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• In dip net drama, there’s more than one side to the story

  Too many Kenai River dip-netters are slobs, pigs, miscreants, call them what you want. There is no debating this. The evidence is obvious to anyone who Read More »

• New commercial fishing rules take effect

  U.S. Coast Guard planes and ships are circling the Pacific right now, enforcing brand new rules for commercial fishing. The West Coast’s fisheries are some of Read More »

• LIPA trustees won’t vote on wind farm project this week  

  The state of New York has finalized a blue print for offshore wind energy, but the LIPA board won’t take up a measure to authorize the Read More »

• Fishing captain facing murder charge released on $60,000 bail

  Dwayne Samson, captain of the Twin Maggies lobster fishing boat, based in Arichat, is charged along with two crew members with second-degree murder after what the RCMP Read More »

• This is an OUTRAGE! Fishing vessel fijian crew gettin shot, out side fiji waters – MURDER

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• ‘Fishing the hell’ out of B.C. sockeye may be best way to preserve stocks, UBC professor says

  Few know the issues better than Carl Walters, a fish biologist and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia, who has studied Fraser sockeye and Read More »

• Commercial fishing closures in Port Stephens will be lifted

  The closures were put in place in September last year after it was revealed that toxic fire fighting foam used at the nearby Williamtown RAAF Base Read More »

• Fisheries Ministers Commit to Working Together to Protect Fisheries and Develop Canadian Fishing and Aquaculture Industry

  “Today was a day of collaboration between federal, provincial and territorial partners,” said the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “We want to Read More »

• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Galveston, TX October 5 – 8, 2015 Listen Live!

  The public is invited to attend the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting at the Hilton Galveston Island 5400 Seawall Boulevard Galveston, TX . Read the Committee Read More »

• Just Now!! A tight fit.

  Gloucester – A tight fit. The lobster boat Dominatrix drives between the stern of the herring trawler Western Venture and the Coast Guard station’s large vessel Read More »
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  Eastern Cape Breton lobster season looking good despite rough start

  Rough weather delayed the opening of the lobster fishing season off eastern Cape Breton and a nasty spring storm three days later destroyed hundreds of traps Read More »

• The Alaska Fisheries Report – KMXT Kodiak

  Coming up this week, Southeast fishermen get extra time to target coho this month, NOAA wants your feedback on Amendment 95, we’ve got a review of this Read More »

• Mississippi Shrimp producers hopeful for 2013 crop

  “The brown shrimp don’t grow as fast under the conditions we had this spring, but once it gets hot, they can go up a whole count Read More »

• Bay of Fundy Fishermen trying to overturn approval of tidal turbine

  A fishermen’s group has asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to set aside provincial approval of a massive tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy, saying Read More »

• Bay of Fundy tidal turbines on hold over environmental concerns

  Plans for the installation of a tidal turbine on the bottom of the ocean floor in the Bay of Fundy, N.S., have been put on hold. Read More »

• Michigan Department of Natural Resources considers commercial fishing in Lake Huron

  Michigan is exploring the possibility of commercial fishing for whitefish in southern Lake Huron. The state Department of Natural Resources says it issued a research permit Read More »

• Fishermen Eagerly Await Pink Salmon Opener; Astonishingly Early Start to Alaska Chum Salmon

  3-Minute Market Insight: This year is looking to be a good one for Pink salmon, both in Russia and here in North America. In the Prince Read More »

• News Release: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 2 miles west of Tillamook Bay, Ore. – Video

  SEATTLE — A Coast Guard boatcrew from Station Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, Ore., medically evacuated a 64-year-old crew member  from a commercial fishing vessel (F/V  Tomboin) the Pacific Read More »

• Report: Polluted farm runoff linked to toxic green algae slime in U.S. waters

  They call it the green slime, a toxic ooze of algae that covered lakes and other water bodies across the United States this summer, closing beaches Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: PRICE REDUCED! 45′ Guimond Tuna/Lobster/Charter (2) Cummins 6CTA8.3L

  Specifications, and information and 15 photos of the vessel, click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:57 Related Read More »
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  Powerless spectators to the hungry tuna ranchers: the demise of artisanal fishermen

  Artisanal fishermen in Malta have become ‘powerless spectators’ to the way the Bluefin tuna fishery industry has been taken over by the large purse seiners and Read More »

• Liberals sweep P.E.I.’s four ridings, toppling fisheries minister

  The Liberals strengthened their hold on Prince Edward Island in Monday’s federal election, sweeping the province’s four seats and claiming a high-profile member of Stephen Harper’s Read More »

• Linda Bean’s path to becoming one of the major players in the state’s lobster industry came late in life.

  “I was 67 at the time and going through a divorce,” Bean said about her decision to try a new career in the lobster industry. “This Read More »

• N.H. fishermen wait for allotment of federal fish disaster funds

   SEABROOK — Officials at Yankee Fisherman’s Cooperative are pleased about the nearly $33 million in fishery disaster relief funds allocated to those in the Northeast who Read More »

• North Coast Fishermen Voice Concerns About the Proposed Individual Transferable Quota System

  The United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union’s president met with North Coast fishermen today, to discuss the proposed changes the DFO plans to make to the Read More »