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• Senator Kerry Calls on Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA to Meet with Northeast Fishermen, Local Scientists

  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sept. 24, 2012 — Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), in a letter sent today to Samuel D. Rauch, Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at Read More »

• How the sacrifices of fishermen in WWII hit British trawling

  In September 1939 a programme was introduced through which fishing fleets of four to eight vessels were created, with two vessels armed with twelve-pound guns. In Read More »

• As Illegal Fishing in Gulf Grows, U.S. Fishermen Call for Stronger Policies and Enforcement

  It seems that every week brings another story of U.S. Coast Guard or other Gulf Coast maritime law enforcement giving chase to foreign fishermen who have Read More »

• A Neutral View of Oceanic pH

  Note that in Hawaii, the surface pH is above 8.05, and in Alaska the surface pH is below 7.7 … and despite that, the marine environment Read More »

• Former Springfield resident Lt. Brian Ward piloted a helicopter as part of a “textbook” response to sinking fishing vessel “Kellan A”

  On Friday afternoon, Sept. 6, a garbled mayday call from a commercial fishing vessel roughly 40 miles off Cape Mendocino, Calif., meant Coast Guard Lt. Brian Read More »

• Concerns linger over Lake Superior’s historic herring fishery

  Minnesota fisheries managers are concerned about the long term health of the lake herring fishery in Lake Superior. Biologists worry not enough young herring are surviving Read More »

• Minister Shea Promotes Canadian Seafood Products in the Republic of Korea

  The  Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, recently met with her South Korean counterpart to advance bilateral fisheries relations. Read the rest here 11:50 Related 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 »

• Agenda Driven BS: Call to resurrect Marine Conservation Zones is a ‘Mishmash of Misinformation and ignorance’

  Ben Bradshaw’s letter in the Independent on Sunday is a call to arms for the immediate designation of 127 marine conservation zones across UK waters, supposedly Read More »

• Hunter prawn fishermen wait on Williamtown RAAF Senate inquiry on contamination

  HUNTER prawn fishermen have been left on the breadline a few weeks from Christmas as a Senate inquiry into the Williamtown RAAF base contamination scandal kicks Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 12, 2013

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• Coast Guard issues temporary safety zone near Morro Bay Harbor Entrance

  The Captain of the Port will be enforcing a temporary safety zone due to hazardous conditions in the vicinity of the Morro Bay Harbor entrance from Read More »

• U.S. Goals for the 2014 Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)

  The United States is going to ICCAT (November 10-17, 2014 in Genoa, Italy) with the goal of reaching agreement on science-based management measures for shared stocks and Read More »

• Prowler Fisheries Ready to Christen New Freezer Longliner

  Prowler Fisheries, an Alaska freezer longliner company, will christen its newest freezer longliner vessel, the F/V Arctic Prowler, in ceremonies Oct. 5 at the Ketchikan Shipyard in Read More »

• Huffman introduces bill to refinance decade-old fishing industry loan – “Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act”

  Legislation aimed at alleviating the financial hardship of a federal loan that has been weighing on Pacific Coast groundfish fisherman for nearly a decade has moved Read More »

• Fish farms a necessity: minister – It’s time to get this crap out of the water and into industrial parks

  Farmed fish are here to stay as wild fish stocks have come under increasing pressure worldwide, says Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell. Colwell Read More »

• Study: Green crabs pose parasite threat as lobster bait

  Using the crabs as bait in the lobster fishery — which generated nearly $457 million in statewide revenue for fishermen in 2014 — has been considered Read More »

• Sad news from Point Judith – The Passing of Harold A Loftes Sr, Commercial Fisherman

  December 31, 1917 – October 20, 2013 Harold A. Loftes, Sr., 95 of Normandy Rd., Wakefield, passed away  Saturday, October 20, 2013. He was the husband Read More »
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  Oops. Shrimp boat raises Holy Hell at the St. Simons Island pier!

  A shrimp boat out of South Carolina apparently tried to stop at the St. Simons Island pier late Saturday afternoon to sell shrimp, but the sales Read More »

• House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings presses Obama administration for ocean plan docs

  Chief Surgeon Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)House Natural Resources Committee and his surgical team has ordered a P.E.T. scan of the National Ocean Policy to understand the workings of Read More »

• F/V Lady Eva sank at the Wando Seafood Company dock in Shem Creek

  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Members assigned to Coast Guard Sector Charleston are monitoring a sunken vessel Wednesday for potential pollution in Shem Creek, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Read More »

• Former Snopac Products Owner Greg Blakey Passes Away in Mexico

  A man with a long history in the seafood processing industry in Alaska passed away recently in Mexico. Greg Blakey died on December 16th after suffering Read More »

• Upcoming Alaska Navy training exercises prompt protest plans for Saturday

  A Navy training exercise planned in the Gulf of Alaska has sparked heated opposition in a small commercial fishing town nearby whose residents say the drills Read More »

• Meeting in Portland – The New England Fishery Management Council Commence’s it’s June 17-19 Jamboree

  The public is invited to attend the June 17–19, 2014 New England Fishery Management Council meeting. Revised June Council Meeting Agenda.  Register by clicking here to listen Read More »

• A full range of emotions regarding sea lions was on display Tuesday at the Port of Astoria!

  Port of Astoria Commissioner Bill Hunsinger marshaled his fellow commercial fishermen Tuesday to talk about what the agency can do to stop sea lions from ruining Read More »