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• Commercial Fishing Boat Runs Aground in Montauk

  A 55-foot commercial a commercial fishing dragger, the Miss Scarlett, based in New London, Conn., ran aground on the beach along Navy Road in Montauk at Read More »

• North Carolina’s DMF curtailment of Red Drum season illustrates the absurdity of its fisheries management nonsense

  The absurdity, and the warped politics, of North Carolina’s fisheries management scam was amply illustrated one again last week. Here’s how the Jacksonville Daily News reported Read More »

• In the chilly coastal waters off Cutler, America’s oldest border skirmish continues apace.

  Machias Seal Island lies 10 miles off the Maine coast, a lonely outcrop of rock and scrub in a 277-square-mile swath of ocean known to mariners Read More »

• How Did ‘The Codfather’ Rise? Some Say Fishing Rules Pull Up Big Fishermen

  While Carlos Rafael waits to hear his fate, some wonder whether there could be another “Codfather.” Critics say fishing industry regulations pave the way for bigger Read More »

• Cook Inlet salmon management plan implications discussed

  “I was really bothered by the last two years when people in the community suffered — both the sport fish and the commercial end — then Read More »

• Marine Patrol seeks permission to bug boats that fish for “bugs”

  Last November, the Marine Patrol charged a Spruce Head lobsterman with fishing 156 lobster traps more than the 800 he was authorized to fish. In October, Read More »

• Seminars planned on fish and fisheries at Maritime Gloucester

  Gloucester — The Large Pelagics Research Center will present the 2013 Fish and Fisheries  Public Seminar Series on Thursdays in April at 7 p.m. at Maritime Gloucester, Read More »

• BOEM: Offshore wind farms impact ‘small’ on fishing

  The development of offshore wind farms in the US Atlantic will have a minimal impact on commercial fishing, according to a new report from the Bureau Read More »

• Get On Board with #CatchOfTheDay!

  Members of the UK fishing industry are being encouraged to get on board with a forthcoming campaign designed to champion the diversity and sustainability of many Read More »

• Agencies Mull Options to Prepare for Future Domoic Acid Events

  In 2015/2016, there was an unprecedented bloom of a single-celled plant called Pseudo-nitzschia in ocean waters, which resulted in  elevated levels of domoic acid in Dungeness Read More »

• North Carolina Counties and fishermen’s associations file lawsuit over flounder supplement

  Several coastal counties have joined with commercial fishermen in litigation against the State of North Carolina regarding last year’s decision by the Marine Fisheries Commission to Read More »

• Our View: Federal fishery decision undermines management

  Years of measured, responsible attempts to improve the effectiveness of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in these dynamic and troubled waters are challenged by Read More »

• Hurricane Sandy Aid Bill Includes $150 Million for Alaskan Fisheries – BREITBART (as our industry disasters East and West are marginalized)

  One out of every $20 spent in a new bill to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy will go to “non-relief-related pork,” says American Majority Action Spokesman Read More »

• Work on fishing safety needed

  It’s been well documented that commercial fishing can be deadly. In the past five years, more than 30 fishermen have died on the job in this Read More »

• Letter – Glosta Pride facing NOAA’s best shot – Stuart Diamond, Rockport, Ma

  Once, there was a sturdy fraternity of brothers who traversed the watery part of the world in boats. Stuart  Diamond, Rockport, Ma. Read more here Related Read More »

• Mid-Atlantic Council Approves Squid Amendment

  The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved the Squid Amendment to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan during a meeting last week in Norfolk, Read More »

• Kenai, East Forelands setnets open for first period

  A skiff called the Santa Maria, flying a pirate flag, skidded into the Nikiski beach, grating to a heavy halt. The crew efficiently hauled the boat Read More »
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  Developing … Peter Pan Seafoods Port Moller plant devastated in overnight fire

  The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller has been devastated by a massive fire that burned through the night and into Wednesday morning. So Read More »
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  Counting Fish – A Film by Don Cuddy

  New England groundfishermen are in trouble, with catch limits set so low that many boats remain tied to the dock. But the industry has little confidence Read More »
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  You try telling these old Seattle seadogs their boats need a makeover

  The fishing fleet in Washington state is getting older, and it’s due for a big upgrade. A new study says that work could bring in billions of Read More »

• Twitter users upset with the Cuomo brothers, saying the two fished a threatened species and should be ashamed of their actions.

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faced quite a bit of Twitter backlash after posing with the more than 150-pound thresher shark he caught off the coast of Long Read More »

• The PEI Fishermen’s Association Snow crab registration

  The PEI Fishermen’s Association will be holding a Registration and Draw for independent core fishers wishing to participate in the Snow Crab Fishery for 2013. Registration Read More »

• Confluence of factors cause disconnect in salmon pricing

  Seafood producers were hoping U.S. consumers would have cheaper salmon this year, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The $8.99 per pound of the Read More »

• Shrimpers say blackgill mystery may wait in the St. Simons Sound

  The crippling blackgill disease first appeared in local waters during the 1996 shrimping harvest, roughly six years after the last time state officials had permitted trawlers Read More »

• Offshore Wind Scam?: Beating the Jones Act – Offshore wind developers outsmart century-old federal law

  The Jones Act, initially passed to protect maritime merchants, requires vessels transporting cargo or equipment between two U.S. points to be American flagged and manufactured. But Read More »