for June 17, 2015

  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273  for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Source-We are Read More »

• My Turn: Weigh in on Board of Fish Proposal 243 By MICHAEL BAINES

  At its Statewide Finfish meeting in March, the Board of Fish (BoF) will consider the Board generated Proposal 243, which would add Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) Read More »

• Alaska Crab fishery faces identity crisis, while Fishermen have a tough time finding snow crab

  Fishermen are having the toughest time in the past five years finding snow crab, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in Unalaska. The Read More »

• Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approve increase in menhaden catch limits

  A multi-state regulatory board is approving higher catch limits for Atlantic menhaden, a fish that plays important roles as bait and part of the ocean food Read More »

• Hybrid green crab species threatens N.L. lobster – also eat clams, scallops and even each other

  They’re fearless. They can live for weeks out of the water. They will eat anything, even each other. “They were born ferocious,” said Cynthia McKenzie, a Read More »

• Crushing Pebble: The Pebble copper and gold prospect is drawing fresh heat

  Its biggest investor is gone and its staff and contractors have been cut to the bone, but the Pebble copper and gold prospect is drawing fresh Read More »

• Audio Available: Coast Guard seeks assistance in identifying suspected hoax caller in NC

  Coast Guard Sector North Carolina personnel are requesting assistance from the public in identifying a suspected hoax caller who is suspected to have made seven false distress calls Read More »

• Has the Time Come? Joel Hovanesian ask’s a provocative question.

  Many  years ago I often wondered what would have happened if the entire nations commercial fishermen went on strike. And I mean all aspects of the Read More »

• Alaska Board of Fish nominee Robert Ruffner makes his case

  OK, we’re all Alaskans and we seem to love a good political fight. We really like to fight about fish. So grab the popcorn for the Read More »

• Senator seeks $15M for tsunami debris – Begich – “We have that option right now to do something,”

  Sen. Mark Begich said it’s embarrassing that the government of Japan has put  more funding toward the debris cleanup than the U.S. government has. He said Read More »

• Enviros Upset! Hawaii-based longline fishermen allowed to keep catching ahi

  Regulators have approved a deal allowing Hawaii fishermen to attribute up to 1,000 metric tons of bigeye tuna catch to Guam, said Mike Tosatto, National Marine Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Nov. 9, 2015

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 17:55 Related Read More »

• Ak jig fleet grows 224% – Updated fleet profiles

  This is Fish Radio. I’m  – Who fishes where – for what and where they call home. Alaska fishing fleet updates name names.  Alaska’s jig fleet, Read More »

• Hawaii Bigeye Tuna Industry Reels Two Months after Reaching Its Quotas

  HONOLULU (08 Oct. 2015) For the past two months, since early August, about a quarter of the 145 active vessels in the have been prohibited from Read More »

• North Carolina’s HB 983,(anti commercial fishing bill) like so much state policy, is based on bogus science

  Beaufort Observer Online – Why would any legislator, especially a conservative “small-government” Republican even consider such an idea? The answer they give is in the bill Read More »

• WWF alarmism raises even green eyebrows

  If there was a performance bonus for most-improved propaganda, surely the spin doctors at the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) deserve the accolade. They issue The Read More »

• Lobstermen accused of ‘scrubbing’ female lobsters get license suspensions

  The licenses of two Maine lobstermen have been suspended for six years because the Department of Marine Resources determined that the men illegally removed eggs from Read More »

• “Towards professionalizing the Louisiana commercial fishing industry.” summit to aid commercial fishing, seafood industry

  Louisiana Fisheries 2013, a summit for the Louisiana commercial fishing and seafood industry, is scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28 at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Read More »

• Fisherman reported to have fallen overboard from the F/V Fleeton – Coast Guard searches

  The master of the Fleeton contacted Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads Command Center watchstanders at approximately 9 a.m. reporting a crewmember was last seen as the vessel was transiting Read More »