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• VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues 2 from F/V Lauren Dorothy taking on water 40 miles of Va.

  Crewmembers aboard the Lauren Dorothy, a 53-foot fishing boat, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday requesting assistance after Read More »

• A Rising Tide of Noise Is Now Easy to See – new york times

  “What quiet, what silence, what peace!” Captain Nemo  That was 1870. Today — to the dismay of whale lovers and friends of marine mammals, if not divers and Read More »

• State House hearing on calamari shows importance of squid to R.I. economy

  Some 17.5 million pounds of annual squid landings valued at about $18 million makes squid the state’s most valuable commercial fishery, said R.I. Department of Environmental Read More »

• Fishing Catch Share restructure a ‘shambles’ in New South Wales!

  Attempts to prepare fishers for the share trading program of the NSW fishing industry restructure are a shambles says a local industry representative. Clarence River Fishermen’s Read More »

• Don’t throw away that fish waste!

  The disposal or reuse of fish processing waste has long been a challenge for Michigan’s fish processing industry. Approximately 5 million pounds of waste from commercially Read More »

• The time Rod Stewart came to town, and then threw us under the bus

  If anyone should know the value of a seal coat, it’s Rod Stewart. Sure, he had a first-hand viewing of thousands of froze-to-death Newfoundlanders huddled together in July Read More »

• KAELIN: Fisheries commission should increase menhaden quota

  When Thanksgiving rolls around this year, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission may give New Jersey’s fishermen something to be thankful for. At its meeting Wednesday, Read More »

• Thanks for All the Fish: Pollock, salmon and global warming: The tricky questions of sustainability

  Editor’s note: Seattle’s $5 billion commercial fishing industry has defined and sustained this city from its founding. Earlier this week, writer Daniel Jack Chasan looked at the local Read More »

• Northern California – Daily Salmon Count Predicts Grim Fishing Season

  Every year about this time, state and federal fish regulators set recreational commercial fishing quotas for the upcoming salmon season which begins in April and May. Read More »

• Fishermen in Orkney launch appeal for safety equipment

  Fishermen in Orkney have started a crowdfunding appeal to raise money towards state-of- the- art radio rescue equipment, which could mean the difference between life and Read More »

• F/V Savannah Ray Run Aground in Chiniak Bay, Coast Guard Hoist’s Four Fishermen to Safety

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued four fishermen from the fishing vessel Savannah Ray after they ran aground in Chiniak Bay Read More »

• Mystery surrounds how a bird common on Pacific coast arrived on Machias Seal Island in Bay of Fundy

  The first sighting of a tufted puffin on the east coast of North America in almost 200 years has people wondering how the common Pacific coast seabird made Read More »

• Marlees Seafood – A promising marriage has soured into a dock fight

  Three years ago, John Lees was looking to expand his seafood business in New Bedford. Prices for scallops were skyrocketing and Lees sensed the time was Read More »

• These guy’s are in trouble! Taking alligators during a closed season. Taking a bullfrog during a closed season. bullfrog? Hang ’em.

  The agent cited Jason T. Causey, 23, of Gonzales, and Shane H. Knapp, 23, of Baton Rouge, for taking alligators during a closed season, hunting alligators Read More »

• Omega Protein Corporation reconstitutes Reedville fleet, cuts workers

  Omega Protein Corporation just added two newly converted fishing boats to its Reedville plant after warning for months it would have to reduce its fleet by two Read More »

• Atlantic Herring Larvae Appear to Tolerate Increases of Ocean Acidification

  It is speculated, in the words of Maneja et al. (2015) that “ocean acidification might increase mortality in marine fish larvae through, for example, effects on Read More »

• ITS HUGE! Grey Sole limits nearly doubled as scientists use ’empirical approach’ to set new specifications

  Meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the New England Fishery Management Council approved an acceptable biological catch of 878 metric tons of witch flounder, also known as Read More »

• Commercial fishermen file first suit over Saturday’s oil spill in Galveston Bay

  A group of Galveston area commercial and sports fishermen have filed the first lawsuit over Saturday’s oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel. Sean O’Rourke of Read More »

• Hamptons Fishermen on The Amazing Race Season 27 Finale – Cool!

  Several East End fishing boats and the local fishermen who operate them will appear on the Season 27 finale of CBS’s Emmy-winning reality contest The Amazing Race Read More »

• Rayne man arrested for theft and selling shrimp illegally

  A Rayne man has bonded out of jail after being accused of shrimp violations by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. 36-year-old Shannon J Roche Read More »

• Middleboro-Lakeville Herring Fishery Commission considers reopening local herring runs to fishing

  MIDDLEBORO — Each spring for countless centuries, hundreds of thousands of herring have made an arduous journey from Mount Hope Bay, upstream along the Taunton and Read More »

• U.S. Rep. Don Young calls for subsistence seats on council, Yukon panel

  Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young is looking to add a subsistence representative to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council as part of the pending changes during Read More »

• United Fishermen of Alaska At-Large board member Kevin Adams elected as Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Chair

  The United Fishermen of Alaska (UFA), the largest statewide commercial fishing industry trade association representing 36 member organizations, is pleased to announce the selection of Mr. Read More »
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  How Lobsters Do It – Mating among lobsters is a tender, human-like affair

  Between their hard shells and strong pincers, American lobsters are built to fight and keep other creatures away. But does this combative, standoffish nature extend to Read More »

• SAFMC Snapper-Grouper Vision Project hearings in SC and GA next week – Be heard on this very important plan.

  A reminder of the important public hearings next week in South Carolina and Georgia on the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s snapper-grouper Vision Project. This long-term Read More »