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• Great Lakes plagued by tiny plastic beads

  We posted this on July 30, 2013, Initial samples from several Great Lakes are teeming with abrasive “microbeads,” or tiny bits of polyethylene plastic commonly used Read More »

• JACKSON COUNTY, MS – Not enough wildlife officers to go around

  “We’re in dire straits,” admitted Colonel Steve Adcock, Chief of Law Enforcement with the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. He says his officers are spread Read More »
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  Two bumbling hired thugs arrested for allegedly sinking a lobster boat in trap turf war

  Two people are in jail and a third man is expected to be charged for the intentional sinking of a lobster boat last week. This is Read More »

• An optimistic outlook for fall lobster fishery in LFA 25

  The president of the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association thinks the way the spring lobster fishery finished off bodes well for the fall fishery which is due to Read More »

• Fishermen safe after British tanker rescue – Crew of CF/V All Seven, fishing off Sable Island when boat began taking on water

  “All three crew members have been successfully rescued by the motor tanker British Serenity,” he told CBC News. “They’re reported to be on board that vessel Read More »

• McCurdy – Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union exploring shipping out unprocessed cod to the US

  “It was a disaster last year, and we can’t afford to repeat that in 2014,” he told reporters. “We’re going to need cod as part of Read More »
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  Matt Bradley Of ‘Deadliest Catch’ Shows That Recovery From Addiction Is Possible No Matter What

  Although I’m in long term recovery and I work in the treatment industry, I still encounter people whose recovery amazes me. Matt Bradley is one of Read More »

• National Strategy for the Arctic Region Announced

  (SitNews – Ketchikan, Alaska) – The Arctic is rapidly changing. While the Arctic region has experienced warming and cooling cycles over millennia, the current warming trend Read More »

• UK Overseas Territories Marine Protection Areas to double in four years

  Speaking ahead of “Our Ocean” conference in Washington DC, Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan announced plans to double the area of ocean under marine protection Read More »

• “Operation Broken Glass” – Three Men Plead Guilty for Illegally Harvesting and Selling American Eels

  Three individuals pleaded guilty in federal district court in Charleston, South Carolina, to trafficking more than $740,000 worth of juvenile American eels aka “elvers” or “glass Read More »

• Fishermen’s group pushes wearing Personal Flotation Devices

  The Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association says the use of personal flotation devices in the commercial fishing industry is growing, but more work needs to be done. Melanie Sonnenberg, Read More »

• Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy

  http://www.doi.gov/whatwedo/energy/ocs/index.cfm Related Read More »

• European buyers more acceptant on Alaska salmon MSC withdrawal. (to MSC, or to not MSC – that is the question)

  undercurrentnews.com – An acceptance of Alaska salmon producers decision to withdraw from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is very much in evidence at the European seafood Read More »

• “awwww, Mom, not lobster again!!” – Beach House Diaries: Lobster Tales

  Atlantic Canada is a bucket list destination for seafood lovers — and understandably so. Plump, sweet scallops from Digby, on the Nova Scotian mainland, are considered delicacies Read More »

• Presidential race radar never hit fishing crises

  The crisis threatening the survival of Gloucester and other East Coast fishing communities — which have declined into officially declared disaster during the last four years Read More »

• Greenpeace’s sustainability plan apparently includes a multi-million dollar yacht!

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• Commercial fishermen challenge new Ore. gillnet rules; ask Wash. to delay decision

  ASTORIA, Oregon — Commercial fishermen turned to the Oregon Court of Appeals on Friday to challenge a recent change in the state’s gillnet fishing rules. On Read More »
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  Deepwater Wind accepts Maryland PSC approval; will move forward on Skipjack Wind Farm

  Deepwater Wind LLC accepted the Maryland Public Service Commission’s approval of its Skipjack Wind Farm project, a planned 15 turbine wind farm 19.5 miles off the Read More »

• Obama’s new ocean preserves are bad for the environment and for people

  Who wants to save the oceans? Short answer: everyone, especially politicians. A less frequently asked question is whether their high-profile efforts always work. Right now, world Read More »

• Safe haven from Hurricane Ingrid – Video

  “The opportunity to do this was a unique challenge but at the core at what the Coast Guard provides – safety of life at sea for Read More »

• N.C. boat captains put on a show for “Wicked Tuna”

  Reality? For the most part, say three Outer Banks fishing captains who participated on “Wicked Tuna: North vs. South.” “Let’s just say it wasn’t a documentary,” Read More »

• Victoria Co. snow crab fishermen could be hit hardest by quota cuts

  Snow crab fishermen in the waters off Cape Breton are preparing for a leaner season this year, with quota cuts approved or proposed in both the Read More »

• Bi Partisan Amendment to Support Monitoring of New England Fisheries

  United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bipartisan budget amendment to support at-sea and Read More »

• Unusual describes this year’s shrimp season in Mississippi.

  This year’s shrimp season will likely be one to remember.  But not in a good way. “This has been quite an unusual season for everyone. And it’s Read More »

• The Eco Cons – Con groups seek to rebuild New England cod fishery

  After decades of short-sighted exploitation by commercial fishing outfits, Gulf of Maine cod are at the brink of “commercial extinction,” according to conservation advocates who this Read More »