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• New Report Identifies Sources of Nitrogen Loading in Local Waters

  A new report has pinpointed sources of nitrogen loading in local waters. The New York Department of State released the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Read More »

• Representative Beverly Boswel is passionate about commercial fishing

  I recently read the article, “The Boswell Backlash” by Michelle Wagner, dated March 21. As one who spends a considerable amount of time in Raleigh, representing Read More »

• Being ignored at the Council or being publicly called an “asshole” by the Council Chairman doesn’t often make the news

  Catch Shares Take Toll Council Called To Task – At the April New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Mystic, Conn., a dozen university students from Read More »

• At this year’s Stone Crab Festival, no pause in the claws – “It’s a way better start than we had last year,”

  “I was frantically searching for crabs last year, and we came up short,” But at the start of the third annual Stone Crab Festival on Saturday, Read More »

• Copper River Coho Salmon Season Kicks Off in Alaska

  Fishermen of the Copper River flats celebrated the official start of Copper River coho salmon season on August 15. Setting their nets in tumultuous ocean swell, Read More »

• US responds to petition on Taiwanese fisherman

  The U.S. White House has finally made an official response toward a petition raised regarding an incident that occurred between Taiwan and the Philippines on overlapping Read More »
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  Cairns remembers mateship of seven men aboard F/V Dianne

  Mateship. The word stood one metre high in white across the stage at Cairns’ Munro Martin Parklands, where the community gathered to reflect on the bond Read More »

• Guest commentary: Congressman Jim Costa’s move to gut the ESA will destroy the Delta – Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network.

  Congressman Jim Costa is at it again, doing everything he can to drain the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta and send the water south to the megafarms of his Read More »

• Why farmed fish need more veggies in their diet: Carnivorous fish are coaxed into accepting more plants in their daily diets

  Consumer demand for sustainable farmed seafood is growing, but the food supply for the salmon in the pens is running thin – there are simply not Read More »

• NOAA regional chief, EDF back catch quota caps

  http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x1618664521/NOAA-regional-chief-EDF-back-catch-quota-caps Once again, the cart before the horse. This should have been addressed before amendment 16 was rammed through. The EDF goal of Herr Lubchenco. Yes, Read More »

• Nine steps to save waterways and fisheries identified by researchers

  The key to clean water and sustainable fisheries is to follow nine guiding principles of water management, says a team of Canadian biologists. Read [email protected]  10:40 Read More »

• EDITORIAL: Lobster levy flap foolish

  Nova Scotia Fisheries Minister Keith Colwell has been clawed up over the proposed penny-a-pound marketing levy on lobster landings. So it’s not surprising his federal counterpart, Read More »
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  New boat hits the seas for Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company

  The Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company Ltd (LFUSC) has a new shrimp trawler on the waters for 2018. The Northern Osprey III, newly built in 2017, Read More »

• Mill River Dam Removal in ‘Herring Town’ Launches Regional River Restoration, gathering at the riverside Friday, Oct. 19 Taunton, MA.

  For the first time in nearly 200 years, the Mill River winds its way through Taunton, providing natural habitat for fish and wildlife, and flood protection Read More »
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  Nova Scotia’s Dirty Secret: The Tale of a Toxic Mill and The Book Its Owners Don’t Want You to Read

  The story of Pictou Landing is one of desperation, of corruption and incompetence. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Canadian journalist and anthropologist Joan Baxter Read More »
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  ‘Two guys are doing all of the work’: Orcas’ inbreeding may devastate the population

  Just two male whales fathered more than half the calves born since 1990 in the population of southern-resident killer whales, a sign of inbreeding, scientists have Read More »

• Alaska: Halibut=down; pollock=up; cod=up; sablefish=down; Sitka herring=up

  Next year’s halibut catches will decrease again for all regions except Southeast Alaska, if managers follow the lead of their science advisors. The International Pacific Halibut Read More »
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  Offshore Wind States Beware

  Off of the shore of Block Island on the Rhode Island coast, five wind turbines are operating and supplying power to the island. It took years Read More »

• White spot threat: is fishing finished in Queensland?

  The Logan River white spot epidemic could destroy all mainland fishing in Queensland, including a big slice of the Cooloola Coast seafood and tourism economy, industry Read More »

• This Irish documentary about fishing and oil is making people angry

  The Atlantic Ocean can be wild, dangerous, beautiful and mystical. It provides a stunning view, a home to shoals of fish and marine life. But it also Read More »

• U.S. Rep. Walter Jones and other congressmen want South Atlantic red snapper fishery reopened

  The representatives said data produced by a Florida research institution shows the South Atlantic red snapper stock is healthier than what federal data indicates so the Read More »

• Fishermen’s Trust Looks to the Future

  After a strong year, the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust is pressing ahead with its mission to support commercial fishermen on the Island. On Tuesday, eight Read More »

• USDA To Purchase $20M of Alaska Pink Salmon for Food Banks

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase $20 million in canned Alaska pink salmon for nationwide distribution to hungry Americans, with a suggestion Read More »

• Fisherman says scene like ‘The Perfect Storm’ before being hoisted to safety

  One of five fishermen who were plucked from churning, windswept seas off Newfoundland says they weren’t sure they’d make it as their boat was battered by “a perfect storm.” Frank Read More »

• Video: Fisherman airlifted by Coast Guard to South Jersey hospital

  A fisherman aboard a scallop boat off the South Jersey coast had to be airlifted when he needed medical attention on Sunday afternoon. The man on Read More »