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• Are dealers price fixing wholesale lobster prices?

  Lobstermen’s complaint: small landings, low price – Another lobsterman, who fishes in Frenchman Bay, said the manager of the cooperative that buys his lobsters “calls us Read More »

• Developers withdraw proposed Searsport tank application

  SEARSPORT, Maine — Opponents of a controversial liquid propane gas terminal and storage tank project reacted with cheers and relief Tuesday to the news that the Read More »
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  Threatened Catch

  It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving. And in case you’re tired of turkey, we have a helping of shrimp and a few questions. You may not think Read More »
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  How the WPFMC and Kitty Simonds Crashed Conservation’s Biggest Event

  Irreverent might be the best way to describe Kitty Simonds’ feelings about the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, a 10-day event currently Read More »

• Kenai fish managers consider weekend setnet opener in upper Cook Inlet

  State fish biologists plan to meet Friday afternoon to assess whether to allow hundreds of Cook Inlet commercial setnetters to put out their nets Saturday for Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Kodiak Island, Alaska

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman from the fishing vessel Transit in Shelikof Strait near Kodiak Island Sunday morning. Read More »

• Crew member hospitalized after vessel strikes new bridge

  A crew member was taken to hospital early Sunday morning after a fishing vessel collided with a new bridge that’s in the process of being built Read More »
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  Leaking sewer pipes caused Shore river pollution, state says

  State environmental officials say they’ve located and eliminated a major source of pollution of the Shark River, a popular body of water in Monmouth County where shellfish Read More »

• Coast Guard, locals help fishermen, dog after boat floods off Hampton Harbor, NH

  The Coast Guard and Hampton Fire Rescue helped two people and a dog to shore Saturday after their boat started taking on water about three miles Read More »

• ASMFC – Northern Shrimp Science Meeting – Management of Northern Shrimp Published on Sep 24, 2013

  ASMFC – Northern Shrimp Science Meeting Part 1 ASMFC – Northern Shrimp Science Meeting Part 2 ASMFC – Northern Shrimp Science Meeting Part 3 ASMFC – Read More »

• Rep. Lamar Smith has valid reasons for investigating NOAA

  Reading the news lately, one might think that Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is some sort of backwards character from the 19th century, a “member of the Read More »

• DFO crackdown in northern B.C. – “They’re screwing us.”

  Commercial fishermen on B.C.’s North Coast are upset by what they’re calling an unprecedented and unfair Fisheries and Oceans Canada crackdown. Chris Peterson, a skipper who Read More »

• Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo, citing “addiction issues,” has resigned

  Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo, citing “addiction issues,” has resigned from the federal cabinet and is leaving the Liberal caucus.Dominic LeBlanc, the government’s House leader, will assume Read More »
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  Fishermen in La Scie eye return to water to catch crab, after 2 boats stuck in ice return safely

  Fishermen say they are not deterred by the recent mishaps involving thick sea ice that caused one vessel to sink and several others to get stuck Read More »

• Pimpin’ the Panda! Four Corners questions WWF’s credibility

  THE World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has come under fire after an ABC Four Corners report exposed WWF charges a large fee to use its Panda conservation logo Read More »

• Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council Decry ‘Fish Stealing’

     Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and City Council gathered for a joint work session to discuss a variety of topics pertaining to both governing Read More »

• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC): Endangering an industry

  It all began in the fall of 2013 when reports surfaced about the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) making recommendations to Read More »

• NC officials host closed meeting on oil drilling today Enviros denied access, what about fishermen?

  John Filostrat, spokesman for the federal Ocean Energy Management bureau, denied his agency asked that the meeting be closed to the public. However, Filostrat said environmental Read More »

• Peter Shelley (CLF) – Facing the Fishing Facts

  For every fisherman who was willing to publicly admit that things were getting worse out on the water, there always seemed to be an orchestrated group Read More »

• From Iceland to New Bedford: Waste not, want not for fisheries

  The materials in question — cod heads, livers, skin and intestines — are as about as raw as it gets but they are nothing to sniff at, and Read More »

• A Climate of Change video series: Ocean Acidification in Alaska

  In the second chapter of our series of videos on the effects of climate change on fisheries, Island Institute media specialist Scott Sell explores the effects 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 »

• Seven Years Later, Deepwater Horizon Still Spilling Into Legal System

  The BP oil spill has faded from the global headlines, but seven years later, the effects on residents of the Gulf Coast and the legal system Read More »

• Greenland halibut quota increase to boost fishing jobs in N.L.

  A small increase in the total allowable catch (TAC) of Greenland halibut will pay big dividends for fishing communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the Read More »

• Liberal fisheries bill a total betrayal – Wendy Watson Smith

  Changes to the Fisheries Act that the Liberals are trying to push through will be devastating for coastal communities and do not resemble at all the Read More »