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• Shrimp prices jump, but supply OK for Lent

  NEW ORLEANS – The sign at Radosta’s Restaurant says shrimp costs a dollar extra. But owner Don Radosta says that doesn’t cover what he pays. “In the last Read More »

• Larry Avery Sees Opportunities For Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board

  Larry Avery is a man who sees opportunity where others may see only a meal. And he will create opportunities while bringing decades of business-building acumen Read More »

• Panel report sets best course for fisheries (and what a Panel it was!)

  Taking the discussion to the world’s oceans, it would make sense, then, to see CEOs of seafood corporations — no strangers to addressing efficiency in their Read More »

• The Pie Analogy – Fleet consolidation and loss of fishing jobs a hot topic at MSA hearing

  Senator Dan Sullivan brought his Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard to Soldotna on Wednesday for a hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Read More »
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  1996: Calving of right whales faces new threats – Today: Lobstermen fear Right whale extinction threat is being overstated

  The math of protecting right whales from extinction is scary stuff: The stakes are high, scientific opinion varies and some rescue plans could make it impossible Read More »

• Scallop boats scramble for mooring space in Cobscook Bay

  Maine’s annual is due to start Dec. 1 and fishermen, eager to benefit from strong demand and record high prices, are setting their sights on Cobscook Read More »

• Lobster license bill hearing is scheduled with the legislature’s Marine Resources Committee Feb. 3

  A bill that would tweak the state’s commercial lobster license system is scheduled for a public hearing with the legislature’s Marine Resources Committee Feb. 3. LD Read More »
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  Warrenton Marina puts derelict boats on notice

  It happened at night — these things usually do. The boat showed up in the Warrenton Marina, its fishing permits already sold. Someone else bought it Read More »
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  Juvenile striped bass maintain average abundance in Virginia waters in 2017

  Preliminary results from an ongoing long-term survey conducted by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggest an average year class of young-of-year striped bass Read More »
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  Scientists Worry, The Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Faces Fishing Threat

  The mesopelagic area of the ocean plays a crucial role in marine ecosystems, but it has remained largely untouched and unexplored But now some nations are Read More »

• Drug bust on fishing boat leads to more charges

  Ketchikan police have charged another suspect in relation to a November drug bust on board a fishing boat in Bar Harbor. Shawn D. Petersen, 30, has Read More »

• EDITORIAL: Menhaden oversight getting serious [The Virginian-Pilot]

  Members of the General Assembly have persistently rejected measures turning authority over to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which is charged with regulating all other fisheries. Read More »

• Nova Scotia salmon farmed on land brought to market

  A Nova Scotia company that’s spent eight years developing a system to farm fish in large tanks on land says it’s finally ready to bring its locally-raised Atlantic salmon Read More »

• New Ocean Forecast Could Help Predict Fish Habitat Six Months in Advance

  Being able to predict future phytoplankton blooms, ocean temperatures and low-oxygen events could help fisheries managers,” said Samantha Siedlecki, a research scientist at the UW-based Joint Read More »

• 9 reasons to fear your steak dinner – Our favorite meats are loaded with contaminants, all so the food industry can improve its profit margins

  Recently, the US Department of Agriculture announced plans to “relax” federal meat and poultry inspections, allowing meat processors greater leeway in policing themselves, already the agricultural trend. [email protected] 15:25 Read More »

• Mid-Atlantic Council Initiates Action to Manage Blueline Tilefish

  The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted to move forward with development of measures for the long-term management of blueline tilefish in the Mid-Atlantic. The Council will Read More »

• Washington again delays commercial crabbing on south coast

  Commercial crab fishing continues to be delayed on a portion of Washington’s southern coast. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday that tests show Read More »

• The South Atlantic region welcomes back the Red Snapper

  — After being closed for almost two years, the Red Snapper season is now open  to the fishers again. [email protected] Related Read More »
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  Fishermen fall ill after WW2 chemical bomb they dragged aboard in their nets explodes

  A group of fishermen had to be quarantined after a World War Two shell containing chemicals exploded on their boat. The four men had hauled up Read More »

• Operation Sea Lion disperses sea lions, for now

  The borough’s war against aggressive marine wildlife dubbed “Operation Sea Lion” has been successful in keeping the animals off the floats and away from people. It’s Read More »

• Abundant returns, sustained yields testify that Alaska Board of Fisheries isn’t broken

  Starting in 2014, and continuing into 2016, members of United Cook Inlet Drift Association (UCIDA), a commercial fishing organization, and two former employees of the Alaska Department of Fish Read More »

• Commercial fishing scheduled for District 5 Goodnews Bay, District 4 Quinhagak

  The Department of Fish and Game has announced a commercial fishing opening for Kuskokwim District 5, Goodnews Bay.  The opening is scheduled to start on Saturday, Read More »

• Dr. Doug Butterworth – fisheries ministers around the world lost their authority to MSC in a coup de’etat in 2008

  Butterworth says that prior to this the MSC was in the doldrums but in 2008 there was a quiet revolution in which fisheries ministers did not Read More »

• Virginia winter blue crab dredge fishery closed for another year

  The Chesapeake Bay winter crab dredge fishery will be closed for yet another year after Virginia Marine Resources Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to give the bay’s Read More »

• ASMI Announces Winners of 1st Alaska Commercial Fishing Video Contest – Fisherman Kamirin Couch Takes Home the Grand Prize

  Every day, fishermen brave the waters of Alaska to bring wild seafood from the sea to table for the world to enjoy. To recognize the men Read More »