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• Treat Yourself! This is a Fisherman Production – ‘Lily jean’ U CANT TOUCH THIS

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• BP is ordered to pay $130 million — and more — to run oil spill claims center

  The ruling comes as BP tries to temporarily block claims payments while former FBI Director Louis Freeh investigates allegations of misconduct by an attorney who worked Read More »
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  A ‘Gentle Giant’: Shelburne fisherman dies at sea

  A fisherman who fell from a fishing boat into the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Sable late Saturday afternoon has died. Shelburne resident Jim Buchanan, 44, was Read More »

• Christie administration sues to halt ocean-blasting research

  The state attorney general’s office filed a complaint Friday in U.S. District Court arguing the federally funded seismic research project that began this week will harm Read More »

• NC Commercial Fishing Stopped At Peak Season, Here’s Why – No Excuse

  North Carolina Fisheries Association President Jerry Schill says his group supported closures when sea turtle populations were low. “But when they start to come back – Read More »

• Geoduck fishery still closed

  The Southeast Alaska Regional Dive Fisheries Association announced Saturday that the geoduck committee met Friday and decided to suspend paralytic shellfish poisoning testing until a March Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 1, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here for older updates click here 08:39 Related Read More »

• Alaska Board of Fisheries leaves dipnetters alone, preserves 24-hour fishing

  After nearly a full day of board deliberations on 25 proposed regulatory changes, the Cook Inlet personal-use fishery remains largely unchanged in the midst of a Read More »

• Nova Scotia lobster industry facing challenging season

  Seafood buyers are reporting high lobster mortality and poor quality, which a federal scientist says may be because lobsters are extra fragile this year in Canada’s largest Read More »
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  Oily sheen from B.C. fish farm diesel spill can’t be recovered: officials

  An oily rainbow-like sheen on the water left by a diesel fuel spill off the north coast of Vancouver Island cannot be cleaned up, sparking concerns for a Read More »

• Kwik’Pak Fisheries Attain Alaska RFM Chain of Custody

  The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has announced that Kwik’Pak Fisheries LLC. has successfully met the requirements of the FAO-Based Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) Chain of Custody Certification. Read More »

• Bristol Bay fishermen hit the 2 million mark June 29 ,sockeye catch still climbing!

  Bristol Bay fishermen hit the 2 million mark June 29. Baywide, the total catch was about 2.6 million sockeye as of June 29. If the projections Read More »

• Tanner Crab Stock Healthy

  Alaska Public Media – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration downgraded the southern tanner crab – or bairdi – in its annual report to Congress. In Read More »

• Fisherman take a battering as sea bass to be taken off menus to save fish from extinction

  The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the global advisory body on sustainable use of oceans, has advised the British Government there should Read More »

• New Southern Flounder restrictions came from acrimonious debate

  New restrictions on catching southern flounder that go into effect in North Carolina on Friday were the product of an acrimonious debate. Local media outlets report Read More »
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  Man overboard safety drills catch several participants at Digby Wharf

  Get ready, be prepared, do some drills, and know your tools. Those are the words of safety drill facilitator Tommy Harper who, along with executive director Read More »

• Mexican fishermen stealing America’s fish: Illegal, unregulated fishing a huge problem – Bill introduced

  With Africa and the Middle East disintegrating into chaos, the U.S. economy tanking into a part-time job market and immigrants crossing America’s southern border unabated, caring Read More »

• PHAs: ‘Bacteria fat’ that can help us save the Chesapeake – Crab Pot’s, and Shotgun Wads

  PHAs are plastics that are made by bacteria. PHAs also are eaten by bacteria. “It’s like fat,” Kirk Havens says. He explained that just as vertebrates Read More »

• Baker | Alaska seafood: we could learn a thing or three

  It’s always been a common way of doing business in eastern Canadian fisheries. When markets take downturns and prices dip, the answer is simple: catch more Read More »

• Scientists study capelin reproduction cycles in Trinity Bay

  Researchers are keeping a close eye on how capelin are spawning and developing off the waters of Newfoundland. Scientists have flocked to Bellevue Beach in Trinity Read More »

• South Shore Fishermen Taking a Beating! FISHY BUSINESS: No vacation, just a battle for fishermen facing regulations

  Many of us are enjoying the recreation that Scituate’s shores and water access afford both residents and our friends that visit from elsewhere for vacation, despite Read More »

• Capt. Lou Puskas – Viking Village Barnegat Light . NJ

  From the historical archives of the commercial fishing industry, Captain Lou Puskas certainly steps into the limelight. He has had a tremendous career and seems to Read More »

• Queenslanders wish to retain their right to buy fresh local caught seafood and oppose any fishing closures.

  MORE than 5000 people have signed petitions calling on parliament to block legislation to implement three net-free zones off Cairns, Mackay and the Capricorn Coast. Labor Read More »

• Seafood operations director of Atlanta-based Halperns’ elected to Council for Sustainable Fishing board

  “Having been born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, the South Atlantic fishery is of very special interest to me. Today we have to be the Read More »

• New England Fishery Management Council to meet in April 22 and 23 in Mystic, CT – Listen Live!

  The Agenda and schedule of the meeting can be viewed here, Register for the webinar presentation here The council has generously set aside 15 minutes for Public Read More »