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• NOAA report finds commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated $199 billion in 2011

  Economic information related to commercial and recreational fishing activities, and fishing-related industries in the United States are reported in the annual Fisheries Economics of the U.S. statistical Read More »

• Sewage spill closes shellfish beds in Charleston S.C.

  Shellfish harvesting beds in a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway in Charleston County were closed Wednesday due to a sewage spill at the Sullivan’s Island Wastewater Read More »
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  Pacific Tuna Stocks Have Plummeted, Scientists Warn – fished relentlessly for decades, in trouble.

  A report issued this week  by fisheries scientists on behalf of fishing nations, including the United States and Japan, shows that decades of uncontrolled overfishing have Read More »

• Voracious protected seals starting to overrun waters off New England

  But what is the cost? Nils Stolpe, a Florida-based fishing industry journalist and advocate, calculated that since each seal consumed 5 percent of its body weight Read More »

• New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Lobster Tagging Project – from GoodMorningGloucester

  The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department in cooperation with the University of New Hampshire is in the process of trying to identify areas in New Read More »

• Vitter urges administration not to remove oil rig serving as artificial reef

  U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), who sits on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell requesting that Read More »

• VIMS scientists star in new children’s book

  Taking head counts of fish isn’t glamorous work, but it’s made literary stars of sorts out of a team of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Read More »

• PAY UP! BP has lost an appeal to cancel the terms of its multi-billion-dollar settlement with businesses

  A US federal appeals court on Saturday upheld the terms of the original 2012 settlement. The UK oil giant has supported compensation for businesses harmed by Read More »

• Protecting the fishermen: 20th annual Blessing of the Fleet

  To mark the 20th annual Blessing of the Fleet in Trinidad, U.S. Coast Guard Humboldt Bay Sector Commander Capt. Art Snyder dazzled the large crowd gathered Read More »

• Crab task force opts to continue waiting ‘for the good of the industry’

  The 2015-2016 commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is officially a salvage operation, but beleaguered fishermen must wait at least another week before they can get to Read More »

• Feds find ‘substantial’ amount of pot in raid of Bay St. Louis seafood market

  Agents with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office participated Read More »

• Op-Ed: How You Can Prevent 130,000 Marine Mammals From Going Deaf

  In the coming months, the Obama Administration will make a decision that will profoundly impact the health of the Atlantic Ocean. It will decide whether to Read More »

• Bill aimed at helping younger fishermen

  As young Alaskans gather in Juneau for the sixth annual Young Fishermen’s Summit next week to explore ways to get a leg up in an increasingly Read More »

• Toxic road runoff kills adult coho salmon in hours, study finds

  A new study shows that stormwater runoff from urban roadways is so toxic to coho salmon that it can kill adult fish in as little as Read More »

• How the Cold War depleted our oceans and led to Japan’s $37,000 tuna – Really?

  Though the price one Tokyo sushi-maker paid for a Pacific bluefin tuna marks a sharp drop from recent peaks, $35,000 isn’t chump change. Given the species’ scarcity, it’s Read More »

• SHORT NOTICE: Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Magnuson Stevens at 9:30AM. Tune in here

  Washington, D.C. – On Friday, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a balanced hearing on the state of fisheries management in the United States. The Read More »

• Political games are devastating sustainable commercial fishing

  Not a single commercial fisherman nor any representative from the food industry sits on the nine member Fish and Wildlife Commission to speak for an industry Read More »

• Scallops giving New Bedford fishermen a welcome break – Lucrative shellfish lift fishermen — and the port they call home

  NEW BEDFORD Gail Isaksen remembers when the commercial fishing industry in New Bedford Harbor collapsed in the mid-1980s: Cash-strapped boat owners scrimped on maintenance, borrowed to Read More »

• Maine Voices: The Press Herald misrepresented state’s timely actions on lobster contamination

  The Portland Press Herald’s recent articles calling into question the timing of the state’s action to close a small area in the Penobscot River to lobster Read More »

• Johnson’s Mobile Fish Market – Featured project by David Johnson in North Carolina – Video

  An innovative fund raising project – Johnson’s Mobile Fish Market will be used to bring NC Local Fresh Seafood into inland communities where FRESH seafood is in Read More »

• F/V Arctic Hunter remains partially submerged near Unalaska, fuel onboard – captain’s blood alcohol content was .086,

  The Coast Guard heard around 4 a.m. on Friday that the Arctic Hunter had grounded northeast of Unalaska in Summer Bay, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Read More »

• Passamaquoddies agree to state individual quotas terms on elver fishery

  The Joint Tribal Council grudgingly agreed to amend tribal law to accept the state mandate of individual quotas for its elver fishermen, Indian Township Chief Joseph Read More »

• Farage to resign as UKIP leader after ‘Brexit’ vote

  Nigel Farage announced Monday that he will step down as the leader of the UK Independence Party, saying, “I’ve done my bit” to get Britain out Read More »

• Fifteen Years Ago Lives Were Lost Aboard The Starbound- My Cousin Joe Marcantonio Speaks Out About The Events Which Took Place That Night

  The Starbound sank 130 miles off Cape Ann August 5th, 2001. It was six months after that fateful night fifteen years ago today when my cousin Read More »

• Offshore Wind Shill Interior Secretary Sally Jewell – former engineer, banker and business executive cheers for wind power tax credit’s

  Interior secretary cheers for wind power PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell’s role kicking off an offshore wind industry conference Tuesday probably came as Read More »