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  Theresa May warned over handing UK fishing waters to Brussels

  Despite failing to capture a Commons majority, the Prime Minister has insisted she will stick to the schedule and get the Brexit talks underway despite pressure Read More »

• Labrador fisherman’s lawyers fight to keep his “controlling” agreement with fish processor

  A lawyer for a Labrador snow crab fisherman who had his fishing licence stripped by the federal minister of fisheries said the minister had no authority to Read More »
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  Scam Alert: Claims Offshore Wind Will Soon Power The World Are Pure Bunkum

  Built on lies and fuelled by subsidies, the wind industry is the biggest government mandated scam in history. Around the world, governments have thrown trillions of Read More »
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  Letter to the Editor: (and the rest of the world) Urging Action on Seal Population Control

  The exploding seal population is a consequence of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act, which allowed for the rapidly growing seal overpopulation. Seals attract great white Read More »

• Keeping tradition alive – Through a devastating accident Alaska Native artist Mike Webber finds his gift

  At 54, Cordova artist Mike Webber’s boyish looks and lighthearted demeanor belie the challenges that brought him to his craft.  “How did I get into carving? Read More »
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  Northern Pulp – Senators want full assessment of plan to dump mill effluent off Nova Scotia coast

  A group of Independent senators is calling on the Trudeau government to do a full environmental assessment of a “dangerous” plan in Nova Scotia to take Read More »

• CAPITAL GAZETTE: rockfish survey records all-time low-But lets not get ahead of ourselves! Article, and Analysis. Saving Menhaden Fisheries

  Also critical to the striper stock’s health is  adequate food, principally menhaden. For year fishermen and fishing  conservation groups have argued that too many adult menhaden are Read More »

• Letter: Fishermen well aware of enviro issues – Captain Paul Cohan, F/V Sasquatch, Gloucester

  I am writing in response to the letter from Mike Dyer (“Stories show need to focus on NOAA science,” the Times, Saturday, Nov. 23). You know, Read More »

• The Noise of EDF – What Has Been Known to Fishermen and Must Become Reality. or. Putting Lipstick on the EDF Pig?

  November 8, 2012 — EDF supports greater involvement of fishermen in the stock assessment process. … Taking steps to engage non-government scientists in the stock assessment Read More »

• The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission members met in Oslo, Norway, 25-27 February 2014

  The NAMMCO members met in Oslo, Norway, 25-27 February 2014, on the occasion of the 22nd Council meeting. The press release details information about observer governments Read More »

• Study: Less than 3 percent of eels survive Ontario dams

  The study, published by the American Fisheries Society in one of their symposium series, Managing the Impact of Human Activities on Fish Habitat: the Governance, Practices Read More »

• Coast Guard: Deadly F/V Lady Mary sinking in 2009 the result of open hatch and unstable boat

  A number of modifications over the years had gradually made the North  Carolina-based vessel less safe, according to the report. In addition, a  decision to open Read More »

• Ouster of Board of Fisheries member deepens chill between sport, commercial foes – a commercial fishermen is in the minority on the board

  Never mind that the Board of Fisheries vote was 7-0 to adopt a new escapement goal range put forth by the Alaska Department of Fish and Read More »
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  Feds consider opening New England Closed fishing areas. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would still have to approve.

  BOSTON (AP) — There are five zones off the New England coast drawn in varying angles and shapes, all rich with fish, or at least they Read More »

• One year later: few violations reported in new marine protected areas, poaching a concern

  COAST CITIES — Poaching. Lobster traps where they shouldn’t be. Spearfishing protected species. These are the kinds of violations Cyndy Pourroy, a warden with the California Department of Read More »

• The Bottom Line: Coming Together for Bluefin Tuna

  It’s not every day that fishermen and environmentalists agree. But in a significant move, the American Bluefin Tuna Association and the International Game Fish Association are Read More »
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  Local fishermen approved to trawl commercially off coast of Virginia Beach

  If you head to a restaurant in Virginia Beach, you might just find freshly caught Virginia shrimp on the menu. That’s thanks to an experimental fishing permit Read More »
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  Comment Period Extended for Nordic Aquafarms

  DMR is accepting comments solely about the potential impacts of the proposed dredging operation on fishing in the area to be dredged and on impacts to Read More »
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  No kings

  Snow and ice still cover the tributaries of the Susitna River basin, but already the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is talking about closing the Read More »
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  Sweden’s oldest fishing boat restored

  Bessie was built in 1909 just outside Malmö for a herring fisherman, Anders Matsson, with the registration code MÖ 347 (today it is HG 52). Her Read More »
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  Condition “Zulu” – Fishermen feel vacating the ports ahead of a tropical storm could be dangerous

  For the City and County of Honolulu, the Coast Guard anticipated implementing condition “Zulu” by 6 a.m. Tuesday. If that happens, both Honolulu and Kalaeloa harbors Read More »

• Pushing the PFD message with fishermen

  Years ago fishermen complained they were too bulky. Too hot. Uncomfortable. And, many felt, not needed. But efforts are ongoing to convince fishermen that PFDs, or Read More »

• Fines issued in Cape Breton fishery case

  Fines amounting to $24,000 and one-year prohibitions were issued Monday after 10 accused pleaded guilty to fishery violations. A total of 42 charges were laid but Read More »
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  A California battle over swordfish — and gill nets

  Conservationists are pushing a $1 million effort this summer to change the way swordfish are caught off the California coast by phasing out the use of Read More »

• BREAKING—-John Bullard comes through for Gulf of Maine and New England Gill Netters!

  John Bullard, the new regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, decides in favor of fishermen, justifiably so! A pending  closure for an area of ocean Read More »