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• The guilt never fades over wasted fish

  I have been a commercial fisherman for more than 30 years, and I’ve caught a lot of fish. I feel good about that. But there is Read More »

• My View: Science, sense needed in fishing’s ‘human crisis’ – Scott W. Lang

  The human crisis in the groundfishing industry is a real crisis. It is not contrived, it is not looming, it is not a threat, it is Read More »

• Pago Pago: Local businesses feeling impact of purse seiner loss

  Some local businesses are feeling the effects of purse seiners cancelling trips to Pago Pago to off load their catches, as a result of a ban on Read More »

• UPDATE 2 AND FINAL: F/V Miss Destinee – Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing in Marmot Bay, Alaska

  The Coast Guard suspended the search late Friday night for a man and woman reported missing from the fishing vessel Miss Destinee that capsized in Marmot Bay, Thursday morning.,,, “We and Read More »

• Biloxi, Ms. Fisherman and tourists prepare for shrimp season

  Many say that shrimp are one of the most beloved types of seafood.  “We’re looking for some shrimp for the gumbo, and also for the grill, and Read More »

• Ottawa paid multinational fish farms $4.1 million for diseased fish

  OTTAWA — The federal government quietly paid $4.1 million in compensation to two Norway-headquartered aquaculture companies operating in B.C. that had to destroy fish hit by Read More »

• Bringing the pink shrimp back to Petersburg

  Petersburg once was host to sound enterprise of commercial shrimp fisheries and processing plants, drawing in hundreds of thousands – even millions of pounds of shrimp, Read More »

• No overfishing of bottomfish in US territories of American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

  The Scientific and Statistical Committee, a group of renowned fishery scientists who advise the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, concluded its two-day meeting in Honolulu Read More »

• Rally on Thursday, June 4, Corner Brook – Newfoundland and Labrador standing up for fair fisheries management

  “These continued attacks by the federal Conservative government on rural Newfoundland and Labrador are shameful,” said FFAW-Unifor President Keith Sullivan. “The federal government seems to be Read More »

• Louisiana Seafood Board’s Legislative Committee Recommends Keeping Current Quota for Gulf Red Snapper

  The legislative committee of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board implored members of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council to consider those that do Read More »

• Boom! Oil-exploring seismic blasts could soon disrupt whale territory

  NAGS HEAD, N.C. As early as next spring, the boom of seismic cannons will sound under the Atlantic Ocean as the first oil and gas exploration Read More »

• Karen Grainey: Say ‘no’ to drilling off Georgia’s coast

  Seismic cannon blasting, by the federal government’s own estimates, will injure and kill more than 138,000 marine mammals, including bottlenose dolphins and the endangered North Atlantic Read More »

• Climate Change Forces Reevaluation of Fishery Management

  For decades, fishery management has focused almost exclusively on the need to restrict fishing. Now, environmental changes are forcing fishermen and regulators to reevaluate their traditional Read More »

• The Lie’s and Deciept of the Florida Propaganda Machine – Did 1994 gill-net vote mislead?

  The question now is whether the people were duped into voting for the ban in November 1994 by a sophisticated propaganda campaign that included misrepresentation and Read More »

• Wild salmon fishery discard video sparks probe

  The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it has launched a formal investigation after a video showing allegedly harmful salmon release practices was posted online Read More »

• “Today,NOAA has responded to a declared disaster by creating a crisis.” NOAA sticks to cuts in fish limits

  “Want to buy a boat?” said Orlando, who fishes from the 70-foot vessel Padre Pio. “I put it up for sale. I have no choice.”  “Rather Read More »

• How Bering Sea crab fishing was made safer

  The dangers of the Bering Sea crab fishery have been made famous by the reality TV show “Deadliest Catch.” But in the last 15 years, that industry Read More »

• The $75 king fillet: Copper River salmon fetch big money at market

  The first Copper River salmon of the year are fetching a hefty price on some market shelves in Alaska and Outside, thanks in part to what’s expected Read More »

• “Eat Gulf Seafood” Videos Tell Story of Seafood and Good Times

  “Eat Gulf seafood,” said Joanne McNeely sitting in her Tallahassee, FL office. “The purpose of our organization is fairly simple, to develop a strategy to showcase Read More »
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  Fishing for hope and faith

  Many mornings the trucks of fishermen and lobster-men can be seen parked on Country Way in front of the North Scituate Marylou’s Coffee. Recently one truck Read More »

• Plaintiffs file for class certification in Refugio oil spill lawsuit

  A class of plaintiffs who claim to be injured by the Refugio oil spill filed for class certification. After Plains All American Pipeline’s corroded Line 901 Read More »

• Point Judith, RI Safety and Survival training – April 15, 2015

  This hands-on training, provided at no cost to commercial fishermen, is sponsored by Fishing Partnership Support Services, and conducted by Coast Guard Certified Marine Safety Instructors. Read More »

• Press Release: New Bedford Fishing Community Fund established to prevent hunger and homelessness for those relying on seafood industry

  United Way of Greater New Bedford, Massachusetts Fisherman’s Partnership and High Liner Foods have teamed up to provide short-term emergency aid for individuals and families relying Read More »

• Parade of wooden boats offers glimpse of Seattle’s maritime history

  If you miss the parade, you can still see the boats — three of which are more than a century old — on South Lake Union Read More »

• If you want to help shape Columbia fishing, here’s your chance

  The Oregon and Washington departments of Fish and Wildlife are taking nominations for people to serve on either the Columbia River Recreational Fishery Advisory Group or Read More »