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• Six-hour purse seine chum fishery to open in Amalga Harbor

  Thursday is the opening of the purse seine season at Amalga Harbor in Juneau. Commercial fishermen will be able to catch chum, released from the DIPAC hatchery. Read More »

• ‘We voted to leave..now we want our fishing grounds!’ British MEP blasts Eurocrats in rant

  David Coburn, a Scottish MEP raged at Spanish fishermen for using UK waters to fish, demanding the grounds are returned to the. Speaking at the Committee Read More »

• Japan says Kennedy dolphin tweet improper

  TOKYO – Japan accused critics of its annual dolphin hunt — including U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy — of being hypocrites for not lamenting the killing of Read More »

• Turning Discarded Lobster Shells Into Batteries

  Mark MacLachlan, of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, has found a new way to produce batteries: the discarded shells of shellfish. Specifically, by using chitin, the substance that Read More »

• Two Hundred Million Dollar Scientific Grant Fraud Case against Duke University

  Federal Prosecutors have launched a gigantic fraud case against Duke University, North Carolina, accusing Duke University of embezzling $200 million in federal research grants, by presenting Read More »

• Deadliest Catch Dungeness Cove – Meet Captain Kenny Ripka

  Tell me about your career.  I’m a commercial fisherman.   I’ve been doing this since I was 14 years old. It’ the only job I’ve ever had Read More »

• Underwater footage of US dog diving for live lobster

  A US man has trained his beloved pooch to jump off his boat and into the ocean to catch live lobster. The unbelievable events have all Read More »
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  NOAA OLE closes a successful investigation after numerous Observers filed complaints against an Alaskan-based vessel

  “This was a large, time consuming investigation involving many violations, victims, and witnesses,” said Kevin Heck, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of OLE’s Alaska Division. NOAA’s Office Read More »

• States to try to trap sea lions at The Dalles Marina on the Columbia River

  THE DALLES — Washington and Oregon officials have placed a trap at The Dalles Marina on the Columbia River to try to capture California sea lions that Read More »

• Fears for prawn industry grow after white spot found in Moreton Bay

  The ban on movement of uncooked prawns and crustaceans outside a new control zone could lead to cheaper seafood for south-east Queenslanders. Uncooked products will not Read More »

• Nova Scotia fishermen are concerned about proposed Marine Protected Areas (they should be!)

  The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans wants to double the number of marine protected areas around Nova Scotia next year. DFO is holding a series Read More »

• Adak’s Seafood Processing Equipment Sold as Unit to City of Adak and the Adak Community Development Corporation

  The equipment from Adak’s fish processing plant was auctioned off in one piece Tuesday morning. The City of Adak and the Adak Community Development Corporation jointly Read More »

• Shad: Following the history and biology of a East Coast transplant

  Shad were one of the largest commercial fisheries in the East during the 19th century, but overharvesting and heavy pollution prior to the environmental enlightenment of Read More »
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  The Nushagak run surges early, and maybe big too?

  Bristol Bay’s westside district posts a million sockeye catch Monday, and both the Wood and Nushagak Rivers have met their escapement goals. The red run is Read More »

• Catch Shares: After 10-year crab review, NPFMC seeks social impact information. Are they blind?

  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council approved a 10-year review of rationalization on June 10, the program that ended derby-style crab fisheries in 2005 and gave Read More »

• The personalities behind this week’s Supreme Court cases

  There’s almost always a real human at the bottom of a Supreme Court case, but the justices’ work this week is notable for the number of Read More »

• Alaska budget cuts lead to less fishing opportunity

  Because of Alaska’s budget crisis, state agencies cut spending this year and are planning additional reductions in the next few years. For the Alaska Department of Read More »

• CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION: Saving Seafood is “rather discomposed” Really?!!!

  The Conservation Law Foundation’s Sean Cosgrove responds to our analysis of their criticism of NEFMC Council Member Laura Ramsden and their arguments on proposed changes to Read More »

• Senate and House Bills to reauthorize Magnuson to be Published side by side in Atlantic Coast Fishery News

  Senate and House Bills to reauthorize Magnuson to be Published side by side in Atlantic Coast Fishery News.  As a commercial fisherman, or shore side industry, Read More »

• Coast Guard responds to grounded F/V Neahkahnie near Whidbey Island, Wash.

  SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews and members of the Washington Department of Ecology are responding to a fishing vessel run aground on the west side of Whidbey Read More »
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  The Deliciously Fishy Case of the “Codfather”

  The fake Russians met the Codfather on June 3, 2015, at an inconspicuous warehouse on South Front Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Codfather’s lair is Read More »

• Christian Brun, Maritime Fishermen’s Union official one of 2 men killed in Miramichi crash

  The director general of the Maritime Fishermen’s Union was one of two men killed in a head-on collision Monday morning on Route 11 in Lower Newcastle, Read More »

• Rubio Introduces Legislation To Improve Florida Fisheries

  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, today introduced a bill that outlines Read More »
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  ‘Deadliest Catch’ Season 13: Tragedy, Drama, And Is It End For Two Captains?

  Discovery has announced that the Deadliest Catch Season 13 will be returning on April 11. This is the final season for at least one captain, possibly two. Compound Read More »

• Report: Septic systems big contributor to Great Bay pollution (Its more than a regional issue. It’s a national issue.)

  PORTSMOUTH — Sources of nonpoint nitrogen pollution in the Great Bay estuary are spread out almost equally between septic systems, fertilizers and atmospheric pollution, according to Read More »