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• Togiak Herring Update: Herring Harvested Tuesday and Wednesday

  Fishermen participating in the ongoing Togiak sac-roe herring fishery have finally started harvesting herring. KDLG’s Mike Mason has this update. here  21:40 Read More »

• Political meddling, entitlement feed Cook Inlet fish wars

  While fishery managers on the Kenai Peninsula do their best to balance competing users, over the past several years, interest group from other regions of the Read More »

• Greater Grays Harbor Inc Supports Crude Oil Exports in Western Washington

  “Rail, oil and maritime shipping are three of the most substantially regulated industries in the nation and in our state,” Mike O’Dell, Vice Chair said. “We Read More »
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  June 7, 2019 – Small Mesh Trawl Squid Fishery Season Extension

  The Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has declared an extension to the season when trawlers may fish with small mesh for squid in Read More »

• Canadians take International Dory Races

  GLOUCESTER In recent years the dory rowers from Gloucester have been exceptionally difficult to beat on their home turf when it comes to the International Dory Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47’X 18′ NOVI LOBSTER GILLNETTER TUNA

  To review specifications, information, and 18 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< – 10:50 Read More »
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  BREAKING: Doomed captain was responsible for at-sea mishaps, possible assault

  The saga of a captain who appeared to be neither a proper master of his ships nor his own impulses is unfolding at a Coast Guard Read More »

• 107 lobster traps set in closed area seized, DFO investigation continuing

  There will be charges laid, but what the charges will be hasn’t been determined yet. On Monday, April 6, DFO seized 54 traps off of southwestern Read More »

• Lawsuit Filed to Save Four Southeast Fish From Extinction

  Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsui against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Human wellbeing is directly tied to the health of our waterways, so it’s Read More »
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  BP rig on Route to Offshore drill Nova Scotia: Are we the next Gulf Coast Disaster?

  Nova Scotians are expressing alarm at news that BP commissioned rig West Aquarius is now en route to drill offshore, despite not having final approval from Read More »
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  Editorial: Without ‘share the seas’ pact, Canada risks crab boycott

  We can’t wait until the boycott is unleashed, as Canada did with the Brigitte Bardot/Greenpeace-led boycott of seal products. Then it’s too late. Public opinion, once Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 15, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here for older updates click here 08:04 Read More »

• Federal rule could upend states’ shark fin bans.

  SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Several members of Congress representing coastal states are voicing concern about a proposed federal regulation that could pre-empt state bans on buying or selling shark Read More »

• Climate change and agricultural run-off top two threats identified in NSW marine threat report

  Climate change and agricultural run-off are listed as two of the biggest threats to the state’s marine waters listed in a new report. The Marine Estate Read More »

• Fisherynation Editorial – Jane (eliminator) Lubchenco’s Consolidation Porn Production. Paid for with your fish.

  So. I’m sittin’ here rackin’ my brain, just wondering, what beauracratic, moronic, opportunist would commission a group of dream team bean counters, with some financial hocus pocus wizards Read More »

• Senator Cantwell casts a net for fishing advice

  This is the culture of our state, this is about a way of life,” U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell told a packed house of about 30 Pacific Read More »
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  Fishing Vessel Nord-Fugloy: Seiner designed for northern Norwegian waters

  Norwegian shipbuilder Larsnes Mek Verksted recently delivered a new seiner to compatriot fishing company Camaro Fiskeriselskap. Named after a local island, Nord-Fugløy was built to a DNV-compliant Read More »

• Massachusetts lobstermen want to create in-state processing industry

  With two of the top five lobster ports in the state, the South Shore could see newly created jobs and increased income for its local fisherman Read More »

• South Carolina restricts flounder fishing in an effort to help the species recover

  Anyone fishing for flounder from a dock or pier can keep only 10 fish per day, down from a limit of 15 flounder per day, according Read More »

• Am. Samoa Governor Implores Obama Not To Expand Marine Monument

  PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Samoa News, Sept. 16, 2014) – To protect fishing grounds of the U.S. Pacific jurisdictions, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has urged Read More »

• The Maine Lobstermen’s Association seeks end to federal ban on discussions related to supply

  has asked the U.S. Department of Justice for relief from a 56-year-old restriction that limits the trade group’s ability to discuss management of the fishery. Read Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update February 2, 2014

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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  ‘15 minutes out mama’: The tragic story of Port Dover fisherman Michael Smith who drowned in Lake Erie

  Frigid water shushing against the hull, spray peppering windows, as the fish tug bores through Lake Erie, clouds breaking to reveal the pale, fleeting blue of Read More »

• Fishing crisis’ collateral damage – Fishing crisis devastating crews, families, too

  They don’t know what to do. It’s as simple as that. The rumble they hear, louder by the moment, is their world collapsing around them and Read More »

• Longline permits and alia fishing questions raised at Sanctuary meeting

  Local businessman Omar Shalhout raised the issue regarding longline permits and alia fishing during a public meeting hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) and Read More »