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  Fisheries Minister Leblanc to make decision on northern cod fishery in April, says seals are a big factor

  With cod stocks again on the decline — by a shocking 30 per cent, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) — the federal Read More »

• Commercial fishermen protest proposal as they anchor boats, pack public hearing

  Fishermen showed their opposition on Tuesday as well, with nearly two dozen fish captains anchoring their commercial vessels in the Neuse River in protest and more than Read More »

• In Maine, climate change is taking a toll

  On Sheepscot Bay off Georgetown, Jim McMahan prodded his old lobster boat through the smooth waters, methodically lowering a mechanical winch to check on his hundreds Read More »

• In loving memory of David Oakes

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• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council eyes sea coral protection in mid-Atlantic

  The council’s ecosystems and ocean planning committee, which is considering alternatives for the council to present for public hearings, wrestled with how to balance the goal Read More »

• Lobster wars: discount stores slug it out on the UK high street with £5 shellfish

  Lobster, once associated with only the swankiest restaurants, is now on the frontline of the supermarket price war. Discount stores fighting to lure Christmas shoppers are Read More »

• Missoula and Corvallis high school students help rescue fish during dam repairs

  It was a race against the clock. Armed with nets and buckets, nearly 60 Missoula and Corvallis high school students, biologists and other volunteers scrambled to Read More »

• Pacific bluefin tuna not considered engangered

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries branch has determined that Pacific bluefin tuna are not endangered and do not need protection under the federal Endangered Read More »

• Eddie Emery sends this photo from Connecticut – Black Sea bass. Devouring everything they can

  Black Sea bass. Devouring everything they can. Every trap of a 10 pot trawl. Too many predators lobsters won’t go near them.  All summer long everywhere Read More »
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  Conservationists want emergency order to save killer whales off B.C. coast

  Several conservation groups say the federal government’s failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead of fishing and Read More »
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  State kills Atlantic salmon farming in Washington

  Atlantic salmon net-pen farming will be phased out in Washington by 2025 under legislation passed by the state Senate on Friday after a tough floor fight Read More »

• The Philippines has resumed White shrimp exports to US, China

  Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Asis Perez said shrimp growers in General Santos City, Negros, Cebu and Batangas started shipping dozens of containers of white Read More »

• After pursuit at sea, captain busted trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into South Florida

  The boat entering the Hillsboro Inlet might have gone unnoticed, if the captain hadn’t made an “aggressive” U-turn beside a sheriff’s boat and headed back out Read More »

• Matthew P. Mullin, Environmental Defense Fund – We need cameras monitoring every fishing vessel

  THOMAS FARRAGHER is absolutely right: If politicians, ranging from the governor to the attorney general to our congressional delegation, really want to help the fishing industry and Read More »

• Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for October7, 2015

  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click Here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Source-We Read More »

• Federal Fishery Act Undergoing Reauthorization; Will dictate for generations the parameters for managing the fishing industry By LAINE WELCH

  SitNews – The rules that govern our nation’s fisheries are being retooled so it’s reassuring that Congress isn’t traveling in uncharted seas.,,,On Frankenfish,,, On Wal-Mart’s salmon diss,,, Read More »

• I’m no Greenpeace fan, but, enough is enough. This is disgusting.

  Monster fishing ship in Pacific, east of Australia – The world’s largest fishing vessel, the factory freezer ship Lafayette, has turned up in the Pacific Ocean Read More »

• For sale 26’ BHM down east style lobster boat powered by 6B Cummins 210 hp with Borg Warner transmission. Fisherynation Classified

  For sale 26’ BHM down east style lobster boat powered by 6B Cummins 210 hp with Borg Warner transmission. Equipment includes 24 mile Simrad RA 30 Read More »
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  Putting safety at sea first with man-overboard drills

  With the start of the commercial lobster fishery on the south shore just days away, safety at sea messages are being delivered to local wharves by Read More »

• Striped Bass Spawning in Chesapeake Bay Still Below Average

  The state of Maryland has released the annual young of the year index for striped bass, and while the number is better than last year, it Read More »

• Where’s the accountability from NOAA?, Sam Parisi, Gloucester, Mass

  When I was growing up, my dad — a fishermen  — told me that, no matter what I do in life, I have to be accountable. What Read More »

• Sealing the meal

  Blend skill with imagination, however, and you can do practically anything with seal meat; as chef Chris Sheppard proved at the grand opening of the Sealers Read More »

• Rome Packing Co., Inc., of East Providence Recalls Crab Meat

   A company is recalling crab meat they sold to several states after finding it was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The Rhode Island Department of Health Read More »

• Twillingate fisherman ready to sell cod, but no one is buying

  John Gillett is ready to start landing cod, but no one is buying. “I didn’t sell either cod fish in July and (as of Aug. 11) I Read More »

• Ten things you need to know about British Columbia spot prawns

  A decade ago, British Columbia spot prawns were a bottom-of-the-barrel seafood product – the mushy filler for chowder and fortifier of cheap fish stock. Last weekend, Read More »