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• Rockfish poaching: It’s more than just a few fish

  It’s just fish. That, according to reporting by The Sun’s Catherine Rentz, is the attitude of many on Tilghman Island about the jail sentences handed down Read More »

• Defendants in F/V Lone Star Lawsuit Seek To Move Case to Federal Court in Anchorage

  If the case goes to federal court, an eventual jury trial to fault and damages over the Lone Star would be in Anchorage, not Dillingham. Two Read More »

• A message from Dr. Rothschild regarding what he would do as NOAA administrator. Chris McCaffity

  Chris McCaffity A message from Dr. Rothschild regarding what he would do as NOAA administrator. As you know, a NOAA administrator has many different tasks. Some Read More »

• Oceana “Bering Sea 2014 canyon cruise” turns up fewer corals, more controversy

  A conservation group scientist, John Warrenchuk, of Oceana, said it could indicate the corals were wiped out by commercial net fishing, while a fishing industry scientist Read More »

• Card plan for Maine’s valuable urchins draws mixed response

  Joe Leask, a diver on the Maine coast who is also the chairman of the Maine Sea Urchin Zone Council advisory board, said he’s not sure Read More »

• “The entire system is broken, the fishing industry is being driven into the ground.”

  Ed Barrett, president of the Massachusetts Bay Ground Fishermen’s Association, says the new regulations to restrict cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine for the next Read More »

• Man vs. mammal, commercial herring fisherman films sea lion feeding frenzy

  It’s the age old fight over who gets the fish, man or sea lion. For commercial fisherman Allan Marsden, he’s fed up with the burgeoning sea Read More »

• Size matters, P.E.I.’s Bearded Skipper tells minister

  When Canada’s federal minister of Fisheries and Oceans leaned on his lobster trap last weekend and asked if size matters, the Bearded Skipper knew he had Read More »

• Japanese Director Crowdfunds to Screen Pro-Whaling Film in U.S.

  A Japanese filmmaker began a crowdfunding campaign to screen a documentary in the U.S. that defends the controversial whaling and dolphin hunting in Japan in an Read More »
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  Tough day at the Chatham Break: a capsized boat, and the windows blown out of another

  David Wiener and his son Hans were returning to Pleasant Bay Thursday through the infamous Chatham break, a maze of water crashing over shoaling sandbars, when Read More »

• BREAKING: 4 P.E.I. CF/V Cadillac Style fishermen rescued off Shippagan, New Brunswick

  Four fishermen from Tignish, P.E.I. were rescued 33 nautical miles east of Shippagan, N.B. Sunday morning after their vessel took on water. JTF Atlantic says a distress signal Read More »

• Compensation coming for lobster fishermen sidelined by Maritime Link work

  The company behind the Maritime Link has agreed to compensation for a group of 60 Cape Breton lobster and crab fishermen affected by the project this season. Work began last month on Read More »

• Greater Federal, State Roles Sought to Help Develop Offshore Wind Potential

  More than two years after the Interior Department launched an initiative to speed up and simplify its permitting process, there are still no commercial-scale wind projects Read More »

• Maine tidal power company awarded $5 million in federal grant money (comments reflect skepticism)

  One of the U.S. Department of Energy grants was worth $1.9 million and will help the company develop new ways to monitor tidal current, according to Read More »

• Prince Rupert Skipper Fined $3,000 and Forfeits Chinook Catch Worth Almost $11,000

  A Prince Rupert commercial fisherman has been fined $3,000 after pleading guilty in Prince Rupert Provincial Court to a serious. In addition to the fine, Michael Read More »

• Fishing Industry faces tough times – Sam Parisi

  US Fishermen from all over are feeling the effects of NOAA and conservation groups that are making it very difficult for our fishing fleets on every Read More »

• Aquaculture insider: the diseases that could ruin my industry

  The damaging escape of a virus from an abalone farm is no surprise, an aquaculture insider explains; the industry has serious problems and some sites are Read More »

• PEI Fishermen try to stay positive after rough season

  The P.E.I. Fishing Association says it’s mulling over the idea of unifying its lobster fisheries under one brand in hopes of selling Island lobster for a Read More »

• Shrimpers are pissed off that the shrimping season is starting too late

  NEW ORLEANS — The spring shrimp season in Louisiana, as determined by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, is set to start on May 26, Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 18, 2016

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 08:47 Read More »

• Research reveals black gill kills shrimp

  A disease that’s crippling the shrimp industry may be doing more damage than originally thought. Researchers in our region have made new findings about black gill Read More »

• EDITORIAL: A different kettle of …lobster

  We’ve supported the idea of a two-cent-per-pound lobster levy since an independent panel recommended it last fall in a report on the fickle Maritime lobster fishery. Read More »

• A Fractured Lobster Fishery in the Canadian Maritimes

  Nova Scotia Lobster fishermen return to sea after standoff  Lobster fishermen in Nova Scotia will be back on the water at first light on Tuesday, after Read More »

• U.S. official said steps taken by the South Korea to prevent illegal or pirate fishing by its own vessels should be commended.

  David Balton, U.S. deputy assistant secretary for oceans and fisheries, said he was aware of corrective actions by South Korea since it was put on the Read More »

• Disburse disaster aid to all active fishermen – Jan Margeson, Brewster

  A typical small-boat fisherman from Cape Cod — or anywhere in the state for that matter — has more than navigating around the tides and the wind to Read More »