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• Appeals Court Upholds Steller Sea Lion Decision – Environmental groups Oceana and Greenpeace intervened on behalf of the NMFS.

  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday issed its ruling in the challenge brought by the state of Alaska and commercial fishing interests. The Read More »

• Grand Manan Fisherman’s Association welcomes $4.9 million to expand the Fundy Marine Service Centre

  After about a decade of lobbying the New Brunswick government, fishermen in Grand Manan celebrated an investment announcement yesterday of $4.9 million to expand the Fundy Marine Read More »

• One scandal of the National Marine Fishery Service, unknown but for Richard Gaines

             Who in the Hell is Richard Gaines?!! Richard Gaines, Staff Writer, Gloucester Daily Times. Read it here with two video interviews by GMG’s JoeyC   Related Read More »

• WWF calls for end to harassment and worse of fisheries observers

  With World Fisheries Day being celebrated today, WWF is calling upon fishery managers to urgently address the increasing assaults and intimidations targeted at fisheries observers and Read More »

• More absurdness from the Division of Marine Fisheries

  On January 1 we will have imposed on commercial fishermen (those who fish with nets) and people who like fresh seafood bought either from the local Read More »

• Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.

  CBCNews – “This is absolutely the gold standard,” said Chris Curran, the vice-president of sales and marketing at Ocean Choice International. “[It’s] globally recognized in wild fisheries Read More »

• Oregon: Start of commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed again

  According to Hugh Link, director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, the delays are necessary to ensure consumers get a lot of meat for their dollar Read More »

• Maine: Two weeks remain for ‘fishing for the halibut’

  SOUTHWEST HARBOR — With a May 1 to June 30 season, Atlantic halibut can be a boon to lobstermen before the summer lobster season gets busy. Read More »

• Fatal Gloucester rescue could change policies

  As dusk settled Dec. 3 on stormy seas 18 miles off Cape Ann, the crew of the Orin C felt a wave of relief. The Coast Read More »

• Maine proposing urchin swipe card system, rules for season

  Maine fishery regulators are proposing a sea urchin fishing season that would establish rules for a swipe card system to record transactions when urchins are bought Read More »

• Mystery shrouds the death of a Tarpon Springs fishing captain

  It began as a fishing trip like any other. Gregory Lasnier stocked the commercial fishing boat he captained with ice, bait and groceries. He waited for a deckhand Read More »

• SBA loans may be on line for fishermen

  In a step that could lead to the first federal financial assistance to Massachusetts’ fishing-related businesses, Gov. Deval Patrick has officially certified the widespread economic hardship Read More »

• Scallop conservation measures announced for Cobscook Bay region

  Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher announced short-term scallop management measures Thursday for the Cobscook Bay area that will allow fishermen to continue harvesting Read More »

• Barry “Baz” Kirk didn’t take to school life but when he went fishing, a new world opened before him.

  TAKING in the sight of an engine room awash does wonders for your awareness of safety at sea. Barry “Baz” Kirk was 17 when it happened Read More »

• Commercial salmon fishing with purse seines and beach seines are coming to the lower Columbia River in the fall of 2014.

  Washington and Oregon plan to allow a limited number of seines in 2014, 2015 and 2016, transitioning to the phase-out of gillnets from the main stem Read More »

• Lobster industry must reduce on its own, says Shea

  Taxpayers should not have to fund another lobster licence buyout, says federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea. Shea said industry associations have their own fish quotas that Read More »

• Stonington woman wants to help ‘Chix Who Fish’

  STONINGTON — It was one of those cold, miserable days out on the water shortly before Christmas, and Genevieve Kurilec McDonald was fed up with her Read More »

• Maine holding hearings about scalloping cutback

  Maine fishery regulators are preparing to hold a series of public hearings about a plan to cut back the number of scallop fishing days in the Read More »

• Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) Opposed to 55-square-mile closure area of Stellwagen Bank

  Could a closure of Stellwagen possibly lead to other state closures in the future, if the “showroom environmentalists,” as Donofrio calls them, get their foot in Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Feb 8, 2016

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 14:09 Related Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Cold Bay, Alaska

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew medevaced a man from the 252-foot fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise approximately 40 miles north of Read More »

• Oak Bluffs shellfish constable says seed scallop must be protected

  Mr. Grunden first announced the closure at the selectmen’s meeting on Oct. 13. “It was a very difficult decision,” he told The Times on Monday. “A Read More »

• Wife of Atlantic Charger crewman says husband in ‘good spirits’

  Iona Young of Virgin Arm received the long-awaited call from her husband early Tuesday morning, confirming he was safe following the partial sinking of the Atlantic Charger.”We Read More »

• NOAA to reimburse fishermen 85 percent for 2016 at-sea monitoring costs

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will reimburse New England fishermen for 85 percent of the cost of at-sea monitors in 2016, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s Read More »

• Editorial: Ex-AG’s ‘probe’ of fishing fund hardly independent – Gloucester Daily Times

  The Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund’s naming of former state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger to carry out an investigation into its own “governance, policies and operations” Read More »