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• Meeting info for August 5-8 NEFSC stock assessment data collection program review

  Northeast Fisheries Science Center is conducting a workshop with an independent, expert panel on August 5-8, 2013, in Woods Hole, Mass., to focus on evaluating the data Read More »

• Coast Guard searching for overdue fishing boat near Majuro

  HONOLULU – The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue 82-foot commercial fishing vessel near the Republic of Marshall Islands, Friday.  reportedly went missing with nine people Read More »
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  Maryland fishermen fight federal catfish regulations

  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration has joined the cause and also sent a letter to UDSA Secretary Perdue, asking for “immediate regulatory relief” from the mandated Read More »

• Catch-22? Party Boat Captains grapple with the pros and cons of snapper experiment

  The party boat captains who are able to catch red snapper as part of a pilot program are thrilled with how things are going so far, Read More »

• Governor Deval Patrick has signed a proclamation establishing Saturday as “Massachusetts Lobster Day.”

  “I would like to thank the Patrick Administration for their continued support of the Commonwealth’s lobster industry,” states Bill Adler, executive director of the Mass. Lobstermen’s Association. Read More »
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  Video: Coast Guard crew says goodbye to the Tamaroa

  Forty-four boarded a boat in Cape May early Wednesday morning, including 10 former Coast Guards, to say goodbye to a storied ship with decades of service. The Read More »

• Unemployed? How ’bout a sweet gig at World Wildelife Fund!

  World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s leading conservation organization, seeks a Director of Seafood Engagement for Business and Industry. No mention of salary, though. Read more Related Read More »

• “The fact is, law abiding, licensed commercial fishermen are considered by our government to be the most dangerous people in America.”

  In September 1983 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Balelo v Baldridge decided the first court challenge against the government policy of placing federal Read More »

• Hurricane Sandy Emergency Supplemental Funding U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Facilities To Be Repaired

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will receive $68.2 million to make repairs to 25 national wildlife refuges and three national fish hatcheries from Florida to Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Februay 6, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 20:21 Related Read More »

• Tuna Tuna Tuna brought to you by savingseafood.org

  The American Bluefin Tuna Association statement on Conclusion of the Annual ICCAT Meeting in Agadir, Morocco NOAA Statement on ICCAT Determination on Bluefin Tuna Bluefin Fishing Read More »

• NORTH CAROLINA FISHERIES ASSOCIATION – WEEKLY UPDATE – July 4, 2014

  Click here to read the update  07:46 Related Read More »

• SLV Marine Survey starting on July 24th extending from the NH/MA border to landing locations in the vicinity of Boston, MA.

  The 110’ research vessel Sea Lion V and 34’ Ugle Duckling will be conducting a marine survey starting on July 24th along a corridor extending from Read More »
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  It’s Friday! Try the “Of the Sea” brew! Brewing Company Used 30 Lobsters to Make This Beer

  Founded by Andrew Cooper and Brett Ellis, The Wild Beer Co. has come out with several eclectic flavors, including sake, toffee apples, and mushrooms. However, their Read More »

• Costa Rica: Tuna company, fishermen and environmental groups squabble over unpublished fishing decree

  Expected restrictions on industrial tuna fishing have been stalled pending the publication of a decree signed by former President Laura Chinchilla (2010-2014). Though Chinchilla signed the Read More »

• Cold fronts create shrimpy season – the current state of shrimping in San Antonio Bay. Video

  This year’s brown shrimp production is below the historical average, according to scientists at the National Marine Fisheries Service. Record low temperatures and a continued drought Read More »

• Shrimpers cited for fishing in BP closure zone – Catch dumped back into the water

  BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited numerous fishermen on May 26 for allegedly fishing in the BP oil spill Read More »

• Federal agency accused of condemning British Columbia commercial sockeye fleet to feast-or-famine cycle

  While fishermen in Alaska were enjoying a banner year thanks to massive returns of Bristol Bay sockeye, their counterparts in were pretty much idled, thanks to Read More »

• Bay Area crab fishermen prepare for Saturday’s long overdue season opener

  The crab pots were piled eight high along the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor dock Wednesday afternoon as Dungeness crab fisherman loaded boats in preparation for Read More »

• Maine finalizes deal to preserve Tenants Harbor Working Waterfront

  The Maine Department of Marine Resources obtained a working waterfront covenant March 11 on the wharf owned by the four Miller brothers — Hale, Ira, Dan Read More »

• 70 subpoenas issued ‘throughout New York’ in federal probe of fisheries program

  The federal government has issued 70 grand-jury subpoenas as part of two-year investigation into a fishing auction program widely criticized as a “license to steal.”,, A Read More »

• HONOLULU: Federal and State governments fishing for compromise on shark fin laws – At the bottom of all of this is greed!

  Hawaii law bans possession, sale, distribution or trade of any shark fin. However federal law allows legal fisherman to land shark fins as long as they Read More »

• NW chefs (that feed wealthy people) join boycott of Canadian seafood in protest of seal hunt – What about hungry people in third world country’s?

  KING 5 News – Chef Holly Smith of Café Juanita in Kirkland is one of dozens of local chefs that have joined “Chefs for Seals,” part Read More »

• oooh. I like it! Sen. Lisa Murkowski launches bill to stop gov’t meddling with seafood eco-labels

  WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Lisa Murkowski today introduced legislation (bill attached) to combat the influence of outside certification parties on Alaska’s sustainable seafood industry.  Her Responsible Read More »

• Summer season was the perfect storm for some Southeast trollers

  “We had small fish, poor price, bad weather, and also no fish or very few fish,” said Matthew Donohoe, a fishermen from Sitka. He has been Read More »