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• View from Out West: Fishing for a new outlook — Hauling in experience in a different fishery

  Every intensive public fishery in Southcentral Alaska contains some elements of the circus. There is the center attraction, usually sans ringmaster. There are also families and Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update APRIL 21, 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 »
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  Fishermen: Narragansett Bay cleanup might be doing harm

  Narragansett Bay is cleaner and clearer than it’s been in decades. But after huge strides in treating wastewater and controlling storm runoff, some are asking a Read More »

• So how’s that “catch shares” revolution working out for groundfish?

  “Recent scientific analyses show us that fisheries managed with catch share programs perform better than fisheries managed with traditional tools. Even in the first years after Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch … Pet treats from pollock skins.

  Getting value from every part of the fish is the focus of Alaska’s pollock industry.  What used to be regarded as ‘byproducts’ of fish fillets or Read More »

• Stop efforts to limit the number of charter and head boats — the first step toward for-hire catch shares!

  This Wednesday, June 13th, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will again consider snapper-grouper for-hire limited entry at its meeting in Ponte Vedra, Florida, so it’s Read More »

• Hammerheads classified as protected

  The National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday classified as endangered and threatened four distinct populations of hammerhead sharks. The new classification responds to a petition filed Read More »

• With ice melting, U.S. pushes for limits on fishing in Arctic Ocean

  SEATTLE — U.S. officials are heading to Greenland for a three-day meeting to persuade other Arctic nations to place a moratorium on high-seas fishing in the Read More »

• Buddy Davis honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

  It is difficult to say just how long 73-year-old William “Buddy” Davis has been in the shrimping business — it’s been a part of his life Read More »

• Controlling Agreements – DFO cracks down on fishing licences it says are fronts for corporations

  Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is taking action against more Atlantic fishermen it says are holding inshore fishing licences as fronts for corporations. The department says Read More »

• Today’s NEFMC Webinar

  I was, again, invited to the dance, and my date showed up impaired. Today’s webinar broadcast of the NEFMC meeting, (link posted at Fisherynation) is suffering the Read More »

• The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced it is extending the commercial Dungeness crab season to Aug. 14.

  Pursuant to Fish and Game Code (FGC) Section 8277, Director Charlton H. Bonham extended the season off the coasts of Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties Read More »
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  DEC: Party boat anglers caught dumping illegal fish in Montauk Harbor

  State marine enforcement officers issued eight tickets and 22 warnings last month after people aboard a party boat were spotted throwing “hundreds of pounds” of illegal Read More »
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  PANBO Blog: McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS EPIRB, first of many, PLBs too?

  Let’s first note that McMurdo’s trailblazing SmartFind G8 AIS EPIRB still awaits FCC approval and probably won’t be for sale in the U.S. until spring (along Read More »

• NEFMC proposal would limit access to hake fishery – concerns “over unrestrained increases in fishing effort”

  The New England Fishery Management Council is hosting a public meeting tonight in Gloucester as an initial step in possibly drafting an amendment that would modify Read More »

• IJMS Editor’s Choice – are fisheries scientists best utilizing research based on knowledge of fishers?

  A review of over 500 research outputs analysing fishers’ knowledge shows that their experience is not regularly being given due consideration by fisheries scientists. This is Read More »

• Corporate Menhaden Harvesting Off Coast Raises Concerns For Local Sport fishermen

  Dead fish washing up on Ocean City beaches, a reduced inshore recreational fishery and a diminished stock of the most important species in the ecological food Read More »

• New York Summer Flounder Fishery for Federal Fishery Permit Holders to Reopen Tomorrow

  NOAA Fisheries today announced that it is reopening the New York Summer Flounder Fishery for federal permit holders on December 12.   This reopening is concurrent with Read More »

• Are Humans behind the Massive Dolphin Die-Offs along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast?

  Environmental degradation might be amplifying the effects of a measleslike virus, fueling infections that are propelling an alarming death count. [email protected] 10:55 Related Read More »

• Overview of California DFW’s Annual Marine Fisheries Report – April 2014

  California’s Annual Marine Fisheries Report – The Marine Life Management Act (MLMA) guides State fishery management policy.  It does so by instructing managers to focus on Read More »

• Politics-Minded Enviro Group sets its gun sights on Congressman Steve Southerland, its “Ocean Enemy #1”

  Southerland has been an avid Catch Share opponent. The organization, led by the marine biologist David Wilmot, is different than many other conservation groups in that Read More »

• Animal rights protesters who disrupted Chick-Fil-A also targeted recreational fishermen

  Animal liberation protesters who disrupted “Cow Appreciation Day” at a Pinellas Park Chick-Fil-A also targeted a St. Petersburg family who were fishing at Crescent Lake Park Read More »

• Update: Coast Guard carrying on search for scalloper

  The U.S. Coast Guard continued an air and sea search along the inshore waters of Massachusetts Bay today for two scallop fishermen whose boat the Foxy Read More »

• Fish science on table in Pelagics series

  They’ll be talking fish and fisheries at Maritime Gloucester on Thursday nights throughout the month of April during the speaker series presented by the Large Pelagics Read More »

• New Cod Restrictions Will Not Affect Rhode Island Fishermen

  Christopher Brown, president of the Rhode Island Commercial Fishermen’s Association, reassures none of these fishing restrictions will have a direct impact on Rhode Island fishermen. Read Read More »