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• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 48′ Fiberglass Duffy Lobster, 475HP, 6 Cylinder Detroit 60 Series

  Specifications, information and 19 photo’s  click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:37 Related Read More »

• Work to salvage F/V Denise begins

  The commercial fishing boat “Denise” ran aground on Friday evening (May 29) and has since passed the rock barrier, due to the ocean’s tides and current, to Read More »

• Alaska Fish Radio: US troops will get AK salmon; People Mag says farmed fish is best; Begich calls EPA visit “good”

  US troops will be eating Alaska salmon after all. Sodexo, the France-based food contractor did an about face after getting blasted by Senator Mark Begich.  Sodexo, which has Read More »

• Stone crabs most expensive seafood in U.S.

  Long considered a Florida delicacy, the stone crab is highly sought after by seafood lovers. Literally tens of thousands of stone crab traps are put into Read More »

• Federal restrictions hit recreational fishermen

  John Bullard, Northeast regional administrator at NOAA, said he believes the scientists working with NOAA and who came to the recent conclusions about cod should be Read More »

• A Report from The Gulf of Maine Research Institute “The Future of Cod in the Gulf of Maine”

  “The Future of Cod in the Gulf of Maine” explores the range  of biological, climatological, economic and fishery management factors that affect this species. the report (a Read More »
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  Watermen, locals descend on Raleigh to fight fisheries bill – The true toll of a treacherous bill on commercial fishing

  Hundreds of commercial fishermen and their families, along with local government and agency leaders spent Wednesday walking the halls of the North Carolina Legislative Building in Read More »

• Roger Frate of Darien has a simple answer to improving the lobster stock in Long Island Sound.

  Frate said it was pesticide used to combat the West Nile Virus in 1998 and 1999 that decimated the Sound’s lobster population and sent it into Read More »

• Fishermen fight for lucrative, volatile portion of New River

  Sneads Ferry – A small ad in The Daily News was the first official notice of proposed restrictions to a popular New River fishery the Marine Corps Read More »

• Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore on South Carolina beach

  Thousands of dead fish washed up on mile and a half stretch of beach in South Carolina Tuesday, officials said, at least the second such occurrence Read More »

• NMFS Announces Control Date of December 14, 2015 for Mid Atlantic Blueline Tilefish Catch Share Fishery

  NMFS, announces December 14, 2015 as the control date for commercial and for-hire fishermen regarding future entry ( catch shares)  into a blueline tilefish fishery managed by Read More »

• Tyaskins man banned permanently from commercial fishing in Maryland

  Adam Rodney Antes, 33, of Tyaskin, was found guilty of taking oysters from protected waters over a two year period, over harvesting and harvesting undersized oysters, Read More »
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  Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Cape Fear to Duck, Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds

  A Hurricane Watch is in effect for… North of Surf City to Duck Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for… Cape Read More »

• Louisiana Gov. Jindal: BP Agrees to Pay $340 Million for Restoration Projects

  Myarklamiss.com – BP has agreed to fund approximately $340 million in restoration projects for Louisiana. This investment is part of the $1 billion that BP agreed Read More »

• Audio Report: Supporters Say Lobster Marketing Efforts Paying Off

  The first year of Maine’s new lobster marketing effort is starting to pay off. That’s according to supporters, who believe the $1.5 million invested is boosting Read More »

• Caught off-guard by 2010’s sockeye record, processing plants have geared up for a repeat

  VICTORIA — B.C.’s commercial fishing industry has been building capacity to handle this year’s forecast big sockeye run after being caught off guard by the record Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Fiberglass Gillnetter/Lobster, Permits, John Deere 6068 Diesel

  Specifications, information and 8 photo’s  click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:18 Related Read More »

• Indictment in BP claims scam reads like a movie

  The federal indictment of seven people accused of defrauding the BP claims process includes evidence that reads like a script from a movie. Fraud, conspiracy, dead Read More »

• Sediment diversions not the way to rebuild Louisiana’s coast

  Without a doubt, the coast of Louisiana is disappearing at an alarming rate. Something has to be done — and quickly — to stop our shorelines from Read More »

• Federal government lists 2 ice seals as threatened. (here we go)

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two types of ice seals joined polar bears Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists Read More »

• A top NOAA fisheries scientist has proposed dramatic change in yellowtail flounder stock assessments

  NEW BEDFORD — A top NOAA fisheries scientist has proposed a dramatic change in the way the agency makes its stock assessments for yellowtail flounder. The Read More »

• On BP oil spill anniversary, ex-NOAA director urges major changes in federal spill contingency plan

  Five years after the BP oil spill, the National Contingency Plan used by federal agencies to respond to major environmental threats still needs to be revamped to Read More »

• Fishermen take heart in herring rules, while “The herring industry has been set up to fail,”

  CHATHAM — Relatively few people in New England eat sea herring, but a lot of the fish they love to eat, do. That’s why local fishermen Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update APRIL 28, 2013

  “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 »
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  Letter to a son

  It has been a year since we got that phone call in the middle of the night from a Bradenton, Florida detective, who said, “Mr. and Read More »