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• Epic 1888 cruise of the USS Albatross netted details of pioneer fishermen

  The 1887 to 1889 cruise of the USS Albatross all along the mainland West Coast would have been an awe-inspiring adventure for anyone interested in American Read More »
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  Fire it up! Can Lobsters Get High? A team of scientists tested one restaurateur’s theory

  A team of scientists at the University of California San Diego have written a paper in pre-print (meaning the work has not been published or peer reviewed Read More »

• Crossing the bar – Dennis J. “Bones” Huntley, August 13, 1955 – September 9, 2015

  Dennis J. Huntley “Bones”,60, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Born in Wakefield, he was the son of the late Richard and Gertrude (Pelchat) Huntley. Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, January 4, 2015

  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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  Clam War – Claims Over Shellfish Fuel a Battle in the Bay

  The bounteous shellfish here in this hamlet on the North Shore of Long Island are so iconic, they were extolled by Cole Porter in his song Read More »

• A.F. Theriault delivers new dragger – F/V Nanny Bessie built for W.M. Schrader Fisheries of Larry’s River

  A. F. Theriault & Son Ltd. has delivered a new fish dragger, the Nanny Bessie, built for W.M. Schrader Fisheries of Larry’s River. The vessel measures 63 Read More »

• Cape Cod – Seal control measures suggested – 200,000 or more of them sitting on our shores

  With many fishermen complaining about the scourge of seals for decades and the recent phenomenon of great white sharks arriving to nosh on the blubbery – Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ Dixon Tuna/Longliner, 1000HP, CAT C18

  PRICE REDUCED!! Specifications, information and 26 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here Read More »
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  Wrong man in prison for 2009 murder?

  Only two people know what really happened on the July 2009 night when 52-year-old fisherman John Adkins was murdered at the Port of Ilwaco. His deckhand Read More »

• From the Deckboss

  Wild!, In case you care, We want in, and as always, read the comments here Read More »

• One important element of RFM is “catch shares”

  I’ve identified a webpage at the “Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation” that is evidence of how the NGO’s used the UN and their own puppets at NOAA/NMFS, to Read More »
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  Frustration grows as captain still missing, boat still submerged in Okanagan Lake

  It’s been more than three days and there is still no sign of Travis Van Hill, whose shrimp boat capsized on Okanagan Lake during a storm Read More »

• Management challenge: ‘fish wars’ escalate as king productivity ebbs

  This is the seventh in the Morris Communications series, “The case for conserving the Kenai king salmon.” Previous stories may be found at www.peninsulaclarion.com. It’s a Read More »

• Bryan Schroder, U.S. Attorney for Alaska, and the case of the missing fisherman

  Bryan Schroder, a veteran federal prosecutor in Alaska, was nominated Friday by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska. Schroder Read More »
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  It’s four years since the Brexit vote. Now what?

  On the 4th anniversary of Britain’s historic vote, Megan Revell explains where things stand with Brexit. At the time, Boris Johnson stressed there was no rush Read More »

• To aid fishermen, SMAST professor develops trawl that won’t catch some fish

  Not catching fish is more complicated than catching them these days, but UMass Dartmouth Professor Pinnguo He is hoping to change that with new gear he Read More »

• The story of the Gaul trawler tragedy, 50 years on

  On January 22, 1974, the Gaul – a deep sea factory ship designed for long trips – set sail from Hull for Norwegian fishing grounds. At Read More »

• You’ll wish you’d met this Alaskan fishing captain after reading his obit

  Today, I have come across the greatest obituary ever written. And Lord knows I wished I had met this guy. You’ll probably feel the same way. Read More »

• Small town fisherman harpooned on federal charges for catch that’s legal in other states: lawyer

  The 63-year-old captain of a Montauk, New York, fishing trawler has been convicted of federal conspiracy and fraud charges for violating local fishing rules that his Read More »

• Story off base in characterization of Alaska fisheries board appointee

  I have concerns about the recent article of Feb. 4 in the Alaska Dispatch News, “Did Alaska Fish Board appointee really discover an endangered species?” I am Professor Read More »

• Red Snapper: management of a public resource gone completely haywire. And we’re paying to have this done to us.

  It’s important to note here that the total allowable take isn’t based solely on the feds’ vague guesswork on the number of landings. No, they add Read More »

• Seafood groups pick up $5.9M tab for ADF&G hatchery salmon research

  Processors and seven hatcheries have agreed to pony up millions to keep an Alaska Department of Fish and Game research project going. Pacific Seafood Processors Association Read More »

• Cape Winds Massachusetts Renewable Energy Circus – local news media lacks any kind of investigative journalism.

  In 2010 Governor Deval Patrick announced the building of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal costing 35 million. The terminal is being built as an ocean Read More »
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  Kauai Fishermen Bring Deep-Sea Shrimp Back to the Dinner Table

  Hawaii’s sweeping variety of seafood is the stuff of greatness. But consumers know some local seafood is hard to come by. A Kauai-based vessel is now Read More »

• Watch Out! Here They Come. Nor’easter Men from the History Channel – Oct 4 – 9pm

  NOR’EASTER MEN OCT 4 | 9, 10, & 11PM! From the quaint and rough-and-tumble seaside towns of Gloucester, MA and Portland, ME, come the daring men Read More »