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• Alaskan claimed ‘unbearable’ physical disability, went fishing

  A 56-year-old Alaskan who claimed disability over the course of five years allegedly went dip netting and fishing nonetheless. Now Amancio Zamora Agcaoili Jr. has been indicted Read More »

• Proposed Management Measures for Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery for 2013

  NOAA Fisheries today announced a suite of new proposed management measures for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery for Fishing Year 2013. The deadline for providing public comments Read More »

• “Corrupt” goings on? Fishery council decision endangers scallop stock

  Outdoor writer Bill Biswanger received a letter from Jason Colby, who is a charter-boat captain and sits on the board of directors for non-commercial fishermen here Read More »

• The last moments of the Bounty, the ship with Maine ties that fought Sandy and lost

  PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The ship’s engineer was seasick and spitting up his medication. A deckhand had been tossed past the mainmast, breaking three ribs. The captain Read More »

• Low-Powered LED Lights Can Improve Snow Crab Catchability

  The Atlantic Canada snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) fishery may have started out as a bycatch fishery over 60 years ago, but today it has become the Read More »

• Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council meeting in Honolulu March 15 – 17, 2016

  The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council convenes March 15 to 17, at Fuller Hall, YWCA, 1040 Richards St., Honolulu. Fishermen, other stakeholders and members of Read More »

• 1 Fisherman found dead, 1 rescued from Gulf

  A shrimping trip turned tragic after a Pasco County boat sunk in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the life of 29-year-old Anthony Coffey. His cousin, William Read More »

• There’s a better solution to the problem of too few fish than privatizing the ocean. -The Right Catch of the Day

  Then an approach called “Individual Transferable Quotas” was implemented. Under this approach, each fisherman was awarded the right to catch a certain percentage of the total Read More »

• Tuna fisherman teams up with engineers to build ‘Zombait’ robotic lure

  Two years ago over Christmas dinner, Maine tuna fisherman Rink Varian aired a favorite gripe: The tuna he caught vastly preferred live bait fish, but he Read More »

• Letter: Richard Gaines, a true journalism original Mark Leibovich – Washington, D.C. Chief national correspondent, New York Times Magazine

  Richard Gaines gave me my first job in journalism. I was right out of college, and he was looking for an assistant. He was nice enough Read More »
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  F/V Flyin Tiger catches fire in the Dillingham boat harbor

  The drift boat Flyin Tiger caught fire at the Dillingham boat harbor late Thursday morning. The fire was put out quickly, and there were no injuries. Read More »

• Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery: Commercial fishing just about done for season

  “I was really grateful for the late season buyers,” said Carolyn Smith of the F/V Sadie S, who fishes for Icicle Seafoods. She and her crew Read More »

• Warming Waters Are Changing Global Fish Catches – Pew Croaker Chimes in, but he don’t get it.

  90.9wbur – “Populations of blue crab, which is something we think as being something we see in the Chesapeake Bay,” Crawford said. “We see Atlantic croaker, Read More »

• Some Md. lawmakers oppose seismic testing

  Eight Democratic members of Maryland’s congressional delegation wrote President Obama Monday urging him to reconsider his administration’s plan to allow seismic testing for oil and gas Read More »

• A Retrospective Trip on the F/V Arctic Hunter – Gone, but not forgotten.

  F/V Arctic Hunter went on the hard in November, 2013. I ran a few stories about her, and ironically, the last one in July, because a Read More »

• In Depth: Powered by capital and its desire for profit – The Global Ocean Grab: A Primer

  In this primer the most important questions regarding the effects and mechanisms of ocean grabbing are answered. It contains all you need to know to get Read More »

• New York Aquarium claims fishing groups distorted stance on Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary

  I am writing to correct the mischaracterization of the position and intentions of the Wildlife Conservation Society and its New York Aquarium regarding a proposed Hudson Read More »
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  140,000 live Canadian lobster sold to China in 24 hours

  Chinese buyers snapped up more than 140,000 live Canadian lobsters within 24 hours last week through a Beijing-based online retailer, and the demand can only grow, says Read More »
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  A ‘Gentle Giant’: Shelburne fisherman dies at sea

  A fisherman who fell from a fishing boat into the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Sable late Saturday afternoon has died. Shelburne resident Jim Buchanan, 44, was Read More »

• Malheur National Wildlife Refuge biologists hope commercial fishing will end carp invasion

  Say what you will about the invasive common carp in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They’re ugly. Unappetizing. A bane on the Eastern Oregon ecosystem. But don’t Read More »

• Earle McCurdy, president of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers: CETA good for fishery. Is it?

  McCurdy says minimum processing requirements will be phased out as a result of CETA. These are rules that require some species of fish caught here be Read More »

• Connecticut: River herring returning to state waterways

  Two factors have contributed to the local river herring boom: a new culvert built at Rocky Neck in 2009 reopened a previously constricted channel; and beaver Read More »

• Sent TODAY! For TOMORROW! RI Congressional Delegation – Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Listening Session

  The Rhode Island Congressional delegation is seeking input and comments on the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act .  This session is open to the public Read More »

• The EDF road to catch shares for charter and headboats

  The road to “catch shares” for charter and headboat operators is being paved with an Environmental Defense Fund-backed pilot program approved by NOAA Fisheries this year Read More »

• Department of Aquaculture, Agriculture and Fisheries official’s obstruction case delayed

  The obstruction case against a senior civil servant has been delayed until April 26 to allow the prosecutors to disclose the case to the defence.  Read Read More »