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• Over demanding market affects fisheries more than climate change

  Summary: Fisheries that rely on short life species, such as shrimp or sardine, have been more affected by climate change, because this phenomenon affects chlorophyll production, which Read More »

• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting April 3-6, 2017 in Burmingham

  The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet April 3-6, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham – The Winfrey Hotel, located at 1000 Riverchase Galleria, Read More »

• Tradex 3-Minute Market Insight: Sockeye Salmon Market Puzzling Seafood Buyers – Pricing Extremely Volatile

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• Omega Protein : Conservation groups and legislators look to change menhaden regulations

  With the lights of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel twinkling in the background, Barry Knight looked at a room full of supporters and realized he no longer Read More »

• MSA Reauthorization:Senate Bill On Magnuson-Stevens Coming Soon, Says Begich

  “We have not laid down our bill yet,” said Begich. “We’re probably another six to eight weeks away form that. My hope is to finish out Read More »

• March 1 is Tax Deadline for some Farmers and Fishermen

  Most Americans think of April 15 as the tax deadline, but for many farmers and fishermen, there’s another deadline and it’s almost here. Wednesday, March 1 Read More »

• The Gulf of Maine has experienced significant warming over the last 40 years “It’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before,” Will Enviro’s continue to blame?

  Maine’s fishermen must be better informed, more communicative about conditions on the water and responsive to change to survive the constant shifts brought by a warming Read More »

• In the Federal Register: Regulated Navigation Area; Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, Oregon Inlet, NC

  The Coast Guard is establishing a Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) on the navigable waters of Oregon Inlet, NC surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. This RNA Read More »

• Scallop extension passes Alaska Senate

  The Alaska Senate passed a bill to extend the limited entry scallop program  in an 18-1 vote this morning. Senate Bill 54 would extend the weathervane Read More »

• P.E.I. looks to Japan for seafood exports

  There’s growing potential for P.E.I. seafood in the Japanese market, says Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development Minister Ron MacKinley. He says a  recent visit by the Read More »

• Barbara Durkin – Offshore Wind Nothing But Hot Air

  The fishing industry representatives with whom I collaborate with and hear at public hearings are outraged about the loss of fishing grounds and essential fish habitat Read More »
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  Fishermen Question Cod-Fishing Ban Data -one boat couldn’t catch any cod — and that boat happens to belong to the U.S. government.”

  “I am certain that the science is wrong by a lot on this one,” said Vito Giacalone,,, David Goethel, captain of the Ellen Diane out of Read More »

• Wording puts Canada at odds with UN fish plan – calls for the protection of fishermen “in situations of occupation,”

  A United Nations-sponsored proposal to protect and promote small-scale fisheries has run into a problem, with Canada emerging as the lone dissenting voice in a dispute that Read More »

• Snakeheads break out of Potomac, enter Rappahannock River

  Richmond Times-Dispatch – The northern snakehead, an invasive species of fish native to Asia, has successfully broken out of the Potomac River system and established itself Read More »

• Editorial: NOAA chief’s stand to cut tuna limit must be last straw. Lubchenco has now shown her own disdain for fishery science itself.

  They should also not be any surprise. She has, after all, ignored several calls for action from congressional leaders ranging from Congressman John Tierney to Sens. Read More »

• New rules aim to boost herring supply prized as lobster bait

  The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission adopted many of the same measures that Maine implemented last year to try to “stretch out” the limited quota of Read More »

• Cold-Water Safety Workshop for Commercial Fishermen in Santa Cruz – March 26-27

  The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association is offering an 18-hour cold water safety and drill conductor workshop this week. The workshop will be held Thursday and Read More »
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  Currituck County debates ordinance change that could save the local crabbing industry

  Crab fishermen are seeking a change in the law so they can operate legally in Currituck County even while neighbors complain of clutter, noises and smells. Read More »

• Virginia shucks oyster taxes, starts user fees

  On Monday, Virginia officially shucks its antiquated bushel-based tax system for commercial oyster operations and replaces it with annual user fees. But not all watermen are Read More »

• Captain died doing the job he loved

  Captain Wesley Lief Hegglund, 55, whose life-long ambition was to be a commercial fisherman, had been living the dream. “Wes graduated with an honours degree in Read More »

• ‘All the predator fish are gone’

  Chronical Herald -“All the predator fish are gone — the cod, the pollock, the haddock — but there’s more lobster and more seals. Something’s changed.” The Read More »

• Search is on for missing F/V Yvonne Michelle fisherman Renee Lopez, 45 miles off Manasquan, NJ

  MANASQUAN, N.J. — The Coast Guard is searching for a 30-year-old man approximately 45 miles east of Manasquan Inlet Wednesday after he was reported missing from a fishing Read More »
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  The Nushagak run surges early, and maybe big too?

  Bristol Bay’s westside district posts a million sockeye catch Monday, and both the Wood and Nushagak Rivers have met their escapement goals. The red run is Read More »

• Extreme Seafoods has rough entry into the Bristol Bay fishery

  Extreme Seafoods made waves as they entered the Bristol Bay fishery this year. The company, founded in 2013, purchased the Paug-Vik Corp facility in Naknek that Read More »

• Court finds ‘enormous systemic problem’ in enforcement of Species at Risk Act

  OTTAWA – A Federal Court judge has ruled that the environment minister and the fisheries minister both broke the law when they failed to enforce the Read More »