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• Unalaska joins emergency petition on tanner crab

  This season, the unpredictable tanner crab population isn’t looking so good for Aleutian fishermen. That’s what the state’s trawl survey indicated this summer. But the City Read More »
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  Maine lobster catch dips to lowest level in 6 years in ’17

  The state that dominates the U.S. lobster haul saw the catch fall to its lowest level since 2011 last year, yet the industry is still strong Read More »

• Fishermen are reporting a very poor scallop season on P.E.I.

  Myles MacDonald has been fishing scallops out of Wood Islands for 30 years. “One of the worst that we’ve seen in that 30 years,” said MacDonald, Read More »

• Excellent Article: Fishing the Gulf of Maine: Tradition at a Crossroads By Michael Sanders

  When most of us go down to the coast, whether to walk or swim or fish or sail, we take for granted what we see before Read More »

• Mayor Carolyn Kirk’s “bridge plan” bypassed key panels

  Mayor Carolyn Kirk’s “bridge plan” for modernizing and retooling America’s oldest fishing port was never presented for comment or criticism to the city’s own Fisheries Commission Read More »

• Altamaha Riverkeeper to Sue Rayonier for Clean Water Violations

  “They have just spent several hundred million dollars to update their mill, but they continue to discharge dark, chemical-laden water into the Altamaha,” said Deborah Sheppard, Read More »

• Canadian seafood imports targeted by U.S. environmental group

  A prominent U.S. environmental group is targeting seafood imports from countries that don’t follow American fishing standards — and Canada is on its hit list. The Read More »

• The Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Council is scheduled to meet in Biloxi, Miss. to discuss red snapper rules

  Charlene Ponce, the council’s public information officer, said final action on the issue will not be taken until October. The question of sector separation is one Read More »

• P.E.I. lobster fishermen question marketing levy – Lobster Council of Canada wants to collect 1 cent on every pound caught

  The Lobster Council of Canada wants to collect one cent on every pound of lobster caught in Canadian waters, arguing the fee is required to market Read More »

• Lost men will be remembered with a bell

  ON THE edge of the water at the Bundaberg Port stands a bell. It is a memorial for Matt Roberts and David Chivers, the same bell Read More »

• Rescheduled for 4 pm Friday Join Us: Phone Call with BOEM Director on New York Offshore Wind

  In response to numerous requests from the fishing community, the phone call with BOEM Director Abigail Ross Hopper has been rescheduled, as shown below. To access Read More »

• Rebel with a cause

  A FORMER Grimsby fishing boat skipper has been ordered to pull his nets off a local beach because he is allegedly breaking EU rules. Now 76-year-old Read More »

• What the fish in Alaska’s oceans are eating — and what that can tell us

  Ever wonder what eats the salmon that don’t make it back to Bristol Bay? Or what fish are cannibals? A new database released online in late Read More »
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  Longtime Nushagak fishermen say they’ve never seen a year like this

  The total run to the Nushagak  in Bristol Bay has surpassed the all time record for the district. Those who have spent many, many decades fishing Read More »

• Is there a sustainable future for America’s most popular seafood?

  I stare at the beaker of cloudy water, trying to make sense of the slow swirl of particles inside — a mixture of small red specks Read More »

• Qld Parliament votes against motion to stop three net-free fishing zones

  An industry body has warned commercial fishers to be very afraid of the precedent Queensland parliament set last night, when it voted to continue with three Read More »

• “Hot doggin’ lobsterman.” Small boat capsizes off Cape Elizabeth

  CAPE ELIZABETH (WGME) — A small lobster boat capsized off the coast of Cape Elizabeth early Thursday afternoon. The boat broke into pieces, but at the Read More »

• Catch-22? Party Boat Captains grapple with the pros and cons of snapper experiment

  The party boat captains who are able to catch red snapper as part of a pilot program are thrilled with how things are going so far, Read More »

• NMFS proposes reclassifying the humpback whale into 14 distinct population segments

  NOAA Fisheries  NMFS proposed today to reclassify the humpback whale into 14 distinct population segments under the Endangered Species Act, providing a more tailored conservation approach Read More »

• Kerrisdale Capital Slams Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd – Pebble Mine shares are ‘worthless’

  A New York investment firm tore apart claims by the owners of the Pebble mine project that developing the prospect is economically viable in a no-holds-barred Read More »
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  Why Fishermen Fail To Unite and Resist Being Swept Off of Our Historic Fishing Grounds

  As fishermen it often seems we are beset on all sides by so many issues that would disenfranchise us, derail our efforts to safeguard our industry, Read More »

• Nova Scotia fishing industry continues to be most deadly

  Nova Scotia’s fishing industry continues to be the deadliest workplace in the province because health and safety are not priorities, a legislature committee heard Wednesday. “We Read More »
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  U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Report – Lessons Learned on Fatigue, Voyage Planning, Communication

  The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its annual compendium of marine accidents and the lessons learned from them. Safer Seas Digest 2015 (click Read More »

• NPR Claims Fish Stocks are Declining Worldwide – Comment by Ray Hilborn, University of Washington

  Fish Stocks Are Declining Worldwide, And Climate Change Is On The Hook click here – This is the title of a recent NPR posting — again perpetuating Read More »

• Lobsterman accused of stealing traps, Some confiscated equipment belongs to late Tony Rahn

  PORTSMOUTH — A lobsterman charged with one felony, two misdemeanors and more than 130 violations — including allegations that he stole a deceased lobsterman’s traps — Read More »