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• The Dangerous art of chasing Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean

  Blistering sub-zero winds, icy cold sea spray and monster swells are all in a day’s work for the fishermen on the hunt for the Patagonian toothfish Read More »

• IRS will pay employees $70 million in bonuses – I wonder if NOAA/NMFS is still forking bonuses from the AFF?

  Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has  learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees’ union on Wednesday to pay the Read More »
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  ASMFC: New England/Mid Atlantic – Lobster Trap Transfer Program for Fishing Year 2020

  We are considering future changes to the federal lobster regulations as recommended by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. These changes include the use of a Read More »

• Study: Dolphin catch rate declines off South Carolina

  The American Fishing Tackle Co. released an update on a study in South Carolina that it supports. However, commercial fishermen met their dolphinfish quota for the Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for November 8, 2019

  Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »
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  Mayday on the Carolina Queen III

  The seven fishermen aboard the Carolina Queen III, a 76-foot scalloping boat that set out from Norfolk, Va., had been at sea for four days when Read More »

• New England Fishery Management Council newsletter

  Click here to read the actions and announcements following the last council meeting. 17:17: Read More »

• Canadian Risk Assessment Finds GMO Salmon Susceptible to Disease, as Food and Drug Admin Rubber Stamps Approval!

  A never-before-seen draft environmental review of AquaBounty Technologies’ (ABTX) genetically engineered (GE) salmon reveals that Canadian government scientists disagree with the engineered (GE) salmon (FDA) on Read More »
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  We can’t win if we don’t fight! “Save the Oceans” – Not from “overfishing”, but from GREED!

  This is a response (and hopefully an alternative) to the position of “Well, it’s coming anyway, it’s inevitable; so’s we might as well take whatever we Read More »

• John Furlong | Finding connections at the Boston Seafood Show

  I was surprised by the way I felt when I arrived here in Boston. Like a lot of other Newfoundlanders, I knew a little about the Read More »

• Copper River first salmon prices dip

  Reports from the first opener at Copper River say it was very slow going.  Here’s the news from one highliner: Read more here  10:24 Read More »

• Commission Cuts Summer Flounder leaving New Jersey leaders fuming

  The Commission voted Thursday to reduce this year’s summer flounder catch, leaving New Jersey leaders fuming and vowing to take action. It’s a move many in Read More »

• Fishing disaster aid – direct assistance to keep the industry going has been minimized and replaced with permit buybacks

  Frank Mirarchi, a retired commercial fisherman from Scituate, said the direct assistance will go to fishermen who have a 5,000-pound qualifying history. He said it will Read More »

• Fish aid plans may leave out buybacks, buyouts

  Bullard, however, said that the re-aligned philosophy of how to best spend the remaining $10 million would not necessarily spell the end of planning a buyout Read More »

• Representative Beverly Boswel is passionate about commercial fishing

  I recently read the article, “The Boswell Backlash” by Michelle Wagner, dated March 21. As one who spends a considerable amount of time in Raleigh, representing Read More »

• Five people from Maine arrested in Nova Scotia for illegally fishing baby eels

  The federal Fisheries Department, (DFO), says five people from Maine were arrested in southwestern Nova Scotia last weekend for illegally fishing for baby eels. In a Read More »

• California’s higher fees for out of state commercial fishing licenses upheld

  California’s nonresident fee differential for four commercial fishing licenses, vessel registration and permits is constitutional, the U.S. 9th District Court of Appeals says. A certified class Read More »

• Plunging sardine numbers and a Pew Study spark quick management response?

  Fisheries managers have shut down this summer’s West Coast commercial sardine fishing season that begins in July, and this Tuesday, April 14, were considering an emergency Read More »
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  Bristol Bay fisherman-restaurateur buys catch back from processor to sell in Monterey eatery

  Sam Mercurio skippers the f/v Quick Silver, a Bristol Bay drift boat fishing for Alaska General Seafoods. He is also part-owner of a Italian seafood restaurant Read More »

• Hawaii longline industry creates task force to respond to allegations of human trafficking and poor working conditions.

  Hawaii longline industry leaders say they have formed a task force and hired an expert on slavery in response to media reports about human trafficking, forced Read More »
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  The Best North Queensland seafood available for Christmas

  Fishers are encouraging families to include wild caught Australian seafood in their festive feast in a bid to prop up the industry amid regulatory green-tape.,,, “There Read More »
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  Nfld. & Labrador to research live seafood cold storage at Gander International, Port aux Basques for International Export

  The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is looking into creating new areas for cold storage of live seafood in the province, allowing more product headed Read More »

• UPDATED: Video – F/V Hornet sends May Day, F/V Exodus, USCG respond.

  SEATTLE — Coast Guard crews assisted three people after their vessel began taking on water three miles west of the Columbia River entrance, Friday. Following dewatering Read More »

• DFO slashes crab quota in latest blow to N.L. fishing industry

  In yet another blow to the Newfoundland and Labrador fishing industry, federal fisheries has announced that the total allowable catch for snow crab will be cut by 22 Read More »
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  Two dead whales wash up on the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada

  It’s too soon to say what’s behind the death of a humpback whale that washed up on Nova Scotia’s Fundy Shore near the community of Ogilvie, Read More »