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• Union of Canadian Transportation Employees alleges coast guard vessels are unsafe

  Canada’s $200-million fleet of new coast guard mid-shore patrol vessels were accepted and put to use despite a series of serious safety concerns first identified before Read More »

• Lake Manitoba Commercial Fishermen’s Association Plans Strategy

  Members of the Lake Manitoba Commercial Fishermen’s Association, South Basin gathered in Portage la Prairie yesterday to plan their strategy concerning jackfish in the lake. They Read More »
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  BREAKING NEWS From North Carolina Fisheries Association – JUDGE RULES IN OUR FAVOR!!!

  JUDGE TO ISSUE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION! Judge ruled in our favor!!! He will issue a Preliminary Injunction! Judge John Jolly, Jr., listened to 2 hours of testimony Read More »

• UFA seeks legal action against KRSA — Commercial fishing group alleges sportfishing association eavesdropped on teleconference

  United Fishermen of Alaska leadership says the organization is prepared to see the process through as it awaits response in pursuit of recourse to its allegations that Read More »

• Bonavista man dies in fishing vessel incident

  RCMP said a man has died at sea, off the Bonavista peninsula. Police said the incident happened on a fishing vessel on Friday, about 280 kilometres off the Read More »

• North Carolina: New rules set for gill-net fishing

  Gill-net fishermen have new requirements designed to protect an addition to the endangered species list. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently signed an agreement with Read More »

• Two fishing vessels collide near Port Latour this morning, one sinks, both crews safe ashore

  One day before the winter lobster season comes to an end, a fishing boat sank off the coast of Shelburne County and all five crew members Read More »

• Poor market for herring could affect fishery off Sausalito

  In the past, boats from ports all along the coast participated, with commercial fishermen snaring herring in gill nets, recreational fishermen using throw nets, and others Read More »

• Willapa Bay Gillnetters begin legal challenge to new salmon management policy

  A group of commercial gillnet fishermen filed a petition June 30, seeking judicial review of a new salmon policy on Willapa Bay. The Willapa Bay Gillnetters Read More »

• Climate Change Threat To New England Fisheries

  WGBH News’ Stephanie Leydon reports, in part two of our FOCUS report on climate change, there is evidence that warming waters are impacting one of the region’s Read More »

• Ambitious Calif. river restoration problem plagued

  What had been pitched by environmental groups as a $250 million revival now is projected to cost more than $1 billion. And government officials say the Read More »

• Seal product ban in Europe upheld by WTO panel – Video

  A World Trade Organization panel today upheld a European ban against Canadian seal products, even though it found the European Union had also violated international trade rules. Read More »

• Live Cam – The Bears are Catching Big at Brooks Falls – Katmai National Park, Alaska

  Click to watch live! 15:48 Related Read More »

• P.E.I. Lobster season opening under discussion

  Officials from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans will be on a conference call with fishermen in the region Monday to update the start of Read More »

• Hot off the press, At the NPFMC – Council hears Gulf of Alaska salmon bycatch breakdown

  Gulf catch share discussion continues – The bycatch report was one of several the reports related to the Gulf of Alaska rationalization program the council heard Read More »

• Another Cod Story – Cod forsaking the Gulf of Maine

  The prospects for restoring the cod population in the Gulf of Maine to a commercially sustainable level seem to be getting even more dismal than before. Read More »

• National Marine Fisheries Service made mathematical errors??? No! estimating how many endangered beluga whales in Cook Inlet

  and.com – This week’s decision by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason was a partial victory for conservation groups and the Alaska Native village of Chickaloon. They Read More »

• Don’t throw away that fish waste!

  The disposal or reuse of fish processing waste has long been a challenge for Michigan’s fish processing industry. Approximately 5 million pounds of waste from commercially Read More »

• Fishing aid tied to fed budget talks Gloucester Daily Times

  Overshadowed by the scale of the pieces in play on the national chess board — trillions in budget cuts, tens if not hundreds of billions in Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues 3 Fishermen from life raft near Kodiak, Alaska

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued three mariners after a fire started on board their 82-foot vessel north of Kodiak Island Read More »

• Indepth – A controversial decision: Fishery Managers Scale Back 2014 Pacific Sardine Harvest

  A controversial decision by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) would set catch limits during the initial phase of the 2014 Pacific sardine season well below Read More »

• Industry Lawyers Wrong on Closed Areas Science: An Open and Shut Case, Says Talking Fish! Hehehe ya. ok!

  Some smart son of a bitch at Talking Fish mocked an article at National Fisherman, So it must have come as a surprise to these dozens of Read More »

• District Governors want sanctuary expansion reversed

  Traditional leaders urged the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council to help reverse the expansion of what is now known as the American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary. Read More »

• Commercial fishing: A traditional, if dangerous, business

  June 02–Editor’s Note: As Newburyport celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, The Daily News is publishing a series of articles that looks back on the city’s Read More »

• N.S. fishing companies fight to keep Last In First Out shrimp policy

  Members of Nova Scotia’s offshore shrimp fishery are launching a last ditch effort to sway federal politicians to keep the long-standing Last In First Out policy Read More »