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• Fisheries Working Group meeting on Offshore Renewable Energy – November 14th at 8:00 AM

  November 12, 2012 — The Fisheries Working Group meeting on Offshore Renewable Energy will be next Wednesday, November 14th at 8:00 AM at the New Bedford 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 »

• Fishermen safe after British tanker rescue – Crew of CF/V All Seven, fishing off Sable Island when boat began taking on water

  “All three crew members have been successfully rescued by the motor tanker British Serenity,” he told CBC News. “They’re reported to be on board that vessel Read More »

• Big changes, worry of lower prices in Maine Elver fishery

  Nearly 22% of that quota is assigned to the state’s four Indian tribes, with the largest share going to the Passamaquoddies. The remainder of the quota Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Novi Lobster Boat 49’x11’x20′ 335HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo Diesel

  Specifications, information and 11 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:01 Related Read More »

• Striper Poaching Season Begins in Maryland!

  On April 5, 2017, Maryland DNR reported that officers had charged nine men with possessing 87 striped bass from the waters of Dorchester County. On Saturday, Read More »

• New England: Fleet could see haddock quota double

  The annual catch limits for Gulf of Maine cod will increase slightly in 2016, while the quota for haddock will more than double if recommendations passed Read More »

• A king-sized divide – Upper Cook Inlet Task Force meetings end with suggestions, but very little consensus

  After more than nine hours of discussion, the Upper Cook Inlet Task Force generated a proposal at their last meeting on Thursday that will be presented Read More »

• NMFS is accepting proposals under the MAFMC Research Set-Aside Federal Funding Program – DEADLINE: May 6, 2013

  March 12, 2013 — The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it is accepting proposals under the Mid-Atlantic Council’s Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program for research Read More »

• Owner and Captain indicted on conspiracy charges for dumping oil, pollutants into Blaine Harbor

  Bingham Fox, owner of the fishing vessel Native Sun, and his son Randall Fox, the boat’s captain, first dumped the waste in 2011 and continued to Read More »

• Deep Panuke faces water woes – Pumping and Dumping HUGE amounts of fresh water.

  Water problems at the Deep Panuke gas field in Nova Scotia’s offshore appear to have mounted over the past month, although its Calgary-based owner won’t say Read More »

• New England: Fishing regs have widespread impact

   In mid-December, Les Eastman sent out one of his fishing charter party boat full of tourists who were in the region to fish in New Hampshire’s Read More »

• One of British Columbia’s most unusual and dangerous fisheries is poised for a comeback.

  Gooseneck barnacles, which grow on the rocks below the high tide line off the west coast of Vancouver Island, are prized in Spain and served as appetizers Read More »
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  Information Update #2: The Make Commercial Fishing Great Again Flotilla 2017

  First, a hearty thank you to all who plan on attending this historic event! There has been some confusion by those who are still trying to Read More »

• F/V Deesie Survives Hurricane Sandy

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  North to Alaska! Young Maine Fishermen test their mettle in Homer

  A group of friends, Mount Desert High School alums, got a taste of what it’s like to be “Deadliest Catch” fishermen after spending several weeks this Read More »

• VIMS begins 75th anniversary celebration

  The Virginia Institute of Marine Science begins a yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary this month, with the launch of a special multimedia website and the Read More »

• NY State moves toward microbead ban, industry urges delay

  State lawmakers are moving to ban the sale of some face soaps, shampoos and toothpastes that contain very tiny plastic spheres that flow straight through most Read More »

• Four New Papers Link Solar Activity, Natural Ocean Cycles To Climate – And Find Warmer Temps During 1700s, 1800s

  As of mid-September, there have already been 77 peer-reviewed scientific papers authored by several hundred scientists linking solar activity to climate change.  There were 43 as Read More »

• Big Old Alaskan Fish Turns Out To Be Just Big, Not Old

  A nearly 40-pound rockfish caught off the southwest coast of Alaska was thought to be nearly 200 years old. The answer lay in the watery beast’s Read More »

• Southeast’s salmon season begins ramping up as pink harvests start rise

  Southeast Alaska’s first king salmon troll opening of the summer has come and gone, and now the seiners are about the take center stage. Last week, Read More »
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  Shrimp industry instability ‘nerve wracking’

  When Rodrick Cornick bought into the inshore shrimp fishery three years ago he expected a better future. Cornick operates the Atlantic Explorer, co-owned with Terrence House, Read More »

• American Samoa: Crown of thorns killing our reefs

  Coral reefs are under threat from a new bloom of crown of thorns starfish.  For the past two weeks, an off-island dive team from the National Read More »

• Yurok Tribe Files Intent to Sue National Marine Fisheries Service and the Bureau of Reclamation

  In response to massive fish disease outbreaks in back-to-back years on the Klamath River, the Yurok Tribe submitted a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Read More »

• Strong fall lobster season reported so far along South Shore

  Catches are up, the price has climbed past the industry standard of $5 a pound and despite some windy weather, boats are getting out on the Read More »