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• Mussel beds planned near wind farm

  The first offshore wind farm in U.S. history may soon have company: If a proposed 30-acre mussel farm is permitted this fall, in Nantucket Sound adjacent Read More »

• At Board of Fish, a preview of pot vs. longline conflict

  The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Friday (2-27-15) took no action on a set of proposals to allow pots in the Southeast black cod fishery. The Read More »
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  Cruise ship arrives in port with massive whale carcass on bow

  A cruise ship reached an Alaska port with a surprise on its bow: the carcass of a humpback whale. The Grand Princess, a 290 metre ship Read More »

• NPFMC fails to clarify observer program

  Homer News – The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association’s attempt to get the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to clarify the objectives of the restructured observer program Read More »

• More than 8,000 pounds of stolen scallops circulated through New Bedford port

  More than 8,000 pounds of stolen scallops valued at the time at $192,050 circulated through multiple seafood houses last December, according to court documents obtained by Read More »

• Of Sea Barons and Serfs – Selling off the sea: how our fish lost their freedom to market forces

  Over the last two decades, there has been a silent, neoliberal revolution in our oceans. “We are, quite seriously, on the brink.” Jerry Percy, Executive Director Read More »

• Gang Green Extorting NMFS – Speed up sea turtle analysis – Or Pay Our Litigators.

  The Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Sea Turtle Conservancy and Oceana contend that shrimp nets in the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Atlantic Read More »

• Study shows new signs of sea change By Richard Gaines Staff Writer Gloucester Daily Times

  Sea surface temperatures along the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem — the waters off the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts — were the highest ever recorded Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Februay 13, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 22:51 Related Read More »

• Rutgers fish surveys show effects of climate change

  On a dark night in the middle of a wide marsh near Tuckerton, N.J., a team of  Rutgers University researchers lowered a net over the railing Read More »

• Let’s take control of our future – why the industry must take centre-stage in implementing the discard ban.

  Newlyn skipper of the Crystal Sea (SH118), David Stevens – I have been fishing now for nearly 25 years and in all of that time, the Read More »

• ‘Horrible’ season: North Coast crabbers haul in third of average catch

  Asked to describe this year’s nine-week commercial Dungeness crab season that should have lasted seven months, Eureka-based crab fisherman Jubal Hall was quite frank. “It was Read More »

• A NOAA proposed rule would let recreational swordfish anglers sell their catch to dealers commercially to help the U.S. fulfill its quota.

  For about $20, South Florida recreational swordfish anglers could become commercial fishers fishermen under a new rule amendment proposed by NOAA Fisheries. Read more here Related Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update FEB 8, 2015

  The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• Lawsuit filed over new rules for hired halibut skippers

  The changes to the individual fishing quota, or IFQ, program revolve around the hired master program, and when a quota holder can have someone else catch Read More »

• Pesticide board to focus new tests on protecting lobsters

  AUGUSTA, Maine — The state Board of Pesticides Control is preparing to embark on a new program of water monitoring — sediment monitoring, more precisely — Read More »

• Feds charge father, son with Alaska halibut fishing conspiracy

  Charles Petticrew Sr. has been charged with a single count of conspiracy for falsifying individual fishing quota (IFQ) records for more than three years, according to Read More »

• NOAA study shows shrinking fleet – a perpetual struggle that will only be amplified in Fishing Year 2013,”

  Keiley said she believes people are “frustrated” with the report because “they want to know two things:” “Are people making money … and how many people Read More »

• CORPUS CHRISTI – Coast Guard rescues 4 Mexican poachers from sinking boat

  Coast Guard crews rescued four Mexican nationals from their sinking boat Saturday, after they were spotted illegally fishing north of the U.S./Mexico maritime border. At approximately 8 p.m. Read More »

• Man diving for sea cucumbers near Kodiak dies after medical airlift

  A Kodiak man working as a commercial diver aboard a vessel taking part in a  was airlifted to an area hospital Sunday — but Alaska State Troopers Read More »

• Blessing of the Nets – Ceremony at Port Dover Harbour Museum honours commercial fishermen

  PORT DOVER – We can all taste the results of the commercial fishing industry – delicious meals a plenty in towns like Port Dover. What the general public Read More »

• Government can be slow – and foolish – Lake Winnipeg whitefish disaster awaits

  Here on Lake Winnipeg in Canada, it’s been boon times for fishermen. The walleye have been numerous for years. But we got a wake-up call this Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Dixon Lobster/Gillnetter, 375HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere

  Specifications, information and 27 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:36 Related Read More »

• Maine: Cooler water, sustained demand buoy lobster prices

  After two years of unusually high catches of lobster off the Maine coast, commercial landings of the iconic crustacean may be falling back a little in Read More »

• Southeast Red and blue king crab fishery closed again

  Warmer water in Southeast breeds larger king crab than other parts of the state. Southeast red kings can grow up to 24 pounds with a five Read More »