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  Gregory Mayhew has passed away

  Gregory Mayhew, 72, died peacefully at his home in West Tisbury on Wednesday evening, April 11, enveloped by the love of his family. Greg battled chronic Read More »

• Outdoors: Gill netting again is ruled illegal, but don’t believe the net controversy is over

  But don’t believe that, because the attempts over the years to overturn the net ban law show how commercial groups are unrelenting in their zeal to Read More »

• Inland Fisheries – Asian carp study reveals market for the invaders

  The despised Asian carp in the Illinois River has been beaten with baseball bats and harpooned with arrows at local events, but a study from the Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 1985, Shrimp Dragger Fiberglass, Cummins, 540HP – Price Reduced!

  Specifications, information, and 28 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here  12:38 Related Read More »

• Five Indicted on Charges of Embezzling Nearly $500,000 From Trident Seafoods Five people with ties to Kodiak, Alaska

  Five people with ties to Kodiak, Alaska have been indicted on charges of wire fraud related to the embezzlement of almost $500,000 from Trident Seafoods. US Read More »

• Florida: Just when you thought it was safe,,, Massive, 18-inch crustacean was pulled from the water

  The scaly creature featuring multiple legs and claws was described as ‘striking its own tail’ when reeled in off a Fort Pierce dock. The unfazed fisherman Read More »

• Only 3 percent of juvenile salmon survived California drought in 2015

  Only 3 percent of the juveniles of an endangered salmon species survived the drought along the Sacramento River in 2015 despite extraordinary efforts by federal and Read More »

• Nova Scotia’s ancient cold-water corals protected by fishing ban

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada says its decision to protect more than 9,000 square kilometres of ocean bottom off Nova Scotia will have a minimal impact on Read More »

• Alaska Senator Murkowski unveils blueprint for energy policy

  Murkowski’s “Energy 20/20” proposal is sweeping in scope. Murkowski wants oil leasing off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. She wants an increase Read More »

• November referendum would dedicate $7 million in public money to Maine seafood and lobster processing.

  THE US state of Maine has decided to challenge Canada’s historic and long held  dominance of the North Atlantic lobster business. The New England community will Read More »

• Deaths of Manatees, Dolphins and Pelicans Point to Estuary at Risk – The evidence of decline is compelling.

  Along 50 miles of northern estuary waters off Brevard County and the Kennedy space complex, about 280 manatees have died in the last 12 months, 109 Read More »

• Slavery at sea has Thailand teetering toward US sanctions

  For years, US officials have urged Thailand, one of America’s closest Asian allies, to rid its $7.3 billion fisheries export industry of these abuses. Though carried Read More »

• Take part in annual Blaine Washington Blessing of the Fleet

  The Blaine seafarers memorial committee and Blaine commercial fishing members will host the annual Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday, May 4, at 1:30 p.m. in Read More »

• Seaweed may be protected as value rises

  According to the draft document, the plan is designed to provide recommendations – but not regulations – for long-term management of rockweed harvesting. Rockweed – a Read More »

• Editorial: Witness list shows Magnuson-Stevens Act talks a sham from start

  So, you’d like to think that New England will be well represented at these hearings, right?   Wrong. The only scheduled New England witness scheduled to speak Read More »

• Western Aleutian Processors Snag Business From Kodiak Plants. Fishing for History? Audio

  Unalaska Community Broadcasting – For the past year, pollock and cod fishing off Kodiak has been booming — but processing plants in town say they aren’t Read More »

• Oregon did the right thing in backing off gillnet ban on the main Columbia River. Washington state should too.

  The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is to be commended for recognizing that a 2013 policy dictated by former Gov. John Kitzhaber to kick commercial salmon Read More »

• Louisiana: Shrimp Season To Close in Portions of State Inside and Outside Waters

  Today, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham announced a closure of the fall shrimp season in state inside waters west of the Mississippi River and Read More »

• Clyde River, Nunavut to hunt first bowhead whale in a century, “We are all getting excited as the harvest time is getting closer,”

  A group of hunters in Clyde River, Nunavut has been selected to take part in the first bowhead whale hunt in over 100 years. Commercial whalers Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ 2006 Wesmac Fiberglass Lobster boat, Lugger

  For specifications, information, and 26 photos of the vessel, click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:28 Related Read More »

• Brussels-based (CETA) memo contradicts Canadian statements – says N.L. fish will help European processors

  “I have to talk to both Canadian and European trade people (about this),” Simms told The Fisheries Broadcast, adding that his next question is, “To what Read More »

• Oh Canada! One department says cod is endangered while another recommends more be caught

  Fish harvesters and DFO representatives met in Clarenville on Tuesday for a groundfish advisory committee meeting; a chance for fisheries scientists to give their findings and Read More »

• Some Dangerous People will Assemble on September 10, 2014, and you should be aware of this.

  Casting the Net: A More Efficient Approach to U.S. Fisheries Management – The Brookings Institution – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin will open the forum. discussion Read More »

• Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority hears proposal for fishery quota loans

  The program as discussed today would specifically allow low-interest loans for quota purchases by community-based nonprofits, municipalities, and community quota entities. Community development quota, or CDQ, Read More »

• Scallop boats scramble for mooring space in Cobscook Bay

  Maine’s annual is due to start Dec. 1 and fishermen, eager to benefit from strong demand and record high prices, are setting their sights on Cobscook Read More »