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• House Natural Resources Committee examines red snapper fishery

  WASHINGTON — A House committee on Thursday tackled the difficult challenge of balancing commercial and recreational demands on the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery. Republican Rep. Read More »

• Bonackers vs. Big Wind – Cuomo’s preposterous renewable-energy plan threatens Long Island’s fishing industry

  Nat Miller and Jim Bennett didn’t have much time to chat. It was about 8:45 on a sunny Sunday morning in early May, and they were Read More »

• Not so fast on Atlantic marine monument – By Jon Williams

  An ongoing campaign led by large, well-funded environmental organizations is urging President Obama to use the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate parts of the Atlantic Ocean—such Read More »

• Operation Black Glass – Spain to Asia network of Chinese elver smugglers busted

  EVERY operation undertaken by the Guardia Civil is given a special name and when the Nature arm, Seprona, started an investigation into the illegal export of Read More »

• First half of Maine’s lobstering season ‘painfully slow’ for fishermen

  A cold spring, high bait prices and a stormy summer are adding up to a slow lobstering season in Maine. Every fisherman and every lobstering port Read More »

• VIMS earns $6M in set-aside funding for scallop research

  Researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science have earned nearly $6 million in set-aside funding to advance the understanding and management of sea scallops off Read More »

• Fishermen have Rights. Human Rights. The International Bill of Human Rights.

  There’s always been quabbles with how fish resources are managed. Well now some folks are saying that process could raise human rights issues. We’ll find out Read More »
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  Uninformed vs. Science: The story of swordfish in the Northwest Atlantic is complex and subject to many versions of revisionist histories.

  Every once in a while you read something that is so wrong, it sticks with you. A recent statement by the American Sportfish Association, (ASA), published Read More »

• Trawling makes for skinny flatfish

  Trawling the seabed doesn’t just remove some of the fishes living there; it also makes some of the survivors thinner and less healthy by forcing them Read More »

• Stepping Away – Furlong | Blunt truths I learned at The Broadcast – Loved every second of it

  It was April 11th, 2005. The theme rolled, the red light went on,,,, I’ve learned so many things about our province and the fishery through The Broadcast. Read More »

• Where are the herring? Unalaska’s seine fishery remains on hold

  The commercial herring fishery is on hold in Unalaska — because no one can find the fish. The herring season opened more than a week ago. Read More »

• Fisherman’s widow sought to have fishing vessel seized before it sank

  The firm that owns a fishing vessel that sank early Wednesday miles off Mount Desert Island is being sued by the widow of a Westbrook man 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 »

• Water managers race to drain rising Lake Okeechobee risking wide spread damage to estuaries

  The Corps could begin sending as much as 4.9 billion gallons of water — about 7,400 Olympic swimming pools — daily into the St. Lucie river Read More »
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  U.S. offshore wind plans are utterly collapsing 

  Offshore wind developer Ørsted has delayed its New Jersey Ocean Wind 1 project to 2026. Previously, the company had announced construction of the project would begin Read More »
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  Feds to conduct environmental assessment of Boat Harbour cleanup

  Nova Scotia’s biggest contaminated site will get a federal environmental assessment before the cleanup begins. The decision was based on submitted comments and the possibility that Read More »
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  Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman 5 miles east of Fernandina Beach

  Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville command center watchstanders received a medevac request via VHF Channel 16 at 4:50 p.m. from the AMG stating a crew member had Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, November 2, 2014

  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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  Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting November 14-20, 2019 in Costa Mesa, CA.

  The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet November 14-20, 2019 at the following location: Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa 3050 Bristol Street Costa Mesa, Read More »

• North Carolina: Economic impact on the half-shell

  As mollusks go, are an especially generous lot. They clean the water. They help stabilize eroding shorelines. And they’re delicious, especially with butter. Which is why Read More »

• The Sockeye Run to Bristol Bay has Exceeded 30-Million

  Commercial fishermen continue to harvest huge amounts of sockeye as the total run to Bristol Bay has exceeded 30-million. Monday’s sockeye harvest was just over 1-million Read More »
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  Delcambre Shrimp Festival

  The town of Delcambre held its annual shrimp festival after nearly a two-year hiatus. This will be Delcambre’s 70th year hosting shrimp festival. Now the fall Read More »

• Fisherman loses leg in engine room accident – Coast Guard conducts Medivac from F/V Michael S in the Gulf

  Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at 8:11 a.m. from the fishing vessel Michael S, requesting assistance for a man who suffered a severed leg below the Read More »

• Funding Sought for Commercial Fishery Failures

  The letter, signed by a total of 22 members of Congress, notes five fishery failures declared by the Secretary of Commerce still in need of funds. Read More »

• Maritime fisherman finds much success using crack cocaine as bait (satire)

  The reaction towards Leonard Grey’s fishing technique around North Lake Prince Edward Island is certainly mixed. After accidentally discovering that local fish are mysteriously attracted to Read More »