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• Scallop season ruined after Sandy

  A few months ago, baymen across the East End were looking forward to a big scallop season, a harvest so thick and rich it would bring back Read More »

• Quincy legislator Ayers pushes fish farm proposal

  Four granite sewage storage tanks built more than a century ago have sat unused on Moon Island for decades, since Boston built a treatment plant on Read More »

• Sea lions back in Port of Astoria’s sights

   The smelt are back in the Columbia River — and so are the sea lions trying to eat them. And the Port of Astoria is once Read More »

• Named after a true Hero, Coast Guard Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter Charles David Jr. to be homeported in Key West

  The Charles David Jr., is the first Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter to be homeported in Key West.Charles Walter David, Jr  was a Coast Guardsman who was Read More »

• Oyster fishermen on private lease without permission lose boat, dredges, and twenty five sacks!

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents seized a boat used by two men Thursday to dredge for oysters on a private lease from the owner, Read More »
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  Fishermen’s Doubts Persist on South Fork Wind Farm

  As 2018 approaches, so does Deepwater Wind’s plan to submit applications to more than 20 federal, state, and local permitting agencies for the South Fork Wind Read More »

• Samoa Tuna Processors still waiting for permit

  The US Army Corps of Engineers has still not issued a permit for construction of a dock and seawall at the Samoa Tuna Processors plant. continued Read More »
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  ‘There are only so many last straws a man can take — but going home wasn’t an option’

  “Would you like some bacon and spuds?” asked the skipper cheerily. Not having dared move around the boat since the Atlantic storm began, let alone attempt Read More »

• PERC’s Alden recognized as an innovator for fisheries sustainability work

  Robin Alden is the recipient of the 2015 Innovator Award as part of the first SOURCE Maine Sustainability Awards. “Alden has made it her life’s work Read More »
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  Yorkshire looks to Canada to boost fortunes of ‘Europe’s lobster capital’

  Landings of lobsters into Bridlington are the largest in the UK and Europe The 310 tonnes caught last year represents 17.5 per cent of the European Read More »
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  Floods in Midwest take toll on seafood in Gulf Coast area

  Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards have asked the federal government for a fisheries disaster declaration,,, Louisiana’s oyster harvest is 80% below average,,, “We’ve Read More »

• Commercial fishermen want state to halt Columbia River gillnet ban

  Commercial gillnetters said Oregon should halt its phased-in ban of their salmon fishing method in the main channel of the Columbia River. Speaking to the Oregon Read More »

• Northern cod threatened by new fisheries rules – A Department of Fisheries and Oceans plan to increase northern cod quotas could devastate the species.

  Governments should be informed by the best available data and evidence. There are societal, environmental, and economic ramifications of not doing so. Despite this, some decision-makers Read More »

• New England Council Votes to Open Up Parts of George’s Bank to Commercial Fishing

  NEWPORT, R.I. – Regional fishery regulators meeting in Rhode Island have voted to open up parts of George’s Bank – off of Massachusetts – to commercial Read More »

• Its Crazy! I’m getting Talking Fish Eco Shyster Peter Shelley Comments! Acknowledge Your Posts, Dude.

  Seems as though CLF Eco Shyster Peter Shelley is selective about what comments he puts up at his Talking Fish blog. He’s a real Cherry Picker! Read More »

• Prices and catch were all positive in lobster fishing area 27

  The 2016 lobster season was marked by good weather, good catches and good prices. “The price reached $8 early in the season and stayed there until Read More »
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  “Minister Michael Creed and his officials have effectively turned their backs on the fishing industry.”

  That view from Castletownbere in West Cork by the chief executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers, Patrick Murphy, criticising the minister for the Read More »
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  Southampton Trustees Win Appeal Against Brookhaven Baymen’s Association

  The Southampton Town Trustees were handed a victory in their long fight against the Brookhaven Baymen’s Association, which fought against Southampton’s rules requiring fishermen to be Read More »
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  1984 – Liberal cabinet was split on seal hunt, while refusing to give into ‘blackmail’ from animal rights groups

  The controversial Atlantic seal caused caused a major split in the Liberal cabinet of 1984, secret documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter show. Ministers cursed the International Read More »
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  A Day in the Life of a North Carolina Fisherman

  65-year-old Bob McBride greets two helpers before the three steps aboard John 3:16, his 25-foot fiberglass fishing boat. For the next 45 minutes, the fishermen motor east Read More »

• Southeast’s first crab fisheries of the year set to open

  Alaska has dozens of crab species—about seven that are commercial harvested. So what’s Tanner crab like? To help answer that question, I asked Joe Stratman, the Read More »

• American Samoa: Samoa PM says warming waters good for fisheries

  The Samoan Prime Minister says warmer water caused by climate change is driving fish to its waters from the Western Pacific, which will benefit its fishing Read More »

• At the trough – New Puget Sound ‘watchdog’ group formed (rolls eyes)

  SEATTLE — A new environmental group, called  Sound Action, will serve as a “watchdog” to protect shoreline habitats  throughout Puget Sound, according to Amy Carey, the Read More »
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  Louisiana: Lawmakers taking action to protect state’s seafood industry

  Fishermen in Louisiana are suffering from imports and they’re worried about the future of the seafood industry in the state. It’s why lawmakers are putting tougher Read More »

• Halifax trawler faces arrest over broken Greenland cable – accuses owners and crew of CF/V Acadienne Gale II of negligence

  An arrest warrant has been issued for a Halifax-registered shrimp trawler that Greenland’s largest telecommunications company accuses of twice breaking its subsea fibre optic cable. Tele Greenland Read More »