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• AESA Urges U.S. Government to Reject ESA Listing for American Eel

  Following a petition from the Council for Endangered Species Act Reliability (CESAR) (click here to see petition), the U.S. government this month will once again consider Read More »

• Seattle shipyards flush with work, including repairs to ‘Deadliest Catch’ crabber

  Aging fishing vessels are keeping Seattle-area ship repair yards busy, as the crab fleet returns from the season early thanks to a smaller quota this year. Read More »
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  Most of P.E.I.’s 960-boat spring lobster fleet will set gear Saturday – Fishermen from Point Prim to Victoria will set a week later

  Some lobster fishermen started transferring traps from the wharf to their boats on Thursday as preparations for Saturday’s opening of the spring lobster fishing season shifted Read More »

• Is John Risely out to gut Ocean Choice International like a fish? By Ryan Cleary

  Nova Scotian John Risley who led a hostile takeover of Fishery Products International in 2001 that led to the company’s demise and the loss of hundreds Read More »

• Fishing community gathers to mourn crew of Foxy Lady II

  STONINGTON, Maine — As snow fell outside, tears were falling inside the Island Community Center on Sunday as the tight-knit fishing community of Stonington-Deer Isle gathered Read More »

• Group calls on President Obama to dramatically expand NW Islands Marine Monument

  A group of roughly 20 Native Hawaiians, local fishermen, scientists and conservationists rallied Thursday morning at Kewalo Marine Laboratory, armed with a 43,000-signature (Pew) petition urging Read More »

• It takes fish to make fish – Larry Engel

  The uptick in silvers to the Mat-Su is part of what we on the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fish and Wildlife Commission were asking for last February when Read More »

• Will GE salmon opposition be the ‘kiss of death’ for Aquabounty?

  Avaaz.org, self-described as an international citizens group, has collected nearly 1 million — 991,340, to be precise — signatures for its “Stop the Frankenfish attack” petition Read More »

• Lobster thieves are back at work in Nova Scotia — two fishing boats were hit a week apart.

  RCMP Const. Rob James says the first cache of crustaceans was taken from a boat tied up alongside the wharf in Port Mouton on Feb. 12. Another Read More »

• Study finds 7,500 marine mammals in lower Columbia River

  An aerial survey of marine mammals in the lower Columbia River found spring Chinook salmon will have to make it past more than 6,000 hungry harbor Read More »

• Officer honored after April rescue effort off Tangier Island

  The U.S. Coast Guard has honored a Virginia Marine Police officer for his “vital assistance” in the investigation of the sinking of a commercial fishing vessel in April which Read More »

• Snakehead scare: Fishing for answers

  Snakeheads, invasive fish originally from Asia, are breeding machines that can grow to be very long and wipe out local species. They were first discovered 13 Read More »

• ALL EYES ON COTTEN -Governor chose seasoned veteran for acting commissioner

  All eyes were on Sam Cotten last week during the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting in Cordova. Cotten is Gov. Walker’s interim choice to head the Read More »

• Details emerge- Pilot may have seen missing Florida teens during search – Lawsuit filed

  According to the FWC report, during the search for the boys on July 26, a pilot identified as Bobby Smith was searching for the boys and Read More »

• ‘AN UNGODLY SOUND’ – Eagle III boat captain recalls harrowing experience

  The Eagle III’s wheelhouse was filled with frigid sea water and Glenn Burkhow was fully submerged, swishing around like a piece of clothing inside a washer. Read More »

• Wired to go at V&R Traps in Yarmouth

  Lobster fishing has evolved enormously over the decades, with changes in regulations, boats, markets and gear. After learning of the wire lobster traps invention in New Read More »

• North Carolina HB-983 – A bad, bad bill – Coastal Conservation Association is anti Commercial fishermen, anti consumer

  North Carolina fishermen — commercial and recreational — will square off at 1:30 p.m. Monday in public forum in the Legislative Office Building, 300 N. Salisbury Read More »

• Wakulla Fishermen Losing Traditional Harvest Areas, Call for End to Leasing

  Fishermen in Wakulla County are concerned about the rise in the amount of leases on their waters. The leases provide boundaries as to where fishermen can Read More »

• SMAST founding dean, chancellor medal recipient Brian Rothschild, reflects on state of fisheries science

  Dr. Brian Rothschild already had a stellar career in fisheries and marine science when he came to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 20 years ago to Read More »
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  American eel turns up in southwestern Minnesota lake

  An American eel — far, far away from its natural home in the North Atlantic Ocean — was found in a southwestern Minnesota lake late last Read More »

• Feds see early signs of Pacific fishery recovery

  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) – After one of the West Coast’s most valuable commercial fisheries was declared an economic disaster in 2000, California and other Read More »

• Kennebec Journal: OUR OPINION: We need answer to smelt decline before it’s too late

  Rainbow smelt were once found as far south as Chesapeake Bay, and were particularly abundant along the Gulf of Maine. Now, the small, tasty fish has Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs fisherman off Manasquan Inlet, NJ

  The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman suffering chest pains approximately five-miles off Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey, today. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay were notified  Read More »

• No West Coast fishery relief funds again in Congress’ $1.2T spending bill

  For Yurok Tribe member Sammy Gensaw III, the divide between Capitol Hill and his hometown of Requa on the mouth of the Klamath River is measured Read More »

• Is Gloucester hooked to New Bedford fish fraud case?

  The stunning arrest of New Bedford fishing mogul Carlos Rafael last Friday on federal conspiracy and fraud charges may have a Gloucester connection. The affidavit submitted in Read More »