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• Boldt decision on tribal fishing rights maintains rippling effects 40 years later

  The court ruling Boldt handed down 40 years ago this week is a decision now recognized as one of the most sweeping documents of economic and Read More »

• Banner year for gray whale calves

  Marine observers spotted 431 pairs of mothers and calves swimming north to the Arctic this year, the National Oceanic Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center reported. That Read More »

• Peter Shelley throws down at the hearing: The Magnuson-Stevens Act is Working in New England

  Good morning, Senator Begich, Senator Warren, Senator Markey, Congressman Tierney, Congressman Keating, and other members of the panel. My name is Peter Shelley. I am Senior Read More »

• DFO at risk from budget cuts, change: internal review

  NDP critic says department in chaos; U.S. analyst calls it an “implosion” An internal performance review says Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is at risk Read More »

• Scallop bill shucks regional development

  JUNEAU — The Alaska Regional Development Organization celebrated the “silver  jubilee” of its 25th anniversary in its annual report this year, and the Alaska  Legislature marked Read More »

• The Pacific Fisheries Management Council seek public comment on proposed North Coast salmon season

  Regional wildlife officials are seeking public comment on the proposed salmon fishing season for both commercial and recreational fishermen. The Pacific Fisheries Management Council laid out Read More »

• Fishermen Oppose Commercial Ban – national marine monument exclusion is unfair and unnecessary

  Fishermen believe a monument in the Mid-Atlantic is unnecessary and allege it was not based on science but pressure from nongovernmental environmental groups, including the Pew Read More »

• Walmart’s need for Russian pink salmon likely exceeds available MSC supply – John Sackton, Seafoodnews.com

  First, in their recent letter to suppliers, Walmart acknowledged that there was only a single Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) approved by SFP, which they called a ‘very Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 27, 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 »

• Wisconsin DNR issues commercial fishing citations in Two Rivers

  MANITOWOC — The Department of Natural Resources has issued 44 citations for commercial fishing violations against Susie Q Fish Co. of Two Rivers, its owners and Read More »

• Casting a wider net: Fisher Poet events expand during third year of local performances

  “Besame, Besame mucho. Como te ama (sic) esta noche la ultima vez,” he sang, his fingers expertly flicking his guitar strings as he grinned and leaned toward the Read More »

• White Elephant: NOAA To Commission Newest Research Vessel In San Diego

  The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Friday is set to commission its newest research vessel, the Reuben Lasker, at the Navy Pier in San Diego. Read More »

• Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak calls for Pink Salmon Fishery Disaster Declaration

  Two measures of relief for Alaska’s pink salmon industry, reeling from the lowest harvest since the late 1970s, are being sought. Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, last Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch — Salmon and other fisheries are opening across the state

  More salmon fisheries are opening across the state and the warm weather has fish showing up bit earlier than usual. Copper River kicked things off on Read More »

• Lobster buyer charged

  A lobster buyer based out of Seal Cove is facing a year’s suspension of his license and a fine for allegedly violating Department of Marine Resources Read More »

• Locals prepare submittle to create a National Marine Sanctuary along the Central Coast

  Tom Hafer, a fisherman and president of the Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen’s Organization, is wary of a new sanctuary in the area because he says it Read More »

• Just wow, man. Walton Family Foundation and Darden Restaurants Announce New Fishery Improvement Partnership Fund at Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

  by the Walton Family Foundation A new Fishery Improvement PartnershipFund that will help address overfishing – one of the largest threats to the global seafood supply Read More »

• Scallop fishermen argue against shortening season on Cobscook Bay

  DENNYSVILLE, Maine — Patrick Keliher, Commissioner of the state Department of Marine Resources, came to listen to scallop fisherman on Tuesday afternoon. . Some of them Read More »

• Sediment diversions not the way to rebuild Louisiana’s coast

  Without a doubt, the coast of Louisiana is disappearing at an alarming rate. Something has to be done — and quickly — to stop our shorelines from Read More »

• BURT PARKER, CHRIS PETERSON, AND DENNIS RYDMAN: NOAA must change Pacific whiting quotas to benefit small fishermen

  The first inconvenient truth is that the allocation was purely political and was made primarily to gain support of those who wanted to retire from the fishery Read More »

• Listen – Todays Oversight Hearing on the Implications of President Obama’s National Ocean Policy

    Following unsuccessful efforts to pass major national ocean policy legislation during three successive Congresses under both Democrat and Republican majorities, the Obama Administration initiated the Read More »
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  The government wants more offshore fish farms, but no one is biting

  Off the coast of San Diego, America’s eighth largest city, commercial fishermen harvest about 1,100 metric tons of seafood from the Pacific every year. That sounds Read More »

• Crashed $450K scallop survey HabCam is recovered

  Scientists and crew members aboard a NOAA-chartered research vessel have recovered a $450,000 scallop survey camera that was lost a week ago when it apparently snagged Read More »

• Alaska judge dismisses Pebble lawsuit against EPA

  U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland ruled, after listening to brief oral arguments in his Anchorage courtroom, that the Pebble Limited Partnership does not have Read More »

• North Pacific Council Meeting in Anchorage December 8 -16, 2014 Listen Live with Adobe Connect!

   The Agenda and Schedule  From This Notice are available by clicking here  For Adobe Connect to listen, click here  18:34 Related Read More »