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• Pacific salmon named B.C.’s official fish

  Three B.C. organizations working for the sustainability of BC’s watersheds are applauding a Bill introduced last week to designate Pacific salmon as an official B.C. emblem. Read More »

• An Unnatural History of The McLobster

  From Robert Steneck’s home in South Bristol, Maine, his view reaches past the pale granite headlands at the mouth of the Damariscotta River to be swallowed by the Read More »

• NOAA’s National Marine Fisheris Service is back to work, and they’re giving away plenty of loot!

  $36 Million in Funding for Coastal Habitat Restoration Projects to Benefit Fish In the Northeast Region, In the Southeast Region, In the Northwest  Region, In the Read More »

• UPDATED: Coast Guard rescues 2, searches for third near Coos Bay, Ore. – Coast Guard locates body of missing woman

  ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two men and their dog and is searching for a 50-year-old woman, Monday, after a fishing vessel ran aground Read More »

• Footage of possible illegal fishing activity lost in embarrassing botch-up

  The Ministry of Primary Industry has admitted up to 80 per cent of camera footage has been lost during the first three months of their pilot Read More »

• ‘We’ve won the battle, but not the war’: Inshore gets 70% of reduced shrimp quota

  The federal fisheries department is allocating less shrimp off Newfoundland’s northeast coast and southern Labrador, in a decision that is poised to cause trouble for on an industry that is Read More »
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  Destroyed tuna vessel Laurie Ann towed to Salisbury 

  The Laurie Ann, a 35-foot-long tuna boat that sank in the mouth of the Merrimack River Monday evening in rough seas, is back above water but Read More »

• Maine Lobstermen pack Augusta hearing on controversial proposed licensing changes

  Seth Morrissette works as a sternman on a lobster boat out of Friendship. He came to the podium at the Legislature’s Marine Resources committee, Wednesday, carrying Read More »

• When the herring come back

  January 2 marks the opening of the commercial herring season in our waters, a phenomenon that’s come and gone over the past 43 years. Of course, Read More »

• ‘Locally caught?’ It depends – Plenty of Chef no knowledge in this one! Good recipe’s, though!

  What’s critical, says Johnson, is supporting local fisheries, whether here, in Oregon, Massachusetts or New Orleans, rather than a 90-foot boat that unloads in California after Read More »

• Frustrated Bay of Fundy Lobster fishermen losing gear to ship traffic

  Tuesday marked the beginning of lobster season in the Bay of Fundy, but some fishermen have run into a problem that is costing them time and Read More »

• Next Year Will Be Awful Or Very Awful For Fluke Fisherman

  Unless regulators provide a less abrupt alternative, the amount of fluke caught by could be nearly cut in half by next year — a sudden drop that Read More »

• No green light for Cape Wind – Cape offshore wind energy foes suffer setback

  The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday denied a petition by wind-farm opponents appealing the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of the proposed Nantucket Read More »

• Fishermen’s Energy on Extension of Investment Tax Credit

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• Australia: Divide and Conquer – Pew targets industrial fishing while still pushing for angler bans

  The interview reveals that the environment group has made moves to shift away from the “no compromise” policies of former staffer Imogen Zethoven (who now works Read More »

• Long Island Commercial Fishing Association wants assurances fishing won’t be limited by protection zone

  Three Long Island lawmakers have introduced a bill that would create a marine mammal and sea turtle protection zone around Plum Island and two other environmentally Read More »

• The Breach

   Click expand, lower right on the bottom. 19:45 Related Read More »

• If you like fish video’s, check out 2014 ComFishFilmFest | Hopefuls

  Published on Jan 17, 2014  –  The Commercial Fishing Film Festival really shines in this category! We get to see fishermen in their element, doing various Read More »
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  Study links fish farms to spread of antibiotic resistance

  New research that finds a possible link between fish farms and the spread of antibiotic resistance doesn’t surprise marine biologist Inka Milewski. “Anytime you have animals Read More »

• You SAFMC guys don’t have to hook up the Huskies. Your Pooler, GA Meeting has been canceled!

  Public Hearing/Scoping Meeting Scheduled for Pooler, GA on January 30, 2014 CANCELLED Due to Winter Storm – The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council  is cancelling the January Read More »
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  Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael’s trial could have huge stakes

  Indicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael controls nearly one-fifth of the harbor’s commercial fleet and had permits worth about $80 million last year, according to public records Read More »

• Victoria Co. snow crab fishermen could be hit hardest by quota cuts

  Snow crab fishermen in the waters off Cape Breton are preparing for a leaner season this year, with quota cuts approved or proposed in both the Read More »

• Louisiana shrimpers are hopeful action by Congress can help reduce illegal shrimp imports

  “Today, the Louisiana seafood industry is being hammered by illegal foreign imports that are destroying jobs and distorting the market here at home, making it tougher Read More »

• Can I repossess a boat without a recorded preferred ship mortgage?

  Q: I loaned $62,000 to a boat owner and required him to sign a security agreement in the form of a Preferred Ship Mortgage. The collateral Read More »

• Keeping the Nut’s Out – Federal agencies, Point Lay seek to minimize media enacted walrus disturbances

  Federal agencies are stepping in to shield a North Slope village from the possibility of a deluge of international attention should a large walrus haulout develop nearby, as it has Read More »