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• The unusual, mysterious American eel

  I recently watched a man fishing in the Arkansas River at Little Rock who caught an American eel. When he set the hook, the angler was Read More »

• NOAA/NMFS Considers Moving Trawl Surveys to Fishing Vessels

  NOAA Fisheries is initiating a planning process to support its intention to transition part or all of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s spring and fall bottom Read More »

• NMFS seeking feedback on a Discussion Draft re: Electronic Monitoring and Electronic Reporting in fed fisheries:

  The objective of the Discussion Draft is to promote discussion and thinking within regions and across regions about EM/ER. Our goal for the final document, scheduled Read More »

• Maine lobstermen get stuck in severe thunderstorm (video and pics)

  Two days ago I was talking with Skip and the #toughkid about the time we got stuck in a 70 knot thunderstorm my first summer on Read More »

• Former Wicked Tuna Fisherman Adam Moser dies from suspected drug over dose.

  Adam James Moser, age 27, of Portsmouth, N.H. passed away September 19, 2015, from an apparent overdose. He was raised in East Kingston, N.H., born on Read More »

• National Marine Fisheries Service to tighten rope rules for lobster fishermen

  In 2009, federal regulators set their sights on groundlines that linked lobster traps on the ocean bottom. In 2014, it’s the vertical lines lobstermen use to Read More »
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  On Smith Island, Crab Is Everything. What happens when no one’s around to catch Maryland’s prized blue crab?

  It’s the hottest day of the summer on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and at a tiki bar that doesn’t serve alcohol on a windless island Read More »

• A mysterious phenomenon – Schools of dead herring continue to wash up on Nova Scotia beaches

  Schools of dead herring keep washing ashore along the rocky beaches of western Nova Scotia, prompting a retired scientist to enlist the help of local naturalists Read More »

• U.S. Coast Guard announces notice of proposed rulemaking for personal flotation device type codes

  PFD type codes are unique to Coast Guard approval and are not well understood by the general public. The current PFD type code classification system is planned Read More »

• Breaking: New England Regional Fishery Management Council – Cod limit cuts projected at up to 82 percent

  “Based on recent reports developed by fisheries scientists and peer reviewed by independent experts, there is little good news about the health of cod stocks in Read More »

• New England: Federal fish reports show grim picture – Gulf of Maine thorny skate???

  If you’re looking for an accurate barometer of the dire state of the Northeast groundfish fishery, you need look no further than the two reports NOAA Read More »

• MSC orders WWF Canada’s to yank the ‘We don’t farm like this’ animation that they thought was, oh so clever!

  The MSC understands the concerns about the animation recently released by WWF Canada and appreciates their swift action at the request of MSC to remove it Read More »
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  Maine Fishermen of baby eels expect high price as stocks dry up on the international market

  Members of Maine’s baby-eel fishing industry are expecting high prices for the tiny fish this year because of a shortage on the international market, and sushi Read More »
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  Request for Participant: 2018 Northern Shrimp RSA/Cooperative Winter Sampling Program – Massachusetts

  The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MA DMF) are seeking one Massachusetts (MA) trawl vessel/captain to collect northern Read More »

• NOAA’s John Bullard to NEFMC on GOM Cod, GOM Haddock, SNE/MA Winter Flounder and Carryover Provisions

  We are bound by what the law says, not what it does not say and§ 305(c) is clear on its face that interim rules are limited Read More »
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  Crew member stabbed on Dutch Harbor commercial fishing boat

  A 28-year-old fisherman was arrested after stabbing another crew member on a commercial fishing boat in the Aleutian fishing hub of Dutch Harbor Friday, Unalaska police Read More »

• Precision Seafood Harvesting Named NZ’s Supreme Innovator

  Auckland, New Zealand – The new fishing technology tipped to change the way the world fishes has been named Supreme New Zealand Innovator for 2014. (here)  Read More »

• Congressmen Seek Investigation Of Hawaii Fishing Practices

  Four Democratic congressmen have written to officials at the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration claiming that Hawaii’s longline fishing fleet is Read More »
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  The NIMBY oyster people

  I have covered, over the years, a lot of animated public hearings, more than I could ever count, in which neighbors turned out to protest things Read More »

• Marin voice: Prop. 1 – One more shovel of dirt on the grave of our fisheries – Zeke Grader

  Proposition 1 is one more shovel of dirt on the grave of our salmon, crab and other . Heightening dams or building new ones takes years. Read More »
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  Maine’s 2017 commercial fishing landings are fourth highest ever

  Maine commercial fishermen once again landed more than a half-billion dollars worth of marine resources in 2017. At $569,173,089, the total value stands as the fourth Read More »

• Massachusetts Appeals Court Upholds Applicability of WPA to Commercial Fishing Techniques Using Hydraulic Dredging Methods

  The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the applicability of the state’s Wetlands Protection Act (WPA) to commercial fishing activities using hydraulic dredging methods on land under ocean and nearshore Read More »

• House votes to slash climate research, block new red snapper fishing plan, and ‘ocean zoning’ funding

  The $51.4 billion spending bill would fund the fiscal 2016 budgets for the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, NASA, the National Science Foundation and Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs injured fisherman 25 miles off Nantucket

  The Coast Guard medevaced a seriously injured fisherman Saturday from a boat 25 miles east of Nantucket, Massachusetts. A man aboard the fishing vessel Hera contacted Read More »

• BOEM Extends Comment Period for Information Request on Next Five Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program

  The June publication of the RFI began a 45-day comment period. With the extension, BOEM will accept comments until August 15. Substantial public involvement and extensive Read More »