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• Former FBI Director Louis Freeh: Some corruption in BP settlement program

  Freeh, who was appointed by a federal judge to lead an independent review of alleged misconduct by a staff attorney who worked on the settlement program, Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna’ Star To Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges

  Law360, New York (January 8, 2016, 3:19 PM ET) — A fisherman accused of falsely collecting over $44,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits by claiming Read More »

• John Furlong – cbc The Fisheries Broadcast discussing the EU’s seal ban based on “moral” grounds

  Canada begins the long and challenging process of trying to get the European Union’s ban on seal products overturned. Listen Also the story of the Tragedy Read More »

• Changes to the Fisheries Act have some people concerned of potential harm to Atlantic Canada’s coast.

  “All other industries have been able to comply with the general provisions of this act and still remain viable,” Bill Ernst, a former toxicologist with Environment Read More »
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  Wild or hatchery fish: opinions vary on large pink return

  Pink salmon seem to be showing up everywhere in creeks and along beaches all around Kachemak Bay and the outer coast of the Peninsula. Pinks are Read More »

• Bill to remove St. Croix alewife barriers clears committee hurdle

  AUGUSTA, Maine — Emergency legislation calling for removal of barriers that block sea-run alewives from full access to the St. Croix River watershed won unanimous endorsement Read More »

• North Carolina Commercial fisherman Jeremy Blair Myers killed in a fishing accident

  North Carolina Wildlife Officer Matt Criscoe said Jeremy Blair Myers, 34, of Wilmington, was killed after his clothing got caught in a fishing reel, slamming his body Read More »

• Province rejects cod harvester application over CETA – Swimming in a Sea of Cod and No Market

  Harvesters in NAFO Division 3PS had been leaving significant amounts of cod in the water because of low prices and, in recent week, a lack of buyers. With Read More »

• NOAA touts health of US fish stocks, but not for New England

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration submitted its annual report Wednesday to Congress on the state of all U.S. fishing stocks and did everything but paint Read More »

• A day in the life of a New Bedford scallop boat captain

  “We’re really pleased to see such a great turnout,” Fishing Heritage Center Director Laura Orleans told the standing-room-only crowd filling the center on Jan. 11. Pleased, but Read More »

• Southwest Nova Scotia buyers on board with lobster marketing

  A significant part of Nova Scotia’s most lucrative lobster fishery could soon be on board with some sort of lobster marketing levy, says Fisheries Minister Keith Read More »

• New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal: Dirty Little Secret

  While researching the latest Cape Wind story and the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal. I get the sense that the Patrick administration sold the Legislature on the NB Read More »

• Lobster industry needs to stop infighting, fisheries minister says

  Shea says the federal government wants to work with lobster fishermen to resolve challenges, but the industry needs to take the lead. Read more here 09:07 Read More »

• President Donald Trump’s inaugural lunch menu will feature Maine Lobster, Gulf Wild Shrimp, and California Champagne

  Soon after he’s sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump will dine on Maine lobster, Gulf shrimp, and Seven Hills Angus Read More »

• Judge throws out phone records in lobster boat arson case

  The district attorney’s office is appealing a July 6 ruling by a judge who concluded that cellphone records obtained by investigators were taken without probable cause Read More »

• Around and around we go, Where the Rogue NMFS Asset Forfeiture Fund Money goes, nobody knows! It’ll cost ya to find out!

  On, or about, Sept. 15th, 2014 I inquired from the same FOIA office the following information: ‘Please forward information on all monetary disbursements from the  (NMFS) Read More »

• Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries 3: Advancing Sustainability

  The purpose of this conference is to elevate the discussion of current, developing concepts on the sustainability of United States marine fishery management, towards possible future Read More »
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  Fish pie – Everyone wants a piece

  Representatives of the haves and have-nots of American ocean fisheries gathered in a packed college classroom here on Wednesday to offer Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, their Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs 68-year-old man from F/V Tidelands

  The Coast Guard medevaced a 68-year-old man Wednesday from the 200-foot fishing vessel Tidelands approximately five miles northeast of Great Machipongo Inlet near Cape Charles. Read Read More »

• Looming cost of at-sea monitors could put N.E. fishermen out of business

  Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service said the money it had been using to pay for the monitors — trained Read More »

• National Marine Fisheries Service whale protection rules will snare lobstermen

  Earlier this month, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed amendments to the federal Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Read More »

• ‘End of my life’: Plant fire a double hit for fishing family in Norman’s Cove-Long Cove

  The fiery destruction of the Dorset Fisheries plant in Norman’s Cove-Long Cove is a life-changing hit for one family in the community. Dave Cooper and his wife Read More »

• Return of alewives on St. Croix River celebrated

  BAILEYVILLE, Maine — For nearly 20 years, conservationists and, at times, state natural resource agencies, have sought to open the St. Croix River watershed to alewives,,, Read More »

• Supporting responsible ocean management: Are ‘catch shares’ the right plan?

  Sadly, catch shares inherently divide fishermen into haves and have-nots. Initial quota allocations often go to people and companies that were already fishing, endowing them with Read More »
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  F/V Destination – Hearings to begin on why Seattle-based crab boat sank with 6-man crew aboard

  Two weeks of Coast Guard hearings into the sinking of the Seattle-based Destination begin Monday. They will put a spotlight on safety in the crab-boat fleet, Read More »