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• Japan: Population of Fishermen Hit by Earthquake, Aging

  Of the 89,485 privately managed fishery businesses in the country, only 14,811, or 17%, say they have someone who can be a successor in the trade, Read More »

• WATCH: Joaquin Pheonix PETA Ad Seems Too Fishy For ABC

  In the ad, The Master star can be seen submerged in water when he slowly begins to lose air. As he flails, an ominous voice-over by Read More »

• Federal agents raid home of southern Indiana fisherman

  The stillness in the air off Zoo Road in English on Monday sounded like a stark contrast to the chaos David Cox described at his nearby home. “They Read More »

• Coast Guard investigation into the death of commercial fisherman Walter Krupinski continues

  The $300 in fines assessed to the captain of a 60-foot yacht that collided with Walter Krupinski’s 23-foot boat doesn’t sit well with Krupinski’s widow Peggy. Read More »

• New Bedford: Winners showed their skill at waterfront festival

  On Saturday ,groundfishing skills were highlighted with a net-mending competition emceed by net designer Tor Bendiksen of Reidar’s Manufacturing, and a rope splicing contest emceed by Read More »
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  Maine institutions collaborating to build a greener lobster boat

  Students at the Landing School have built nearly 400 boats since the school was founded in 1978. But nothing quite like the one the school is Read More »
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  Southeast rivers are economic gold mine

  An economic study commissioned by Salmon Beyond Borders concludes that transboundary watersheds facing potential adverse impact from British Columbia mines are valued at just under $1 Read More »
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  Letter on Fish Farming – Shame on NOAA

  NOAA, of all organizations, knows how destructive fish farms are to the ocean and its inhabitants (“NOAA wants to fund more fish farming to offset trade Read More »

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

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• DNV GL Rules for US Fishing Vessels

  The fishing vessel industry fatality rate is 30 times higher than the average of all US industries. To address this, US legislation requires that all new Read More »

• Grundens Rain Gear Review: Herkules Bib Pants and Ragnar Jacket

  The Grundens Herkules Bib Pants and Ragnar Jacket are designed to keep the wind and water from interfering with sport, commercial, and onshore fishing activities. As the Read More »

• Drive to Mine the Deep Sea Raises Concerns Over Impacts

  Armed with new high-tech equipment, mining companies are targeting vast areas of the deep ocean for mineral extraction. But with few regulations in place, critics fear Read More »
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  It’s not okay

  As we get into the thick of tuna season right now, and plenty of “large-medium” and “giant” class bluefin tuna are being caught by anglers around Read More »

• PEI: Fish processors look to students to fill labour void

  Island fish processors are doing everything they can to fill the labour shortage that caused the  to stall earlier this week—including recruiting students. Read more here 08:16 Read More »

• Council for Sustainable Fishing – First came ‘sea lords’ and now ‘snapper barons.’

  About a year ago AL.com did an investigative report on the Gulf of Mexico commercial red snapper catch share program in which it called the top Read More »

• Native Olympia oysters may be doing OK and recovering in Coos Bay despite ocean acidification,”

   As a federal research vessel heads out to study the impact of ocean acidification on Pacific marine life, Oregon biologists are reporting both benign and negative Read More »
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  Senate panel clears Trump’s nominee for NOAA

  The Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to move forward with the nomination of Barry Myers to be head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Read More »

• Inuit elders tell NASA Earth axis shifted

  The Inuit Tribe are indigenous people who live in the Canadian Arctic, Greenland, Siberia and Alaska. Their elders have written to the National Space and Aeronautics Read More »

• Fisheries policies for a new era – Hall, S.J. ; Hilborn, R. ; Andrew, N. ; Allison, E.H.

  There is a growing recognition that the fisheries policies of the past have been driven primarily by environmental and economic research agendas. This may have been Read More »

• Congress Members Ask Commerce Secretary to Stop Summer Flounder Quota Cuts

  Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and a bipartisan group from the New Jersey Congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker asking her to Read More »

• NJ Fisheries Disaster Aid Information – No applications will be accepted after October 31, 2014.

  The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is announcing the availability of Fisheries Disaster Direct Assistance Grants for individuals and businesses in New Jersey’s fishing industries Read More »
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  Police smash cocaine smuggling ring at Sydney Fish Market in Christmas Day raid

  A former rugby league first grade player, a Bondi entrepreneur and several fishermen are among 15 men arrested on Christmas Day in a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring bust. Read More »

• A tale of Herring at Digby Neck – No weirs on Digby Neck this year ‘No one gives a damn for these herring’

  Herring swim in the Bay of Fundy every spring with one thing on their mind –getting to the various spawning grounds and laying their eggs – Read More »

• Climate Change Forces Reevaluation of Fishery Management

  For decades, fishery management has focused almost exclusively on the need to restrict fishing. Now, environmental changes are forcing fishermen and regulators to reevaluate their traditional Read More »

• Coldwater Lobster Association wants more members, says many issues facing Nova Scotia industry

  Coldwater Lobster Association, covering Lobster Fishing Area 34 in southwestern Nova Scotia, says there are issues that could have dire outcomes on the lobster industry. The Read More »