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• Bluefin tuna a remarkable fish indeed

  So, to set the record straight: the Atlantic bluefin tuna is a very large (often better than a thousand pounds) predatory species that roams the ocean Read More »

• Nation’s #1 Fishing Port Addresses Groundfish Crisis with Technology; Issues Recommendations for Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization

  The Port of New Bedford, America’s most valuable commercial fishing port, has released a six-pronged plan for the revitalization of the Northeast’s struggling groundfish fishery, and Read More »

• Sea lions hinder salmon conservation

  California and Steller sea lions took a bigger bite out of last year’s salmon run than in any previous year, according to a new federal report. Read More »

• Shrimp Task Force discusses penalties for fishing out of season

  State officials and district attorneys continue to hammer out stricter penalties for shrimpers. At its meeting today in Houma, the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force continued discussions Read More »

• Searchers find sunken vessel off Canterbury coast as three crew feared dead

  Searchers believe they have found a fishing trawler that sunk off the Canterbury coast with three men on board. All are presumed drowned. Underwater scanning equipment Read More »

• Value of Maine lobster exports to China on pace to triple for 2016

  Live lobster exports to China are on pace to triple in value in 2016, despite the incursion of some new lobster suppliers to the growing Asian Read More »

• Nunavut hunters harvest 230 narwhal trapped in ice – ‘These whales were just waiting to drown and die,’

  Hunters in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, have harvested 230 narwhal that were trapped in ice and had no chance of survival. A hunter first heard the whales under Read More »

• CSF STATEMENT ON EXPERIMENTAL GBYTF FISHERY Presented to New England Fishery Management Council

  Dr Rothschild stood before the NFMC yesterday, and read this statement. The status of groundfish stocks in New England is shrouded in considerable uncertainty.  This uncertainty Read More »

• Fisherynation Featured Writer Dick Drachek – CLF NMFS AND LAWSUITS

  Conservation Law Foundation has been suing NOAA since 1991. In 2001 during a speech to an audience in Phoenix concerning the cost/benefit of litigation in fishery Read More »

• Longtime Gloucester Fisherman Sam Parisi discusses regulatory issues he wants you to know about

  My name is Sam Parisi I am a proud third generation Fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts. My involvement in the fishing industry spans well over fifty years, Read More »

• BLUE STATE OF MIND #1 – Listen up…

  In 2007, Shannyn Moore — the brilliant mind, clear voice of experience in Alaska fisheries, and nationwide known talk show host — fulfilled her wish to Read More »

• Fisherman from F/V Bull Dog Coast Guard medevaced 60 miles east of Chatham, Mass. (video available)

  At approximately 3:15 a.m. Monday, watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a report from the crew of the fishing vessel Bulldog, homeported in Read More »

• Scientists offer tips for Alaska king salmon study – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  Oct  23, 2012  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – State fisheries  biologists planning research to determine the cause for Alaska’s poor king  salmon returns were urged to focus studies Read More »
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  Speaking of Science, DFO says trust the science!

  In the midst of ongoing protests outside of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in St. John’s Friday, several DFO staff briefed reporters on fisheries science Read More »

• New Yellowtail Flounder Survey Raises Questions Over Accuracy of Official Population Estimates

  The initial results of a new, independent survey of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder raises questions over whether federal assessments of yellowtail abundance have been systematically underestimating the Read More »

• Jarvis Newman, early fiberglass trend-setter

  BDN – Newman recalls meeting Irona’s owner, Frank Cram. He convinced Cram to let him take a mold from the classy yacht, which was Bunker and Read More »

• Huge ice cap on Lake Erie puts arrival of spring on hold

  The large ice cap still encrusting most of Lake Erie would cover all of Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. It’s two feet thick in Read More »

• From the Deckboss: Salvage plans in works for sunken F/V Arctic Hunter

  Here’s a situation report on the grounding of the F/V Arctic Hunter near Dutch Harbor. [email protected]  14:05  Dutch Harbor Effort Continues to Remove Fuel From Grounded Read More »

• Despite years of delays, still no action from Newfoundland government on direct fish sales to consumers

  “We’ve gone out again to the interest groups in the province, and we’ve asked them to come back to us with some of the issues, or Read More »

• Shem Creek down to eight shrimpers, almost down to seven with F/V Mrs. Judy Too taking on water – Video

  Captain Tommy Edwards says if he wasn’t able to get to his boat when it began sinking and if North Charleston’s Fire Department had not arrived Read More »

• The National Ocean Policy Coalition update

  I. Greenwire: ‘Zoning’ Has Become A Bad Word For Backers Of Obama Marine Policy II. EPA Administrator Announces Resignation III. Salazar Announces Intention To Resign IV. Read More »

• Salvadoran castaway hit with cannibalism suit, denies he ate his shipmate to stay alive

  José Salvador Alvarenga’s story captivated the world nearly two years ago, when the Salvadoran-born fisherman was rescued in the South Pacific having spent 14 months adrift Read More »

• Ten things you need to know about British Columbia spot prawns

  A decade ago, British Columbia spot prawns were a bottom-of-the-barrel seafood product – the mushy filler for chowder and fortifier of cheap fish stock. Last weekend, Read More »

• Another Company Refuses to Stock Non MSC Labeled Salmon from Alaska – SODEXO

  U.S. Senator Mark Begich is objecting to a decision by a large food contractor to only serve seafood certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. Read More »

• Owner Of Sunken Scallop Boat Says Captain Tried To Warn Approaching Vessel

  The owner of the Elizabeth J said the captain of his ship attempted to radio the Nina Marie shortly before the sport fishing boat . Southampton Read More »