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• Salt of the Sea Video Trailer

  Filmed aboard several independently owned/operated commercial fishing boats in the Northeast, Salt of the Sea juxtaposes the working fishermen’s perspective on regulations with key players in Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 230ft. Steel Freezer Trawler, 4896HP, 12 Cylinder Wartsila 12V28B

  Specifications, information and photo’s and videos click here  (click the square on blue header for menu, here ) To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:42 Related Read More »

• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary rule groups meet

  keysnews.com – Three committees reviewing the rules of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary are closing in on their formal recommendations. continued Related Read More »

• Calais man gets year of probation, fined $5,000 for lying about pesticide sales that killed hundreds of lobsters

  Clyde Eldridge, 65, owner of local feed and pet store C&E Feeds, also was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Eldridge waived indictment in November and Read More »

• Final Miss Ally service honours skipper Katlin Nickerson

  WOODS HARBOUR — Katlin Nickerson’s birthday was Friday. The young fishing boat captain, lost at sea last month with four others in the Miss Ally disaster, Read More »
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  Japan sees crab prices surge as poached Russian imports sink

  Prices of crab, a sought-after delicacy in the year-end and New Year’s period, are surging because of a sharp fall in imports, especially from Russia and Read More »

• Stone-crab harvest looks healthy, prices booming

  Fishermen are still pulling traps in the final two weeks of stone-crab season, but early indications suggest a step toward a return to normal harvests. “Late-season Read More »

• Safety Training for Commercial Fishermen in Montauk – 4/27/2016

  Commercial fishermen can take advantage of free safety training programs that will be offered next week at the Montauk Coast Guard Station. , a Massachusetts organization Read More »

• Hello Ms. Schiffer, Chief Counsel, NMFS – About that Document Shredding

  Once again, I find it difficult to understand, as indicated by the attached article, how a poor working stiff fisherman is hauled all the way to the Read More »

• Bountiful crab season underway – Red king season winds down, boats shifting to Tanners

  Crabbers had caught most of their Bristol Bay red king crab quota as of last Friday, harvesting 85 percent of the nearly 10 million pound quota, Read More »

• Rising sea threatens wetlands and seafood species, NOAA NMFS/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study says

  Rising sea levels are swamping coastal wetlands at an alarming rate, threatening migratory birds and some of the most valuable seafood species, a new federal study Read More »
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  Fisheries management kills both fish stocks and fishermen

  Fishery management seems only to reduce the fishery and to counterbalance that, fishermen are killed. The modern mathematical fishery management has been a total failure. Constant Read More »

• N.C. Wildlife Federation Rule Making Petition’s aim: Gear bans or resource protection?

  A conservation organization’s request that the state adopt stricter rules for shrimping and recreational spot and croaker isn’t sitting well with a local seafood industry advocacy Read More »

• Coast Guard assists F/V Vernon taking on water near Ketchikan

  JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Station Ketchikan crewmembers assisted the six-person crew of F/V Vernon taking on water near Ketchikan Friday morning.  A Station Ketchikan 47-foot Motor Life Boat Read More »

• CSIRO head Larry Marshall defends climate research cuts as angry scientists protest

  CSIRO head Larry Marshall has sought to defend deep cuts to climate science programs after days of sustained criticism, saying global warming research was “one piece of a much larger puzzle” Read More »
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  Fishermen riding out storm in CT

  The storms have forced commercial fishermen to seek a safe harbor in Stonington. The fishing fleet was in on Tuesday morning. Their holds are empty and Read More »

• Over 1-Million Sockeye Harvested in Bristol Bay on Sunday

  The daily harvest of sockeye in the massive Bristol Bay commercial fishery topped 1-million fish on Sunday. Through Sunday the total catch Bay-wide is over 3.2-million Read More »

• Shelburne lobster fisherman dies after falling overboard

  A 44-year-old Nova Scotia lobster fisherman died Saturday after he fell overboard when the crew was setting traps. Jimmy Buchanan was working about 50 kilometres southeast Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna’ captains captivate, spur laughs, dollars for Friends of Rollo charity event in San Diego

  The first thing you notice when boat captains Dave Carraro, Dave Marciano and Paul Hebert of the popular TV show “Wicked Tuna” hang out: They actually Read More »

• We can’t save Kenai kings by destroying Cook Inlet setnetters

  A few weeks ago, I went into town to shop for groceries. As I walked into the market, a man with a clipboard asked me, “Would Read More »
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  Not Good. Alaska approves key permit for Pebble copper-gold mine, with conditions

  Shares in Canadian miner Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) were soaring Wednesday morning following Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approval of a long-awaited land-use permit that clears the Read More »

• Grafton IIlinois to buy 10 acres for light industry – Asian carp fish processing plant to make byproducts such as fish oil and fish meal.

  The Telegraph – American Heartland is the licensee of Falcon Protein’s patented process of turning Asian carp – an invasive species of U.S. inland waterways – Read More »

• In pictures: Florida fisherman catches 805lb Mako shark then barbecues and eats it with his friends

  A DETERMINED fisherman caught a record-breaking 805lb Mako shark – and then barbecued and ate it with his friends. Joey Polk, 29, and his two cousins Read More »

• Appeals court orders state board to reconsider Atlantic City windfarm

  The order requires the BPU to reconsider Fishermen’s Energy’s application to build the 25-megawatt project — which it rejected in April while citing costs to ratepayers Read More »

• Insanity Caused By Eating Bluefin Tuna – Carl Safina

  Recently, the owner of several sushi restaurants in Japan paid nearly $1.8 million U.S. dollars for a single bluefin tuna.  Last year this same individual paid Read More »