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• Our View: White House putting politics ahead of fishery science

  Something happened Monday that made us wonder if there wasn’t finally some progress being made in fisheries management. About 150 businesses, organizations and individuals with interests Read More »

• Am. Samoa Governor Implores Obama Not To Expand Marine Monument

  PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Samoa News, Sept. 16, 2014) – To protect fishing grounds of the U.S. Pacific jurisdictions, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has urged Read More »

• Bonneville Power Administration: Making Senses of Salmon Runs

  Portland, OR – While the vast majority of ESA-listed stocks have shown significant increases in abundance since their listings in the 1990s, the return numbers for Read More »
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  Webber designs on board net washing system

  There’s nothing that catches fish better than a brand new net. If you can maintain a clean net you’re fully optimizing your ability to catch. Bill Read More »

• Humboldt commercial crab season to open, but with an exception

  Press release from Department of Fish and Wildlife: Except for one area within Humboldt County, the California coast is open for recreational Dungeness crab fishing. The Read More »

• Multi-specific fisheries management assessed for NAFO fishery ground

  Several scientific institutions from Spain, Norway and Portugal are collaborating on a project to develop a multi-specific model for the assessment of fish stocks of the Read More »

• The Courageous Crew of Miss Ally-Lost at Sea Fundraising Auction raises over $86,000 for the family’s of the men.

  The Courageous Crew of Miss Ally-Lost at Sea Fundraising Auction has raised more than $86,000 for the families of the lost fishermen. The fundraising effort, which Read More »
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  How the WPFMC and Kitty Simonds Crashed Conservation’s Biggest Event

  Irreverent might be the best way to describe Kitty Simonds’ feelings about the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress, a 10-day event currently Read More »

• John Ivison: EU stand against Canadian seal hunt is both illegal and hypocritical

  The EU failed to make a prima facie case that the seal ban was justified under WTO rules “necessary to protect … animal … life or Read More »
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  Unexpected Nazi-era legacy: Fish tumors

  German researchers have uncovered a 25 percent incidence of tumors among a type of flatfish inhabiting one area of the Baltic Sea, close to the northern Read More »

• Rules tightened on shark fin removal at sea

  Interstate regulators are tightening the restrictions on the last species of shark that can have its fins removed at sea in the U.S. Smooth dogfish are Read More »

• The Last Fishermen of Long Island

  Photographers Doug Kuntz, 57, and Tara Israel, 30, are both natives of Eastern Long Island. Although they grew up decades apart, both Kuntz and Israel were drawn Read More »

• NOAA adds Insult to Injury with Observer Coverage – Governor Baker will push for Industry Inclusion in Assessments

  With a crystalline portrait of America’s oldest seaport serving as the backdrop, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday attacked NOAA’s plan to force fishermen to pay for Read More »

• A comprehensive article about Massachusetts DMF Industry-Based Survey underway in Gulf of Maine

  Massachusetts received more than $21 million in federal fisheries disaster aid, most of which was distributed to fishermen. But the state kept some for research projects, 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 »

• While the Trudeau Administration pays lip service, FISH-NL warns of rising unrest if Ottawa doesn’t soon act on fisheries crisis 

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) warns of rising unrest in the fishing industry if Ottawa doesn’t follow through on commitments Read More »

• Price, and not crab, on the table: Buyers, commercial fishermen discussing rates

  Crab pots were set off the coast of Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay Friday and will be offered to buyers seeking to determine how Read More »

• Serving up Asian Carp

  It’s survival of the fittest for fish in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Asian Carp, a non-native fish, are rapidly multiplying and threatening other species of Read More »

• video: NEW: Hinckley Says Over-Regulation Hurting RI Fishing Jobs

  “I think what was most striking to me was that while we had Senators and Congressman from both parties, from Massachusetts to Florida, our Senator, Sheldon Read More »

• Consolidation: Greg Fulcher buys scallop vessel, permit from Oceans Fleet for $7m

  Newport News, Virginia-based vessel operator Greg Fulcher has bought a scallop boat and license from Oceans Fleet Fisheries for $7 million, in the latest example of Read More »
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  Destroyed tuna vessel Laurie Ann towed to Salisbury 

  The Laurie Ann, a 35-foot-long tuna boat that sank in the mouth of the Merrimack River Monday evening in rough seas, is back above water but Read More »

• Khong Yai fishermen threaten to idle boats

  The fisheries association in Trat’s Khlong Yai district has threatened to stop work on July 1, the deadline set by the government for all fishing boats Read More »
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  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. – We are Direct to Read More »

• The heartbreak of lost Shea Heights fishermen, for friends, families and reporters alike – Jonathan Crowe

  In 31 years at the CBC I’ve seen a lot. I’ve covered murders, sex assault trials and every permutation of accidental death, from fire to car Read More »
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  Russian President Putin, PM Medvedev Spend Weekend With Fishermen

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spent their day-off on Saturday in the Novgorod region of Central Russia, eating dinner with local fishermen Read More »