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• Coast Guard dewaters 2 sinking fishing boats, rescues crews off Massachusetts

  The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued crews from two sinking fishing boats off the coast of Massachusetts. The Coast Guard said it responded to two Read More »

• Nova Scotia, P.E.I. lobster fisheries shut down – “We were blindsided. Never seen this coming at all,”

  The lobster fishery in Nova Scotia has come to a standstill, and some P.E.I. fishermen have been told to tie up their boats. In Nova Scotia, Read More »

• Boston Seafood Show Science Forum Suggests ENGOs are Misleading Public on Sustainability

   NEWS ANALYSIS by John Sackton SEAFOOD.COM –  The dominant view expressed by leading fisheries  scientists at the Boston meeting was that the NGOs have a profound  misunderstanding Read More »

• Wanted: Port of New Bedford – Harbormaster

  Harbor Development Commission  Harbormaster/HDC Operations Officer (this is not a City of New Bedford job) 13:36 Related Read More »

• Govt Shutdown Blocks Testing: Pamlico River, Neuse River Fish kill tally could number more than a million

  A fish kill first reported in the Neuse River on Sunday affecting a few hundred menhaden now includes other fish species and the Pamlico River, with the Read More »

• Eddie Emery sends this photo from Connecticut – Black Sea bass. Devouring everything they can

  Black Sea bass. Devouring everything they can. Every trap of a 10 pot trawl. Too many predators lobsters won’t go near them.  All summer long everywhere Read More »

• BP Deepwater Horizon spill oil causes heart damage that can kill tuna, new study finds

  The scientific paper, which will be published in the Feb. 14 edition of the journal Science, was discussed by several of the researchers at a news Read More »

• Wind energy company works toward Coos Bay project

  COOS BAY — For the first time in recent history, South Coast fisherman are on board with an offshore industrial project. Nick Edwards, a representative of Read More »

• NCFA Weekly Update for October 31, 2014

  Weekly Update for Oct. 31, 2014 as PDF  21:39 Related Read More »

• Drastic groundfishing cuts approved by fishery management agency

  UPDATE… 6:27 PM Wed. New England Fisheries Management Council recommends cutting Cod fishing limits in the Gulf of Maine by 77% and in George’s Bank by Read More »

• Dungeness crab season opens strong in Southeastern Alaska

  Dungeness crab season is now open, and fishermen are flocking to the sea earlier. This time last year, there were 151 permits registered, Alaska Department of Read More »

• Final ASMFC hearings for Draft FMP to regulate Jonah crab fishery tonight in New Bedford, tomorrow night in Narragansett

  The public hearings are scheduled for Wednesday night in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Thursday night in Narragansett, Rhode Island.  July 8, 2015 5:00 pm, Fairfield Inn Read More »

• Judge strikes down 2013 Cook Inlet salmon lawsuit

  A state judge ruled in favor of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the lawsuit regarding the 2013 Cook Inlet salmon fisheries. Read more Read More »

• Sitka Sound roe herring harvest reduced

  Sitka…..the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today the final guideline harvest level (GHL) for the 2014 Sitka Sound herring sac roe fishery is 16,333 Read More »

• Red tide causes large fish kill in northeast Gulf of Mexico

  Citizens have reported observations of thousands of dead and dying bottom-dwelling reef fish, including grouper, hogfish, white grunt, triggerfish and snapper, as well as sea turtles Read More »

• NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicks off annual seafood summit in New Orleans

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicked off the annual  in New Orleans on Monday (Feb. 9), highlighting the importance of improving seafood sustainability by focusing on Read More »

• Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Quiet waterfront not a good sign for our fisheries

  It was generally quiet on the Gloucester waterfront yesterday — and that’s not good. In years past, Gloucester’s fishermen and those gearing up to work as Read More »

• Little Compton fisherman awarded $2.6 million for arm injury

  A Superior Court jury awarded a Little Compton fisherman and his wife about $2.6 million with interest after the fisherman lost his right forearm when it Read More »

• N.E. lands $33M in federal fishing aid

  NOAA announced the first apportioning of the federal fishery disaster funds Wednesday, awarding $32,847,955 — or 43.8 percent of the appropriated $75 million — to New Read More »

• MSA Re-Auth Roadshow: Northeast Seafood Coalition Policy Director Vito Giacalone Testifies

  Giacalone testified about the immediate reality affecting small groundfish fishing businesses in the Northeast region. He said long-term policy improvements will not matter if there are no fishermen Read More »

• SIGN THIS PETITION! North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission: Save local seafood! No permanent secondary nursery areas in NC!

  To: W. Robert Bizzell, Chairman, NC Marine Fisheries Commission Save local seafood! Please do not designate all inland waters of North Carolina as secondary nursery areas. Read More »

• Battle between stone crab and shark fisherman close to breaking point

  Tensions are high between stone crab fisherman and residents shark fishing along the same beaches. After a recent assault charge, the city is stepping in before Read More »

• Japan: Population of Fishermen Hit by Earthquake, Aging

  Of the 89,485 privately managed fishery businesses in the country, only 14,811, or 17%, say they have someone who can be a successor in the trade, Read More »

• Canadian Cod, underharvested, What are Fishermen saying?

  Pilot projects were announced yesterday to allow whole cod to be shipped into the US market, and also to address questions about quality. So what are Read More »

• Murkowski Commends Wal-Mart Decision – Announcement “Clear Vindication of Our Superior Sustainable Management”

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wal-Mart today announced that it will continue to buy Alaska seafood for its nationwide stores, concluding a four-month review of Alaska’s sustainability standards Read More »