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• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Values of fishing permits and IFQs are on the rise.

  Alaska salmon permit values are increasing in many regions; likewise quota shares of halibut Listings by four brokers show that Bristol Bay drift permits are valued Read More »

• Appeals court to review approval of BP settlement

  NEW ORLEANS     (AP) — A year ago, lawyers for BP and Gulf Coast residents and businesses took turns urging a federal judge to approve their settlement Read More »

• Groundfishing aground? The rise and fall of Maine’s offshore fishing industry – Lobster catch keeps going up, up, up

  “I was here from 1989-1996, when we opened up at 4 a.m. and sometimes ran until midnight,” says General Manager Bert Jongerden,,, Now, Portland is a Read More »

• Florida aquaculture officials take cautious approach to Apalachicola Bay aquaculture leases

  In a lengthy and detailed face-to-face meeting with local seafood industry leaders Monday afternoon, Florida aquaculture officials signaled they planned to take a cautious approach to Read More »
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  The cod are coming back to Newfoundland — and they’re eating the shrimp that had taken over

  Theodore Genge has a big beautiful new dragger that’ll be ready to head for “the Labrador” as soon as the sea ice loosens its grip on Read More »

• Star editorial: Stopping Asian carp

  The latest news about Asian carp isn’t good. In fact, it’s alarming. According to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey, the invasive and destructive fish Read More »

• Joe’s Lobster Mart owner fights state over seafood license

  The health department action came after Vaudo, 63, pleaded guilty in March to receiving stolen property, willfully misleading police during an investigation and failure or refusal Read More »

• National Strategy for the Arctic Region Announced

  (SitNews – Ketchikan, Alaska) – The Arctic is rapidly changing. While the Arctic region has experienced warming and cooling cycles over millennia, the current warming trend Read More »
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  Asia Is Trawling for a Deadly Fishing War

  THALVUPADU, Sri Lanka — Stanley Cruz, a fisher in this beachside village on the island of Mannar off Sri Lanka’s northwestern coast, stands with his bare Read More »
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  CBMM’s floating fleet gets a spring spruce up

  Under the guidance of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Shipwright James DelAguila, the maintenance season for CBMM’s floating fleet of historic vessels once again is in full Read More »

• BREAKING – Fishermen rescued after boat capsized in Ventura Harbor

  Three fishermen were rescued after their boat capsized in the Ventura Harbor, officials said. Their 50-foot fishing vessel capsized just before 11:00 p.m. Sunday, officials from Read More »

• Letter: Misinformation about the seal hunt abounds – Capt. Wilfred Bartlett, Green Bay South

  The snow and ice are here and the termites are coming out of the woodwork — what I call the ill-informed bleeding hearts. I am referring Read More »

• Warm water blamed for lowest sockeye salmon run on record

  Warm summer temperatures may have Lower Mainlanders feeling good, but they are proving lethal for sockeye salmon. The Pacific Salmon Commission recently revised its already low Read More »

• SitNews – Viewpoints: Letters / Opinions Misinformation about halibut catch sharing plan by Tom Gemmell

  There has been a lot of misinformation going around about the halibut catch sharing plan (CSP).  In an effort to correct this the Halibut Coalition  prepared Read More »

• Someone should Boot the Boston Globe Editorial Staff – As codfish dwindle, communities need to reboot

  With codfish at their lowest level in history, it is hard to give credence to fishermen and political leaders who believe New England’s iconic catch would Read More »

• Are green and greed links a bit fishy?

  Serious questions need to be asked of the world’s most prominent environmental organisations. How many of them are bankrolled by multinational corporations? Do they really think Read More »

• Two Wealthy Carbon Producers Preach: Richard Branson and James Cameron: Time has come to protect the high seas

  Like most commons, the high seas are poorly regulated. Environmental controls on mining, fishing, pollution and shipping are inconsistent, weak or altogether absent. There are no Read More »

• MARYLAND – Oyster Season Begins

   In a sure sign that fall is here, watermen in Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore today are kicking off the beginning of the six-month oyster Read More »

• Herring fishery closed off WA’s South Coast, fish limit reduced in response to report

  The closure of a herring fishery off Western Australia’s south coast has been labelled “draconian” by the state’s peak commercial fishing body, with claims 100 jobs Read More »

• Bluefins lure famed fishing boat captain – Linda Greenlaw will join anglers on chartered tours chasing one of the world’s most sought-after fish.

  PORTLAND – Trying to get a fisherman to divulge secrets, especially about favorite fishing holes, is usually a waste of time. But this summer, anglers will have Read More »

• Gloucester’s oldest fishing vessel is entering its next stage of restoration, and we need your help to see it through.

  We are the Phyllis A. Marine Association (PAMA), Inc., a non-profit corporation established in 2006, to promote the history of gillnetting in Gloucester, Massachusetts through the Read More »

• Lunenburg town councillors take political dory challenge

  The event was organized by the Lunenburg-based Canadian Dory Rowing Association. The association holds races next Saturday that will determine who represents Canada at the U.S.-hosted Read More »

• Exclusive: Ocean acidification not a current problem, top NOAA scientist insists in FOIA-ed e-mails

  JunkScience.com got NOAA scientist e-mails via FOIA? Why can’t Congress? Last October, the New York Times published this dire op-ed on ocean acidification, supposedly authored by Read More »

• Work under way on Endangered Species Act hatchery plans

  The National Marine Fisheries Service says it has completed work on plans for 26 Columbia River hatcheries and is actively working on Endangered Species Act review of Read More »

• Government cuts and poor public attitude to commercial fishing depressing New South Wales fishermen

  “Generations of fishers, their fathers before them and their fathers before them, have been fishing and then suddenly…someone comes along and says ‘you can’t fish there Read More »