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• Martha’s Vineyard: Islanders question local benefits of offshore wind project leases

  Concerns about how Martha’s Vineyard will benefit from a commercial offshore renewable wind energy project 12 nautical miles south of its shores dominated discussion at a Read More »

• Fisheries science books disposal costs Ottawa thousands

  The information comes from the office of Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea. It was prompted by a request from Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay last October, Read More »

• Thank you and eat local seafood

  The 29th Annual N.C. Seafood Festival is now just a memory, but it is one we will not soon forget. The West Carteret High School FFA Alumni is Read More »

• Federal fisheries enforcement and the 2012 election – a purposeful cover-up? By Nils Stolpe

  Here are the facts. Federal fisheries enforcement and the 2012 election – a purposeful cover-up?   Fact: Senator Scott Brown (Republican) and candidate Elizabeth Warren (Democrat) are Read More »

• Young Ilfracombe skipper helping to catch new recruits

  Ilfracombe skipper Ben Bengey has been chosen as an ambassador to encourage other young people into the fishing industry. Ben, 19, will be part of a Read More »

• Anglo-American pulls out of Pebble Mine project

  One of the two companies seeking to build Alaska’s Pebble mine is dropping out of the project as scrutiny grows over its impact on wild salmon. Read More »

• American Samoa: Two alia pass Coast Guard safety inspections

  Two alia fishing boats are the first to pass safety inspections by the US Coast Guard and have been issued decals that show their compliance with Read More »

• Fisherynation thanks Ray Lamont, Editor, Gloucester Daily Times

  Ray, thank you for keeping this obscene issue in the mainstream in the persuit of justice. October 13, 2012 Why Did My Newspaper Do That? Keeping Read More »

• Alaska State Legislature introduces anti-GE salmon resolution

  The Alaska State Legislature is considering a house resolution “opposing AquaBounty’s petition to produce ,” and calling for it to be labeled as “genetically modified” if 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 »

• A fishy situation at the top of the world – With climate change opening up the Arctic, a pact regulating commercial fishing in the region is urgently needed

  The Arctic Ocean is now threatened by the “tragedy of the commons”, a phenomenon in which self-interested behaviour by multiple actors results in the exhaustion of Read More »

• Plymouth fishermen accuse German warships of destroying their crabbing pots

  TWO fishermen from Plymouth say their livelihoods have been “ruined” after two German naval vessels allegedly destroyed their crabbing pots. Brothers Brian and Lee Tapper estimate Read More »

• Jig pollock test fishery opens next week – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. A big Opportunity for a smaller fishing fleet.

  Jig fishermen around Kodiak will be targeting two ground fish species this season, when the state water pacific cod fishery opens this week. Jiggers are now  Read More »

• Lime does not harm lobsters or other marine life, study shows

  Tunicate are an invasive species that are a serious threat to the mussel industry. Tunicate attach themselves to mussel socks, completely covering them and making it Read More »

• Nathan Cullen wants changes to the fisheries system in the North West of Canada

  The fisheries system in the North West of Canada needs an overhaul. That was the message from the Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP, Nathan Cullen, last week when he Read More »

• The fishing vessel Enterprise in New Bedford harbor

  The fishing vessel Enterprise in New Bedford harbor on Monday, 3/25/2013, loaded with herring. They made the 9 am bridge opening and tied up at the Read More »

• Oregon trawlers re-up their shrimp certification

  The Oregon Trawl Commission learned this week the Oregon pink shrimp it catches will again received certification from the Marine Stewardship Council. The group was the Read More »

• Our View: The state let down fluke fishermen

  As frequently as the federal government is criticized for regulations that make it harder to keep groundfish vessels operating in the black, it is disappointing that Read More »

• Ayotte Questions NOAA Official on Burdensome Cost of At Sea Monitors for NH Fishermen

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• Canada and the United States have ratified an agreement on updates updates to the Pacific Salmon Treaty

  The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that Canada and the United States have ratified an agreement on updates to the Pacific Read More »

• Lobstah-lovin’ Texans get another Cousins Maine Lobster Truck

  Cousins Maine Lobster Truck is expanding its fleet with another mobile kitchen in San Antonio, Texas, according to the San Antonio Current, which said the addition Read More »

• The outdated 1972 federal law protecting the seals has worked well — too well, in fact. Time to stop tagging and start bagging seals – Chris Yerkes, Brewster

  June 25, 2013 While it’s great to see that a few of us are capitalizing on the recent influx of great white sharks by hawking T-shirts Read More »

• Seattle renewable energy company plans $200M wind farm off Oregon Coast on YOUR fishing grounds!

  Principle Power, a renewable energy technology developer headquartered in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, received a go ahead from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to submit a formal proposal to Read More »

• PETITION: Chair of the New England Fisheries Management Council Terry Stockwell – Stop Failing the Fish and the Fishermen.

  Dear Mr. Stockwell, The New England Fisheries Management Council has failed the fishermen. Since the New England Catch Share policy began in 2010, fishermen and allies Read More »

• John Steinbeck boat rusts in Anacortes

  Time has been less kind to the Western Flyer. The battered old tub, which has been called one of the most famous boats in American nonfiction, Read More »