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• Young fisherman hoisted from F/V Bess Chett by Coast Guard Sector/Air Station North Bend Monday evening – video

  SEATTLE — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 17-year-old male from a commercial fishing vessel near Cape Blanco State Park, Ore., Monday evening.  He was reportedly suffering Read More »

• Same Oil Routine – Calhoun County fishermen believe they are left in the dark about oil – “Responses to these incidents are not public events.”

  “The fishermen around here think they’re hiding stuff,” said Johnny Williams, 59, of Port O’Connor. “They’ve been giving answers like needles in a haystack.” “They got Read More »

• Model pitchmen: Fishermen promote “Gloucester Fresh” branding campaign

  A year ago? No way. But in this, the springish winter of 2015-16, a late-afternoon February photo shoot along the docks at St. Peter’s Square and Read More »

• FDA extends GM salmon consultation

  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending for 60 days the comment period for the draft Environmental Assessment and preliminary Finding of No Significant Read More »

• Who owns the fish?

  “We’ve been frozen out,” said Collins, who docks near the Golden Gate Bridge. “This system has given it all to the big guys.” More and more Read More »

• Video: Coast Guard assesses Hurricane Arthur damage on Outer Banks, NC

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  Fish Seek Cooler Waters, Leaving Some Fishermen’s Nets Empty

  Studies have found that two-thirds of marine species in the Northeast United States have shifted or extended their range as a result of ocean warming, migrating Read More »

• Biggest fish in the ocean receives international protection

  Tuna and other fish species may congregate around , but new rule reduces the chance that the giant sea creatures could get caught in nets targeting Read More »

• Center for Biological Diversity Petition targets ‘rogue’ killings by Wildlife Services

  They say U.S. critter assassins work in secret, quietly laying traps, lacing food with poison, sniping at targets from helicopters. Few people know exactly how the Read More »

• U.S. to Auction 79,000 Acres Offshore New York for Wind Energy

  The United States Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that 79,350 acres offshore New York will be offered in Read More »
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  NMFS Final Rule on Mid-Atlantic Council’s Frank R. Lautenberg Deep Sea Coral Protection Area

  The Council approved the Deep Sea Corals Amendment to the Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fishery Management Plan in 2015 in order to protect deep sea corals from Read More »

• Research detects antibiotics traces in commercial seafood

  Two scientists have carried out a new study to examine the persistence of antibiotics in seafood raised by aquaculture and have found traces of five of Read More »
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  Ecologist disputes Donkin Mine ocean test fears

  The longer Kameron Coal gives in to public pressure and delays its controversial plan to conduct sub-ocean floor surveying near the Donkin Mine, the longer Cape Read More »

• ‘We voted to leave..now we want our fishing grounds!’ British MEP blasts Eurocrats in rant

  David Coburn, a Scottish MEP raged at Spanish fishermen for using UK waters to fish, demanding the grounds are returned to the. Speaking at the Committee Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ MDI Lobster boat, CAT 3406C, Price Reduced!

  Specifications, information and 4 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 13:05 Related Read More »

• MDMR officials oppose proposed changes to NOAA shark regulations

  The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources oppose proposals by NOAA Fisheries that would increase shark regulations for recreational and commercial fishermen. NOAA proposes recreational and commercial Read More »

• Plans for a local Asian Carp processing center are on the way

  EAST PEORIA, Ill. — Local leaders, international entrepreneurs, and local businesses are cooking up a plan to control the invasion of Asian Carp in the Illinois Read More »

• User conflicts over halibut, salmon on horizon for 2016

  The year about to end saw the beginnings of some fisheries regulations and legal battles that will either resolve or present further issues in 2016. Halibut Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update December 9, 2012

       “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.”    http://hosted.vresp.com/1181479/489d7e8d3c/545568053/ad93d20bca/ Related Read More »

• Bearing Sea Crab Fishermen and processors had their IFQ permits in hand by the close of business Thursday.

  Several crab fisheries in the Bering Sea are open as federal regulators were successful in getting fishermen their IFQ permits so they can drop pots. The end Read More »

• Alaska boats link in giant flotilla to protest military plan

  Nearly 50 commercial fishing boats linked together with line, creating a massive flotilla to draw attention to their protest of the Navy’s planned exercises in the Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, April 12, 2015

  The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• “I don’t know what we’ll find here,” Enigmatic eels a focus of concern

   On a chilly morning when other watermen on the Patuxent River dredged for  oysters, Jimmy Trossbach sought more slippery quarry — American eels. Last week, the Read More »

• Fishermen in Cape Tormentine, Murray Corner and nearby Little Cape upset at loss of lobster buyer

  They were at the wharf last year and actually, they drove the price up. We wouldn’t have got as much for our lobsters last year if Read More »

• Someone is confused! (hope it ain’t me) Puget Sound Jellyfish show up in areas of poor water quality – Foragefishapalooza!

  Is it water quality? or is it not? Did forage fish leave because the water sucks, or is it overfishing? “The important thing,” said Rice, “is Read More »