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• Another Species, Another Center for Bio Diversity Petition To Prohibit Pacific Bluefin Tuna Fishing

  The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the receipt of, and request public comment on a petition for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. The Center Read More »
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  Hatchery Fish Often Fail in the Wild. Now We Might Know Why

  Wild salmon are struggling to get their groove back.,, For years, Canada has tried to help bolster the salmon population by releasing hatchery-raised juvenile fish, or Read More »
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  NL research shows LED lights draw crab to the pot

  While they stopped short of trying a tiny disco ball, a local team of researchers has proven the addition of certain light emitting diode (LED) lights Read More »

• New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Portsmouth January 24 thru 26, 2017

  The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting in Portsmouth N.H.  at the Sheraton Harborside. To read the final agenda, click here  Register click here to listen Read More »

• Letter to the editor: Fisherman’s letters deserve answers – Sam Parisi, Gloucester

  I believe that fisherman Paul Cohan is right on target every time I read something he has written in the Times (Letters, “Fishery time lines a Read More »

• Seafood Giant’s Tactics Fishy, Rival Claims

  NEWPORT, Ore. (CN) – Seafood giant Pacific Seafood is trying to ruin a small company that buys its crabs from independent fishermen in an attempt to Read More »
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  “We’re expecting 100 per cent compliance,” New snow crab fishing rules rein in use of ropes to protect North Atlantic right whales

  Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc has announced four changes to the snow crab fishery in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect North Atlantic Read More »

• Wanchese’s Daniels family in agreement on sale to Canadian Cooke Aquaculture – What about the US Quota?

  Sources have questioned how Cooke, also family-owned and based in Blacks Harbor, New Brunswick, is going to structure buying some or all of Wanchese, seeing as Read More »

• Rare mola mola washes up in Miramichi River – Unusual ocean sunfish may have been lured to river by jellyfish

  Scott Campbell was out for a walk with his dog when he found the mola mola along the banks of the Miramichi River. Campbell said he knew right Read More »

• House Passes Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill

  The House unanimously passed Wednesday a US Coast Guard (USCG) reauthorization bill that rejects cuts the White House proposed for the agency in 2013. http://www.hstoday.us/industry-news/general/single-article/house-passes-coast-guard-reauthorization-bill/20c0d9f526cf0f42c92c1920b7fd625f.html Read More »

• Province confirms major aquaculture project for Placentia Bay

  The Newfoundland and Labrador government has reached an agreement with a company called Grieg Newfoundland AS that could this see province rival British Columbia in aquaculture production. Municipal Read More »

• Letter: Time for changes to Maguson Act – Tony Austin, Hubert, N.C.

  The Magnuson-Stevens Act, enacted in 1976, set up the council system, has been reauthorized by Congress several times, and has become like “Matun, the old blind Read More »

• Historic Agreement: EU, US, and Canada Sign ‘Galway Statement on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation’ today

  business world – Ireland, and Galway in particular, today sees the signing of an historic agreement between the EU, the US and Canada, all of whom Read More »

• Commercial fisherman slams Noosa sustainability critic

  A commercial fisherman whose suppliers were net fishing at Noosa North Shore on the weekend has slammed claims the men were doing “irreparable damage” to local fish Read More »

• BREAKING : Governor Patrick takes New England fishery case to White House – furious,11th-hour effort(a rare Sunday gdt post!)

  I asked that the White House do everything it can to ensure that all federal resources are made available to our fishing industry,” Patrick also wrote. Read More »

• By road, lake and river: Part II – From the braids of the Kvichak to shores of Bristol Bay – Molly Dischner

  Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts (part 1 here) in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on Read More »

• Rocky Barker: A quick guide to the salmon-dam debate

  The proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, tribal, state and other biologists to test higher spill — water that doesn’t go through power-generating turbines Read More »

• Nyet! Antarctic marine reserve plan blocked by Russia

  During the negotiations, Russia, with support from Ukraine, had challenged whether the members had the legal right to set up marine protected areas (MPAs) in Antarctic Read More »

• SAFMC Summer 2013 Newsletter – Red snapper update; Overview of Public Hearings

  Read the newsletter here. Read More »

• Mystery as boats filled with dead bodies of North Korean fishermen found off Japan

  The rotting and lifeless bodies of 25 people were found on board 11 rickety vessels, which have either washed ashore or been retrieved by coastguards over Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update July 10, 2015

  Click to read the Weekly Update for July 10, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here  17:56 Read More »

• 2 fishing boats charged with fishing in prohibited areas

  cbcnews – Two Nunavut fishing vessels face charges under the federal Fisheries Act for fishing in Greenland waters. Workers on board are said to have been Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Sampson Lobster boat, 300HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins – Price Reduced!

  Specifications, information and 35 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:59 Read More »
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  Prince Edward Island fisherman sails Arctic as modern-day explorer

  Few have logged more nautical miles in Canada’s Arctic over the past six years than David MacIsaac. But the northward course of the modern-day Arctic exploring Read More »

• Eco-Lawsuit Advances against Cape Wind Risk to Right Whale and other Threatened and Endangered Species Litigated

  NOTE. Links will be added as they become available.  http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x493268917/Suit-claims-Cape-Wind-violates-endangered-species-law Hyannis, Mass.  (October 10, 2012) – Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility  (PEER), the Alliance to Protect Read More »