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• Alltheway Trucking Inc, driver fined $75,000 for carrying live Asian carp

  Alltheway Trucking Inc. and Yong-Sheng Zhang were each found guilty under the federal Fisheries Act for possessing live invasive fish. The company was fined $70,000 and Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues 4 F/V Chaos fishermen from beach near Dutch Harbor, Alaska

  Coast Guard watchstanders at the 17th District command center in Juneau received a call from the Chaos crew Friday night, relayed through the Dutch Harbor harbormaster, reporting Read More »

• Challenges abound for Florida Keys commercial fishermen

  A limit instituted for yellowtail snapper created a considerable amount of drama for Keys commercial fishermen, as the commercial fishery was poised to close in the Read More »

• If you like fish video’s, check out 2014 ComFishFilmFest | Hopefuls

  Published on Jan 17, 2014  –  The Commercial Fishing Film Festival really shines in this category! We get to see fishermen in their element, doing various Read More »
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  New Norwegian combined trawler, purse seine and crab vessel heads north

  It is the Norwegian fishing company Asbjørn Selsbane who, after a few months delay in delivery from Karstensen Shipyard in Skagen, has now been handed over Read More »

• Maine lobstermen signal opposition to participating in ropeless testing program

  Maine lobstermen are signaling their hesitation to participate in a multimillion-dollar program the state is launching to test new ropeless technology that the federal government soon Read More »
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  BOURNE: Lobstermen seek help in protecting right whales, Testimony cites burden on local industry.

  Commercial lobstermen urged federal regulators Wednesday to take Canada to task for its failure to protect North Atlantic right whales and to remember that local lobstermen Read More »

• Menhaden reductions could make for tighter bait market

  Once the cheapest of bait fish, bunker prices have been escalating in response to increasing demand, largely from the New England lobster industry. That fleet’s traditional Read More »

• Alaska pushes back on Arctic plan with Canada

  Alaska’s leaders in Juneau and Congress had harsh words for a joint March 10 statement from the White House and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing Read More »

• Borough Mayor Jerome Selby Sheds Light on NPFMC’s Chinook Cap

  “I thought for a while they would go to the 10,000 level, which would take a lot of pressure off the fishing fleet for Kodiak, because Read More »

• Ottawa files appeal of World Trade Organization ruling on EU seal products ban

  OTTAWA – Ottawa has filed its appeal of a World Trade Organization ruling that says aspects of Europe’s ban on importing seal products undermine fair trade Read More »

• New Bedford fishing boat runs aground in Sandwich

  A 47-foot fishing boat grounded on Town Neck Beach on Thursday morning after a failure of its autopilot system, according to crew members. “It zigged when Read More »
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  A message from NOAA’s Chris Oliver on conservation and management efforts for North Atlantic right whales

  United States and Canada Must Sustain Additional Efforts to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Mortalities, Serious Injuries – Last Friday, we met once again with Canadian officials Read More »

• Dongwon Industries catches bluefin tuna for first time in waters off Iceland

  Dongwon Industries Co., South Korea’s largest fishing company, said Tuesday it netted up tuna from high-latitude North Atlantic Ocean, a deep-sea area nearly monopolized by Japanese Read More »

• Roger Frate of Darien has a simple answer to improving the lobster stock in Long Island Sound.

  Frate said it was pesticide used to combat the West Nile Virus in 1998 and 1999 that decimated the Sound’s lobster population and sent it into Read More »

• Salmon Runs Boom, Go Bust Over Centuries – ScienceDaily

  Scientists in the past 20 years have recognized that salmon stocks vary not only year to year, but also on decades-long time cycles. One example is Read More »

• Alaska Board of Fisheries focus will be on Pacific cod Oct.18-22

  Thirty-six proposals related to Pacific cod will be up for consideration when the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets Oct. 18-22 in Anchorage. In addition to submitting Read More »

• North Carolina Beginnings: Community Supported Fisheries from Coast to Coast

  Buying local is a trend that has really taken off, and from coast to coast people are making sure that it applies to fish.  The idea Read More »
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  New trawler built in Urk

  There was no doubt in Urk fisherman Jelle Hakvoort’s mind that he wanted to build his new trawler close to home. Urk co-operative VCU played a Read More »

• It’s always over fishing, though! Flame retardants in consumer products are linked to health and cognitive problems

  They can also escape during production or when treated products are recycled or disposed of in landfills or incinerators. Once released, they can build up in Read More »
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  CT offshore wind may face some rough seas

  The state and its offshore-wind-loving neighbors all face a year-end expiration of a federal tax credit that helps finance these projects – the first major attempts Read More »

• 12-year-old Mainer becomes local tuna fishing legend

  Myles Wotton, 12, of Bristol has been watching his father, Donald, older brothers, Mitchell and Merritt, and other area fishermen bring in tuna since he was Read More »
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  For Dulac crabbing family, Hurricane Ida leaves destruction and strain

  With Hurricane Ida’s unrelenting winds clocking more than 170 mph, Shane Luke questioned his decision to stay aboard his 38-foot shrimp boat in Bayou Grand Caillou. Outside the tiny Read More »

• Tasty skate is back on the menu

  Chatham fishermen, no longer catching cod, are coming into port loaded with skates, whose wings are prized by chefs for their mild, slightly sweet taste and Read More »
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  Obituary: Blake C. Painter

  Blake C. Painter was born in Astoria, Oregon, on Oct. 20, 1979, to Jeffrey and Marion (Ericksen) Painter. He left us far too soon on May Read More »