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• Alaska’s Board of Fish closes two areas to commercial Dungeness crab fleet

  Alaska’s Board of Fish this month for the most part voted down proposed closures for commercial Dungeness crabbing around Southeast. However, the board during a meeting Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, September 6, 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 »

• Fisherynation Editorial – The Politcal Purging of Dr. Brian Rothschild. What is the Real Reason?

  Dr. Brian Rothschild a world-renown fisheries researcher and author, Dean Emeritus of Marine Fisheries Institute, has been removed from his co-directorship of the Institute which he Read More »

• New EPA chief to visit Alaska over controversial mine proposal

  New Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy plans to visit the site of Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine next week as she decides whether to block the Read More »

• Catch Shares: After 10-year crab review, NPFMC seeks social impact information. Are they blind?

  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council approved a 10-year review of rationalization on June 10, the program that ended derby-style crab fisheries in 2005 and gave Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 140′ Raised Foc’sle Mid Water Trawler with Federal Permits

  Specifications, information and 9 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:04 Related Read More »

• DeFazio-Huffman-Herrera Beutler Amendment Saves West Coast Fishermen $2.4 million

   Their amendment would suspend for a year, the collection of a cost recovery fee in the West Coast Trawl Rationalization Program and provide some relief to Read More »

• Lake Erie’s multi-species commercial fishery has entered MSC assessment.

  LAKE Erie’s multi-species commercial fishery has entered MSC assessment. If certified, this fishery will provide a significant volume of lake fish to markets in North America Read More »

• Willapa Bay gillnetters lock horns with state over Salmon Fishing Policy

  Drought hit Willapa Bay salmon runs hard this year while questions remain about how a new commercial salmon fishing policy affects local fishermen. At a recent Read More »

• S.F. crab boats idled by price dispute – “No crab boats are leaving the dock,”

  The trouble started Sunday when crab boat skippers heard that fish brokers were planning to cut the prices they pay for fresh crab from $3 per Read More »

• The distorted view of reality – A Knockout Blow for American Fish Stocks?

  Today, in the New York Times, Oceana’s Gib Brogan ignores the facts of the New England fishing industry, a hollowed out shell of what once was Read More »

• Chinese investors eye Port Union fish plant as a seal processing plant 

  Venture capitalists who are looking to invest $90 million US in the province have their sights set on the former Ocean Choice International shrimp plant in Read More »

• Just Now!! Passing the Hannah Bowden in Buzzard’s Bay

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• McCurdy blasts cuts announced by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to the inshore quota for northern shrimp

  The inshore quota has dropped from 45,300 tonnes in 2013 to 33,876 this year — a decline of 26.2 per cent. By comparison, the offshore sector’s Read More »

• MSC Eco-label seafood body attempts to convince critics

  “My first question is, where is the science?” says Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental-studies researcher at New York University who has been critical of the MSC in Read More »

• Some Mass Lawmakers fear some Cape Cod fishermen will miss out on aid

  Many Cape Cod fishermen, operating under shrunken quotas for cod, have shifted their focus to catching other fish species such as dogfish, skate and monkfish. But Read More »

• Rhode Island-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation awarded $399,870 of S-K Grant Funding

  Rhode Island fishermen are to receive up to $475,000 in federal funds to support research aimed at improving sustainability of local fisheries. The CFRF will put Read More »

• Comeback of scup a lifeline for New Jersey fishermen

  Some call them scup and some call them porgy. Right now, fishermen in the Port of Cape May are calling them a lifeline. Read more here Related Read More »

• Lobster poacher jumps into the water, challenges game wardens to come and get him. They waited!

  One defendant in a lobster-poaching case Saturday reportedly threw his cell phone into the ocean at Bahia Honda, jumped into the ocean and challenged state officers Read More »

• Something fishy is going on in the nation’s lobster capital – (lottsa mishmash). People listen to these guys about investment?

  With tourism booming and demand for local lobster as popular as ever, life in eastern Maine this summer is good. But there’s a catch. Lobster prices Read More »

• Following the salmon value chain from boat to throat – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch

  “We often get asked what share the fisherman retains and how much each segement of the supply chain gets for salmon. The answer depends on the Read More »

• Fishermen Divided Over New Lingcod Limit Rules

  A recent decision to increase the legal harvest limit of lingcod, a popular West Coast fish species, has sparked debate and some disagreement among fishermen and Read More »
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  Bleak salmon season awaits commercial fleet as Bodega Bay Fishermen’s Festival returns

  Bodega Bay will host its 44th annual Fisherman’s Festival this weekend, celebrating the ocean-going traditions that long supported this coastal village long reliant on its harvest Read More »

• Pollock, salmon catchers clash over bycatch

  Severe declines closed chinook salmon fishing on the Yukon River this year, and further steps to keep the big fish out of Bering Sea trawl nets Read More »

• US Waives Jones Act to Secure Fuel for Hurricane Responders

  The U.S. government on Friday said it was temporarily waiving a law that limits the availability of cargoes on the U.S. coasts, a step that will Read More »