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• Coast Guard plucks 3 fisherman from sinking vessel west of Tillamook (video)

  A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued three fisherman just before their 30-foot boat sank in the Pacific Ocean west of Tillamook on Tuesday afternoon. Chief Petty Read More »

• NMFS Requests Comment on a Change to Bluefin Regulations

  NOAA is seeking public comment regarding a request from the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance for an exemption from a regulation that prohibits having unauthorized gear Read More »

• A Big One! NEFMC Groundfish Committee Meeting – Wed. and Thurs. September 17-18, 2014 – Listen Live

   The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. each day at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, 363 Maine Mall Road, South Portland, ME 04106. Read More »

• UPDATED: Coast Guard suspends search at 5:28 p.m. Monday for 55-foot fishing vessel reportedly taking on water with two people aboard

  BOSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended its active search at 5:28 p.m. Monday for a 55-foot fishing vessel reportedly taking on water with two people aboard Read More »

• Northeast Fishery Bulletin Northeast Sink Gillnet Fisheries Reminder. Coastal Gulf of Maine Closure Area,Effective Date: February 1, 2013

  The Coastal Gulf of Maine Closure Area is in effect beginning February 1 and ending March 31. The two-year average bycatch rate in the Southern New Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 17, 2013

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• Two Wealthy Carbon Producers Preach: Richard Branson and James Cameron: Time has come to protect the high seas

  Like most commons, the high seas are poorly regulated. Environmental controls on mining, fishing, pollution and shipping are inconsistent, weak or altogether absent. There are no Read More »

• Additional Details of the Response to the Sinking of the Lone Star

  A large response effort is underway to deal with a fishing tender that sank Sunday morning near the mouth of one of the major salmon producing Read More »

• Bluenose II won’t be open for public use during sea trials (fiasco!) video

  The Bluenose II III schooner, Nova Scotia’s sailing ambassador, will not be open for public sailings anytime soon. The province said the remake of the historic ship Read More »

• California sea lions suffering from brain damage caused by algal blooms

  The thousands of sea lions stranded on California beaches every year may be suffering from brain damage caused by algal blooms, according to a study of Read More »

• Northeast Fishermen thank Senators Mikulski, Shelby for including $150 million in fishery disaster assistance in a recent appropriations bill.

  The House must still approve the allocation, would be split between the Northeast, Alaska and Gulf Coast fisheries. Last year, the House stripped an identical funding Read More »

• North Carolina: New rules set for gill-net fishing

  Gill-net fishermen have new requirements designed to protect an addition to the endangered species list. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently signed an agreement with Read More »

• Study: Offshore wind’s impacts on fisheries unclear; federal report calls for more research

  Advocates for regional fishing industries and marine life are concerned about the impacts of offshore wind turbines as deep-pocketed, experienced developers eye construction in ocean waters Read More »

• The unusual, mysterious American eel

  I recently watched a man fishing in the Arkansas River at Little Rock who caught an American eel. When he set the hook, the angler was Read More »

• One Great Lakes invasive species may have found a niche

  Can invasive species be good news – rather than bad – for native fish in the Great Lakes?  That sounds counterintuitive, but a new study shows Read More »

• Good Samaritan helps rescue 3 from shrimp boat F/V Angel Lady fire off Galveston

  The captain of the shrimp boat Angel Lady called the watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston at 10:04 a.m., reporting that the shrimp boat Capt. Hunter was on Read More »

• Coast Guard Station Valdez boatcrew responds to a 30-foot fishing vessel taking on water

  The boatcrew transferred a dewatering pump and damage control kit to the two boaters and assisted them in controlling the onboard flooding before escorting the vessel Read More »

• The latest craze in Japan is year-old used fisherman jeans!

  No one breaks in a pair of jeans better than a man who breaks through the ocean. Now it seems a new obsession is sweeping the Read More »

• Council accepts mayor’s appeal on yellowtail flounder By Steve Urbon

  John Haran, who manages Sector XIII, a group of groundfish boats with members from New Bedford to Greenport, N.Y., was at Wednesday’s meeting and said he Read More »

• North Pacific Fishery Management Council seeks to reduce veto threat over MSA — but not during its meeting in Sitka.

  Council members have concerns over amendments that would exempt fisheries decisions from the National Environmental Policy Act, and open the door to potentially biased science. (but, Read More »

• Rhode Island-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation awarded $399,870 of S-K Grant Funding

  Rhode Island fishermen are to receive up to $475,000 in federal funds to support research aimed at improving sustainability of local fisheries. The CFRF will put Read More »

• St. Bernard Parish spends hundreds of thousands and still can’t get bulk ice to docks – video

  “It’s sort of like white gold. Cold gold,” explained F.J. Campo, owner and operator of Campo’s Marina in Shell Beach. “If you have a boat that Read More »

• South Australia Wants to Solve Their Seal Problem with Underwater Bombs

  The long-nosed fur seal population in South Australia’s Coorong region has been getting out of hand for a while now. The state population now tops 100,000, Read More »

• Biscayne National Park’s management plan is problematic – Capt. Bill Kelly

  The special interests Lloyd Brown refers to in his Aug. 26 letter, Park plan will save fish and jobs, about Biscayne National Park’s General Management Plan Read More »

• PEI: Fishermen, processors try to sway Jason Kenney on foreign workers

  The Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association and Seafood Processors Association spent two hours Sunday with  trying to change his mind about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. Read More »