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• Scientist look for new marine species for commercial use

  In northwest Mexico, the biggest part of the fishery production is based in few species such as sardine, squid, tuna and shrimp. However, the Center of Read More »

• Hot-button issue of king salmon bycatch will come before fisheries council

  In the final day of its December meeting, the council also decided to give the commercial fishing industry more time to work on plans to reduce Read More »

• In Court: ‘Wicked Tuna’ star pleads guilty to fraud

  A man featured on the reality television show “Wicked Tuna” pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in Vermont he received government disability benefits while he was Read More »

• CDQ group battles delegation over quota

  Alaska’s Congressional delegation is reluctant to talk about changes in the new Magnuson-Stevens Act until they’ve heard more from the state, but one thing is certain: Read More »

• The CG36500 Historic Coast Guard lifeboat rescues kayaker

  More than 62 years after the CG36500 lifeboat rescued 32 men off the coast of Chatham in what became known as the greatest small-boat rescue in Read More »

• Maine’s shrimp fishing days and limit expanded

  Maine’s shrimp fishing will be expanded to seven days a week until April 12 due to the low catch rates so far this season, the Atlantic Read More »

• Hit by low prices – Report by former P.E.I. auditor general finds fishermen, processors, buyers all suffering

  An independent review into low lobster prices has concluded a series of issues have hurt what fishermen are being paid on the wharf, but that processors Read More »

• Federal Fishery Disaster Aid Meeting to be held in Gloucester tonight

  The distribution of the nearly $33 million in federal groundfish disaster aid has moved through the first two phases — or bins, in the parlance of Read More »

• Virginia shucks oyster taxes, starts user fees

  On Monday, Virginia officially shucks its antiquated bushel-based tax system for commercial oyster operations and replaces it with annual user fees. But not all watermen are Read More »

• Longliners Pitch for Electronic Monitoring

  A group of Sitka and Homer longliners hope to demonstrate this season that electronic monitoring can collect most of the data needed for managing the hook Read More »

• Inland Fisheries: Lake Huron Commercial fishery moves to Harbor Beach coastal waters

  We believe that there is a substantial and exploitable population of lake whitefish out there,” said DNR fisheries biologist Jim Baker. “The Canadians have been taking Read More »

• Is there really a Manatee swimming around Cape Cod??

  The International Fund for Animal Welfare says there have been several sightings of a manatee around Cape Cod. The manatee has reportedly been spotted off Nantucket, Read More »

• It’s simple for Alaska: Fish first means no to Chuitna coal project

  In 1920, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Even today we recognize that decision as one of the worst in Read More »

• BIG STORY! – Prodigy to pariah: N.J. oysterman’s bizarre battle with the state

  New Jersey oyster farmers – But what really horrifies them is a more recent tale involving one of their own: Marc Zitter, a rookie farmer who Read More »

• Decades in the making, salmon-deboning Pinbone Wizard ready for market

  Despite the name, don’t confuse the Pinbone Wizard the with classic The Who song about pinball. Though once you see the machine in action, quickly and Read More »

• Bay of Fundy Fishermen raise cash for tidal power injunction

  Fishermen are building a legal war chest to launch a court fight against tidal power projects being tested this year in the Bay of Fundy. Chris Read More »
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  The History of the Downeasters at Wesmac Custom Boats

  Downeasters, aka lobsterboats, are renowned for their seakeeping ability and classic, thrifty, Yankee good looks. Bred in Maine a century ago, they serve as cruisers, sport-fishers Read More »

• NOAA DECLINES TO PROBE VAST UNDERESTIMATE OF BP SPILL

  “By refusing to investigate this serious, detailed well–supported complaint, NOAA undermines rather than enhances its reputation for scientific integrity,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, noting Read More »

• Digby fisherman wins jumbo lobster contest with 19.6 pounder

  John Morehouse of Digby won the Lobster Bash Jumbo Lobster contest with a 19.6-pound lobster. Morehouse beat out two other lobsters at the weigh in on Read More »

• Coast Guard instructors ensure federal fisheries enforcement consistency in Alaska

  In the middle of the Bering Sea, from the perspective of a 25-foot Coast Guard small boat, only two things can been seen in the vast Read More »

• Nunavut court: case alleging illegal turbot fishing to go ahead

  Despite the length of time their case has sat before the Nunavut court, a subsidiary of the Baffin Fisheries Coalition, along with the captain of one Read More »

• Japan must end its annual Antarctic whale hunt, UN orders in landmark ruling

  United Nations judges have ordered Japan to end whale hunts in the Antarctic after dismissing Japanese arguments that the hunting was carried out for scientific research Read More »

• Conch remains on the menu, no harvesting

  National Marine Fisheries Service will not list queen conch on the endangered species list, but harvest of it in United States waters will remain prohibited. In March Read More »
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  New distribution model helps Skipper Otto’s expand beyond B.C. borders

  Just over a year ago, Sonia and Shaun Strobel decided to expand their community supported fisheries business, Skipper Otto’s, beyond British Columbia’s borders. Unofficially, they were Read More »

• Feds ax porpoise-related fishing grounds closures

  GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Federal fishing regulators have eliminated a strategy that aims to protect the harbor porpoise by closing New England fishermen out of certain Read More »