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• Equipment from Foxy Lady II found in Saugus, Hull

  A rescue pod, marked Foxy Lady II on the side, was discovered in a Saugus marsh Tuesday evening shortly before 5, around the same time the U.S. Read More »

• Skeena Sockeye Collapse: BC Fisheries Closed While Alaskans Keep Fishing – BC Conservationists Challenge Alaskans to Put Sustainability First

  The cause of the apparent collapse is not known and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, and Raincoast Conservation Foundation are calling on Alaskan fishery managers to Read More »

• Endangered and Threatened Species: Critical Habitat for Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale-Proposed rule; request for comments.

  We, the NMFS, propose to replace the critical habitat for right whales in the North Atlantic with two new areas. The areas under consideration as critical Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Feb. 27, 2015

  Weekly Update for Feb. 17, 2015 as a PDF  07:06 Related Read More »

• BP asked a US appeals court on Monday to scuttle a “feeding frenzy” trial lawyers attempting to secure money for themselves and their clients

  “Not only is the claims administrator’s misinterpretation contrary to the plain language of the settlement agreement and the intent of the parties, but it has ignited Read More »

• Reducing pelagic longline fisheries by catch – Fishery research: A squid that a shark won’t eat

  A New Jersey native is working on a shark repellant that will reduce the by-catch of sharks and rays in the . It’s called SuperPolyShark and Read More »

• Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing — by the numbers

  It can make your eyes glaze over, I’ll grant you that. And if you’re not emotionally or financially tied to the argument that’s being hotly debated Read More »

• COD: OFFICIALS SAY FISHERMEN, REGULATORS SHARE BLAME

  Back in July 2012, John Bullard was the newly minted Northeast regional director for the National Marine Fisheries Service. Soon after he took the reins, Bullard Read More »

• Farming salmon on land is possible, project suggests – Future of fisheries may not require fish to ever see the ocean

  As its name implies, the Atlantic salmon has always been seen as an ocean dweller. But the Canadian fishing industry is on the verge of being Read More »

• Press Release: MAFMC – Reminder: Public Hearings to Begin Today for the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Cost Recovery Amendment

  The Cost Recovery Amendment to the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan (FMP) includes proposed measures to 1) collect fees and recover costs associated Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Fiberglass Lobster/Longliner 575HP, John Deere

  Specifications, information and 25 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:55 Related Read More »

• Tanker tangles with fishing vessel anchor line near Boon Island

  The Coast Guard plans to investigate an incident in which a 577-foot tanker loaded with ultralight sulfur diesel was adrift off the coast of Portsmouth and Read More »

• National Marine Fisheries Service increase yearly yellowtail snapper catch

  The National Marine Fisheries Service will increase the allowable catch for yellowtail snapper in the jurisdiction of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, which runs from North Carolina to Read More »

• The Fisheries Broadcast with Jamie Baker

  Re-opening of the OCI plant in Fortune could be delayed  Scientists are keeping a close eye on cod in Newman Sound. Continuing concerns on the south Read More »

• 18-year-old survives 28 days adrift

  An 18-year-old who worked in a seaside hotel in Panama happily took up an offer by two friends to join them on a fishing trip and Read More »

• Newfoundland: Shrinking shrimp resource hitting home – Industry bracing for quota cuts again in 2015 –

  It takes sweat and tears, in addition to these shellfish, to keep the boat in the water, steam it as much as 20 hours from Port Read More »

• Seal hunt bill swan song for veteran MP Greg Kerr

  Longtime politician Greg Kerr’s final legislative contribution will be to keep seal hunt observers farther away from the hunt. It will double the size of the Read More »

• Government invests half-million dollars in seal meat

  The Canadian and Newfoundland and Labrador governments are putting $498,000 into a pilot project to develop value-added seal meat products. Gail Shea, the federal fisheries minister, Read More »

• FISH-NL calls on Ottawa for ice compensation/gear replacement

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is calling on Ottawa to extend EI benefits for fish harvesters on Newfoundland’s northeast coast Read More »

• In the COSEWIC Crosshairs: West Prince eel fisherman fearful for eel fishery

  A West Prince eel fisherman worries far-reaching restrictions might be placed on the American Eel fishery here without recognizing the many steps Prince Edward Island fishermen Read More »

• A Bogus Rerun Oceana Article by Daily Mail “Journalist” Tom Wyke!

  We posted an article yesterday that originally ran in February, 2013. It seemed familiar, but, the photos used in yesterdays rewrite by Daily Mail’s Tom Wyke were Read More »

• Texas Bans Sales of Shark Fin’s, Oceana hails the legal shark fishery waste!

  Across the globe, sharks are being murdered for a culinary gimmick (cultural mainstay) — shark fin soup, even though shark fins offer virtually no flavor or Read More »

• American Samoa: It’s happening, purse seiners are tying up

  At least 14 US purse seiners out of 37 that are licensed to fish under the US South Pacific Tuna Treaty are idling their operations following Read More »

• Foreign bids on Icicle higher than US suitors expected, players up against American Fisheries Act

  First round bids for the purchase of Icicle Seafoods — up for sale by private equity owner Paine & Partners —  are far, far higher than Read More »
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  3 reasons the FFAW says FISH-NL can’t be trusted

  Friday morning in St. John’s, FISH-NL formally filed for union certification with the Labour Relations Board so its members can leave the FFAW. The board will review the Read More »