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  Navy War Games Planned for East Coast and Gulf Waters – Public comment is open until Aug. 29

  The Navy intends to fire missiles, rockets, lasers, grenades and torpedoes, detonate mines and explosive buoys, and use all types of sonar in a series of Read More »

• A Rant on Peer Review

  Think fish study’s when you read this. Professor George J. Borjas – I have a few pet peeves. One of them is how “peer review” is perceived by far Read More »

• Lost crab pots still catching king crab in Kodiak Island bay

  Derelict crab pots lost on the bottom of a Kodiak Island bay are capturing significant numbers of its king crab, according to scientists with the National Read More »

• Great urgency in debate over Great Bay – reduce the level of nitrogen and other pollutants discharged

  This is a point in the regulatory process where all citizens have the ability to affect the final outcome and language of a critical regulatory process. Read More »

• Let’s take control of our future – why the industry must take centre-stage in implementing the discard ban.

  Newlyn skipper of the Crystal Sea (SH118), David Stevens – I have been fishing now for nearly 25 years and in all of that time, the Read More »

• Predator, prey balance needed in fisheries management Carmine Gorga, Ph.D.

  To the editor: Congratulations to Matt Mullin, deputy regional director, New England Oceans Program, Environmental Defense Fund! He is the first member of the fisheries “establishment” Read More »
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  Investigation may lead to charges in the Nathan Carman “Chicken Pox’’ boat sinking

  A multi-state investigation is underway into Nathan Carman and the disappearance of his mother while on a tuna fishing trip with him, a trip that authorities Read More »
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  How the WPFMC and Kitty Simonds Crashed Conservation’s Biggest Event

  Irreverent might be the best way to describe Kitty Simonds’ feelings about the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, a 10-day event currently Read More »

• American Samoan Fishermen get help from DMWR

  Fishermen of alia vessels and small motorized boats are now getting help from the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources to pay for their fuel when Read More »

• Does Newfoundland Fisherman Tony Doyle have the answer NOAA Doesn’t?

  It’s a huge mystery to NOAA scientists. Where have the fish gone? The ENGO bunch seems happy to say that the New England fishing fleet has depleted Read More »

• Shrimp coated in oil concerns many – Video

  GALVESTON BAY, Texas — Attorneys representing a shrimp boat captain are bringing attention to an entire catch of shrimp coated in oil. Pictures released to KHOU Read More »

• Operation Black Glass – Spain to Asia network of Chinese elver smugglers busted

  EVERY operation undertaken by the Guardia Civil is given a special name and when the Nature arm, Seprona, started an investigation into the illegal export of Read More »
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  ‘Where have all the cod gone?’ and the sustainability imperative – By Brian J. Rothschild

  In “Where Have All the Cod Gone” (New York Times, Jan. 2) history professor W. Jeffrey Bolster claims that the “..recent ban on cod fishing in Read More »

• Virginia considers opening blue crab winter dredge fishery, would mean reducing daily bushel limits of hard pot crabbers

  After closing the winter dredge fishery for Chesapeake blue crab for seven years straight to help the struggling stock rebuild, the state is inching closer toward Read More »

• NT coroner says Austral Fisheries should be prosecuted for fisherman’s death at sea

  The Northern Territory coroner has told an inquest into a fatal electrocution on a prawn trawler that Austral Fisheries should be prosecuted for providing an unsafe Read More »

• Makah fishermen add value to catch at home by processing own fish fillets

  It took 10 years, but today, the Makah Cape Flattery Fisherman’s Co-op in Neah Bay has realized the goal of processing its own fish fillets, adding Read More »

• SBA Loans available to assist with fishing affected by chinook salmon fishery disaster

  Businesses in affected areas in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon Rural Education Attendance Areas, the Matanuska Susitna Borough, and some neighboring areas, can apply Read More »

• U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney met with local fishermen Friday in Stonington over onerous catch limits

  U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, spoke with local fishermen Friday who shared their ongoing concerns about federal fishing regulations that limit the numbers of fish Read More »

• NOAA Budget Briefings & Blue Book Available Online

  Dr. Kathy Sullivan’s FY 2014 NOAA Budget Presentation – here NOAA Fisheries’ FY 2013/2014 Budget Presentation – here NOAA’s FY 2014 Budget Blue Book – here Read More »

• The head smelt biologist for the state said it’s not clear why the season has been so poor for smelt fishing this winter.

  The reason for the poor season, however, isn’t known. Some of the operators have theories: dredging in the Bath area disturbing the fish swimming up the Read More »

• Federally protected aggressive Steller sea lion harasses fishermen

  A 2,500-pound terrorist has been surprising sport and commercial fishermen outside Sitka harbors. There’s one thing he’s after—fish — and the season is just ramping up. Read More »

• Maine: Lobster license squatting

  Maine has a fairly complicated system for limiting entry into the lucrative lobster fishing industry. As presently constructed, some would-be fishermen might wait a decade or Read More »

• Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s MSA reauth hearing, fishing industry outlines wish-list to Congress

  Boston — Amid calls from fishermen for better science to measure ocean fish  populations and more financial supports for the industry, Sen. Edward  Markey on  Monday said he Read More »

• Department of Aquaculture, Agriculture and Fisheries official’s obstruction case delayed

  The obstruction case against a senior civil servant has been delayed until April 26 to allow the prosecutors to disclose the case to the defence.  Read Read More »

• Russian trawler’s demise spurs questions from U.S. competitors.

  Seattle-based pollock producers say the sinking of a Russian trawler with dozens of fatalities earlier this month raises disturbing questions about a Sea of Okhotsk fishery Read More »