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• A silver lining in the humpback whale of a tale – DFO to change status from “threatened” to a “species of special concern.”

  According to the IUCN, the global population of humpbacks is approximately 80,000. That is broken down to 18,000-20,000 in the North Pacific, 50,000 in the Southern Read More »
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  ‘The Crown’s honour is at stake’:Indigenous chief makes appeal to Justin Trudeau as fisheries deal rejected

  A first draft memorandum of understanding was sent by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the Sipekne’katik last week,,, The proposal, which was received with optimism, Read More »
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  Coast Guard medevaced 62-year-old Captain off fishing vessel 82-miles north of Kahului

  The Coast Guard successfully medevaced a 62-year-old mariner off a fishing vessel 82-miles north of Kahului, Wednesday. At 1:15 p.m., Sector Honolulu watchstanders received a call from Read More »

• Canada – changing its laws to fit salmon farming , Alexandra Morton

  The salmon farming industry in BC is on the verge of a major expansion and the federal government is changing Canada’s laws to make sure it Read More »
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  No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

  Last year, California’s commercial and recreational fishing fleet, from the Central Coast to the Oregon border, landed about 300,000 salmon. But this year, Davis and other Read More »

• Lessons Learned: Commercial prawn-fleet accidents prompt new best-practices recommendations – Fishing Vessel Stability

  Vancouver Sun – The dramatic loss of two commercial prawn vessels last season has prompted  the fishery — now in full swing on the B.C. coast Read More »
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  Just now! A tight fit.

  A tugboat takes the clammer F/V Star Light through the Fairhaven bridge skillfully navigating the narrow opening with little room to spare. 11:39 Read More »

• New EPA chief steps into Alaska mine controversy

  “No amount of money or jobs can replace our way of life,” Nondalton Tribal Council President William Evanoff told the EPA leader. “The threats are real.” In Read More »

• National Marine Fisheries Service – Californian swordfish drift gillnet permit refused

  The US National Marine Fisheries Service has declined to issue a required marine mammal take permit for California’s swordfish drift gillnet fishery,,continued@fishupdate Read More »

• Meager aid for N.J. marine industry stirs anger

  Despite a pool of more than $75 million in federal appropriations for fisheries disaster relief from Hurricane Sandy and other storm damage, at only $1.5 million, Read More »

• Building big fishing boats in Coombs

  Roy Brown at Independent Shipwrights in Coombs is building the biggest boat of its kind on the West Coast. The 60-foot long commercial fishing boat will Read More »

• NEFMC Executive Director Tom Nies warns of deeper cod cuts if NOAA data holds

  The New England Fisheries Management Council expects to move to reduce the annual catch limit for Gulf of Maine cod in 2015 if an impending peer Read More »
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  The Corporate Take-Over of Fisheries Policy Making – Click Here

  In the past couple of years a number of international conferences and gatherings of key policy makers, corporate representatives and international NGOs have taken huge strides Read More »

• Victoria Co. snow crab fishermen could be hit hardest by quota cuts

  Snow crab fishermen in the waters off Cape Breton are preparing for a leaner season this year, with quota cuts approved or proposed in both the Read More »
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  Agency encourages shrimpers to sign up for bycatch study

  State fisheries officials have extended a deadline for Louisiana shrimpers to participate in a study that aims to monitor how much of other types of seafood Read More »

• In the Atlantic salmon fight, Greenland proves a sticking point

  Preventing the long-imperiled Atlantic salmon from disappearing from American waters will require the U.S. to put pressure on Inuit fishermen in Greenland to stop harvesting a Read More »

• East Coast seal hunt continues amid legal wrangling over European ban

  HALIFAX – A ruling Thursday from a European court is expected to reignite an international debate over Canada’s annual East Coast seal hunt, which started with Read More »

• NOAA reviews new management measues aimed at allowing young scallops to mature

  The move — which reduces quotas by a third — is something local fishermen are on board with, although they hope the cuts prove to be Read More »

• Fire destroys Owls Head lobster boat, community rally’s

  Todd Nickles said the fishing community has rallied to offer its collective hand after his lobster boat was destroyed Saturday night by fire. The cause of Read More »

• NJ Senate influenced by the Humane Society moves to ban shark fin trade

  The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill to ban the trade, sale and distribution of shark fin products and may now join several U.S. states Read More »

• Maine’s river herring making dramatic comeback

  River herring – in the midst of a dramatic comeback in Maine’s rivers with the recent removal of dams that blocked their spawning runs for decades Read More »

• Good Samaritans F/V Morgan rescue four near Yakutat, Alaska

  Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a report Friday evening from the Yakutat Police Department reporting that the vessel with four people aboard failed to arrive as stated in their Read More »

• New Hampshire: NOAA monitoring fee will kill local fishing industry

  Local fishermen say the looming cost of paying $700 per day, for at-sea monitors, could put them out of business by the end of the year. Read More »
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  Granville mayor defends accused French fisherman caught trawling through a protected area

  The skipper of a French boat which was caught trawling through a protected bream spawning ground off the north coast has been defended by the mayor Read More »

• British fisheries consultant urges ‘coexistence’ with offshore wind – They said we could co exist with the Red Coats, too!

  He said the best advice for the New Bedford fleet was to cooperate with the wind farm developers as early as possible in order to have Read More »