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• New Proposed Measures to Provide Needed Protection​s to Whales and less Economic Impact on Lobstermen

  Based on a request from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and with support from the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (i.e., fishermen, state and Read More »

• Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission in for some heavy lifting at its June 6 and 7 meeting

  The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, which meets June 6 and 7 in Tigard, will have a long list of weighty topics from commercial and sport Read More »

• Military-grade radar network watching for oyster poachers ‘It doesn’t sleep’

  In the 1860s, poachers struck at night, sometimes in black-painted ships with darkened sails, outlaws raiding protected oyster beds. Lawmakers formed an Oyster Navy armed with Read More »

• U.S. Coast Guard announces notice of proposed rulemaking for personal flotation device type codes

  PFD type codes are unique to Coast Guard approval and are not well understood by the general public. The current PFD type code classification system is planned Read More »

• New group to fight for SouthCoast’s fishing industry

  NEW BEDFORD — With success nowhere near guaranteed, but with a star scientist and a star politician to lead them, a fledgling organization called the Center Read More »

• Scientists admit ‘we got amount of fish wrong’ – one Whitby fisherman has said: “Now give us our quota back.”

  With scientists admitting they got the amount of fish in the North Sea and surrounding waters wrong, one Whitby fisherman has said: “Now give us our Read More »

• New offshore fisheries science ship under construction in North Vancouver

  Construction has started at the North Vancouver shipyard on one of three new fisheries ships for the Canadian Coast Guard, the federal government announced on Wednesday Read More »

• Peter Redmayne,Sea Trade : NGOs can’t define sustainability amongst themselves

  The seafood industry has become frustrated with the amount of confusion surrounding NGOs and eco-labels, Peter Redmayne, president and founder of marketing group Sea Trade, told Undercurrent Read More »

• Northeast fisheries chief’s credo: ‘Take the heat. … Move on’

  John Bullard recalls sitting on a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when “the light bulb went off.” Just out of college, he had Read More »

• Captain reconnects with dock workers for book on Naples nautical history

  A two-man band played out back as piles of chicken breast and pork sizzled in a semicircle of grills and barbecue pits. Filtering under the tents Read More »
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  Tropical Storm Hermine, center moves over water, could be near hurricane intensity by Sunday

  At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Hermine was located by NOAA Doppler radar and surface observations near the northern Outer Banks Read More »

• Subsistence gillnets on Alaska’s Kenai, Kasilof rivers get go-ahead

  Anglers on the most heavily used river in the state will be joined by another group of fishermen this year after the Federal Subsistence Board voted to Read More »

• Monday evening (May 6th) Narragansett Town Council Meeting on Deepwater Wind

  The AFL-CIO president for R.I. sent out a robocall today encouraging members to come to tomorrow night’s meeting in support of Deepwater’s request to make a landing Read More »

• “Deadliest Catch” star meets with Maine fishermen – Video

  ROCKPORT, Maine(NEWS CENTER) —  Maine commercial fishermen had a chance to meet one of their industry celebrities on Thursday and found out he knows a little Read More »

• Wonder if the Center for Biological Diversity will sue the Mahi Mahi?!!

  Mahi Mahi was found to have better than a couple dozen baby sea turtles in it’s belly.  14:32 Related Read More »

• Pediatrician Encourages Parents to Make a Resolution to Eat Fish Once or Twice a Week to Improve Health

  As part of a 12-month resolution challenge designed to help families eat nutritious foods and become physically active,an Austin, TX pediatrician, recommends eating fish once or Read More »

• Surging shark activity puts Cape Cod in the jaws of a craze

  The exponential growth of Monomoy’s seal population, with thousands of animals sometimes visible on its beaches, has created a buffet table for white sharks, drawing increasing Read More »

• Chaos among crew on F/V American Dynasty leading up to the collision

  An American fishing vessel ran into a docked HMCS Winnipeg in Esquimalt Harbour last spring because of a chaotic series of failures by crew and on-board Read More »

• Louisiana: Des Allemands crab fisherman says state closure is unfair

  With a fast flick of his hand, Whitney Curole sent a large blue crab sailing into a white plastic basket as he sorted the last of Read More »

• Key West – FWC Arrests Man for Illegal Commercial Lobster Fishing

  On Aug. 2, officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrested Pablo Enrique Anaya-Rodriquez, 49, of Key West, for actively fishing commercial lobster traps Read More »

• Elvers are a resource in crisis. Let’s treat them that way

  In the coming weeks the Maine Department of Marine Resources will propose a method to more closely track elver landings for next year in an attempt Read More »

• Warm ocean possible culprit in 2015 Pacific hake collapse – Big bounce-back is expected in 2016

  Warmer ocean water may be to blame for a troubling harvest decline last fall in one of the North Pacific’s most important commercial fisheries, federal scientists Read More »

• Two From Alaska Fish Radio

  Apply now for wide range of good paying internships at ADF&G – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Your career in the Last Frontier Read More »

• Puget Sound Herring, other forage fish, at risk

  The survey for herring eggs in kelp beds continues throughout the herring  spawning season, from February in most areas of Puget Sound through June for  late-spawning Read More »

• Death of Four Ladies Captain Larry Wayne Sears blamed on poor planning, open stern

  Lack of preparedness and poor adherence to regulations contributed to a fishing death off Cape Sable Island last year, according to a Transportation Safety Board investigation. Read More »