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• John Price, owner of J.P.’s Shellfish, pleads guilty to federal cash transaction charges

  The owner of an Eliot seafood company pleaded guilty Tuesday to a dozen federal charges for directing an employee to stagger more than $157,000 in cash Read More »

• Senator seeks $15M for tsunami debris – Begich – “We have that option right now to do something,”

  Sen. Mark Begich said it’s embarrassing that the government of Japan has put  more funding toward the debris cleanup than the U.S. government has. He said Read More »

• Holy Smoke! Elver prices rise to around $1,900 per pound

  Expectations for the volume of elvers that will be caught in Maine this spring may be low but, based on prices that dealers are offering fishermen, Read More »

• New rockfish catch limits eyed

  Worried by recent declines in the numbers of Maryland’s state fish, Atlantic states fisheries regulators are weighing slashing the annual striped bass catch by up to Read More »

• North coast of Washington reopens to crab fishing

  The recreational and commercial Dungeness crab fisheries on the northern coast of Washington is to reopen effective immediately, state shellfish managers announced Aug. 28. Earlier this Read More »

• Japan’s whale hunt could be over, say Sea Shepherd leaders (good thing for them!)

  THE Japanese whaling fleet is heading north, prompting hopes of an early end to the whaling season. Read more Related Read More »
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  Despite recent tweaks, New England fishermen want more changes in law

  In October of 2016 NOAA made changes to NS1, which aims to prevent overfishing while achieving the optimum yield from each fishery. Changes were first proposed Read More »

• Scientists offer tips for Alaska king salmon study – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  Oct  23, 2012  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – State fisheries  biologists planning research to determine the cause for Alaska’s poor king  salmon returns were urged to focus studies Read More »

• NPFMC revamps observer program after first annual report

  NOME — The North Pacific Fishery Management Council took action to address issues with the revised marine observer program June 5, including getting rid of the Read More »

• North Pacific: Revisions to federal fisheries act released for public review

  The House Natural Resources Committee released draft legislation Dec. 19 with 30 pages of proposed MSA changes that address several major fisheries issues, including catch share Read More »

• P.E.I. fishermen have concerns about some proposed safety requirements

  The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association has concerns about some of Transport Canada’s proposed changes to safety requirements for commercial fishing vessels. Transport Canada says these changes are Read More »

• Montague Bay Foods to open lobster plant soon, looking to diversify

  A refurbished processing plant that will open shortly  to process lobster intends to become a year-round operation. That’s the hope for Montague Bay Foods, which is Read More »

• Drive to Mine the Deep Sea Raises Concerns Over Impacts

  Armed with new high-tech equipment, mining companies are targeting vast areas of the deep ocean for mineral extraction. But with few regulations in place, critics fear Read More »

• Fishing With A Glock 9mm Handgun Underwater? These Lionfish Don’t Stand A Goddamn Chance

  The grey line that divides hunting and fishing just grew even murkier after these bros demonstrated how fun and easy it is to go fishing/hunting for Read More »

• N.C. man had record-holding catch… if only for a week

  Cherish the moments. They sometimes don’t last very long. A pair of mid-Atlantic anglers can attest to that. Less than two weeks ago, Robert Smith of Read More »

• Editorial: Feds need to press Brown to look at all options for a Bay-Delta fix

  The Sacramento Bee – If Gov. Jerry Brown had his way, the tunneling machines would be boring right now under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, carving out Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen Arrested for Illegal Striped Bass Fishing

  Three Rhode Island men were arrested by state environmental police for  activity over the past two months, according to the state Department of Environmental Management. Raymond Read More »

• Offshore Communication: Wicked Tuna Captain Dave Carraro Relies on Globalstar

  When it comes to fishing, Captain Dave Carraro of FV Tuna.com knows a thing or two, having run a successful charter business for the past 37 Read More »

• Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery to open for business – this year’s run could see as many as 23 million return

  Today’s three-hour opening for gillnetters, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. PT, follows a recreational fishery Friday and First Nations’ food and ceremonial fisheries held on the lower Fraser Read More »

• Coast Guard still investigating F/V Alaska Juris sinking

  It’s been four months since the F/V Alaska Juris sank in the Bering Sea, and the U.S. Coast Guard is still trying to figure out why Read More »

• Oregon eyes Cathlamet Channel as gillnet site

  State officials are hopeful they can open a second lower Columbia River off-channel commercial fishing location in 2016, this one in Cathlamet Channel of Wahkiakum County. Read More »

• Can cod and crab co-exist? – The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong

  We look at the relationship between cod and crab and whether they can co-exist. Also: the challenge of finding fish plant workers in this province; and Read More »

• Britain’s youngest fishing boat captain has to be rescued… again

  He is Britain’s youngest fishing boat captain, who just last week won an award for saving the lives of three of his crew when his boat Read More »

• Catch Share Program Review for the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Individual Transferrable Quota Fisheries

  The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is accepting proposals to conduct a Catch Share Program Review of the present and past social and economic conditions in Read More »

• UPDATED: Suit over sea turtles dismissed by federal judge

  A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed the civil complaint against state and federal agencies and their officials filed by the N.C. Fisheries Association and Carteret Read More »