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  Drift fishermen hopeful for Wednesday’s Nushagak opener

  Fishermen faced blustery bouts of rain Tuesday at Dillingham’s small boat harbor, but that’s not dampening their enthusiasm for Wednesday’s commercial drift net opener in the Read More »
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  Offshore wind developers ante up at auction of leases near Block Island

  In what is sure to be seen as an affirmation of their industry’s prospects, a scrum of offshore wind developers is poised to pay an unprecedented Read More »

• Oregon crabbers struggle despite large harvest

  CHARLESTON — Three months in, feedback on the Oregon commercial Dungeness crab season is mixed. “Maybe it was a big-boat season,”’ Reeves said. “The big boats Read More »
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  20,030,171: final tally on Nushagak District banner year

  With final tally from fish tickets, Bristol Bay’s westside district officially reached a milestone most never thought possible. After Bristol Bay’s sockeye season winds down, the Read More »

• Accord Would Regulate Fishing in Arctic Waters

  Talks are scheduled for later this month among diplomats and fisheries officials from Norway, Denmark, Canada, the United States and Russia. Most concern is focused on Read More »

• SOS for shrimpers, processors alike – Fishermen may strike over price

  The relationships between buyer and seller can be quite tense, a phenomenon rooted not just in dollars but in emotions. There are sons of processers who Read More »
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  Grand Isle, Louisiana: Extensive damage to many boats in the fishing community, photos.

  Damage from Hurricane Ida is still being assessed after it made landfall on Sunday. The storm caused at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi, while thousands more Read More »
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  Maine lobstermen: The other endangered species?

  When President Biden signs the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill into law, Maine’s lobster industry will take a six-year step back from the brink thanks to the Read More »

• Groundfish: Council Signs off on Amendment 25; Prepares for December Final Action on Framework 69 Under Cod Phase 1

  The New England Fishery Management Council took final action on Amendment 25 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) when it met September 24-26, Read More »

• FishNet USA/Update – So how’s that “catch shares” revolution working out for groundfish?

  From Nils Stolpe – Alternating with original FishNet USA articles I will be going back to pieces I’ve written (for FishNet and other outlets) over the Read More »
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  Five rescued after fishing vessel Exploits Navigator sinks – Canadian Coast Guard credits EPIRB

  Early Thursday morning the Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services station in Port aux Basques received a distress call that the 40-foot fishing vessel Read More »

• Meet One of Canada’s Last Great Lakes Fishermen

  Fish purveyors Kendall Dewey and his wife Joanne do everything: fish, gut, filet, weigh, and package the fish that nearby restaurants like the Drake Devonshire can’t Read More »

• Fisherman Rescued from Capsized Boat off Santa Barbara Coast

  It was the early-morning hours of Thursday, November 2, and Santa Barbara–based fisherman Travis Meyer was asleep aboard his anchored 24-foot Privateer fishing boat Obsessed, which he Read More »

• Md. Oyster Population, Reproduction Up For Second Year

  BALTIMORE (AP/WJZ) — Maryland’s oyster population is continuing to rebound, with more oysters surviving diseases that have plagued the shellfish in the past and hindered Chesapeake Bay Read More »

• GET ON THE DAMNED BUS!

  Industry Members Urged to Attend Dec. 20 New England Council Meeting; Bus to Leave from New Bedford at 6:30am  December 17, 2012 — The Northeast Seafood Read More »
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  Bering Sea red king crab in high demand

  Gabriel Prout, owner of Alibi Seafoods and part-owner of the F/V Silver Spray, brought 175 king crab totaling 1,000 pounds to the docks last week, which Read More »
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  Drilling plan may not change much locally but still worries fishermen

  Last week the Trump administration proposed to drastically increase the amount of Alaska waters open for oil and gas leasing. Along with keeping Cook Inlet open, Read More »

• Working Waterfront: Are Morro Bay officials attempting to chip away at Measure D?

  In 1981, Morro Bay fishermen Joe Giannini and Ed Ewing crafted Measure D to protect the local fishing industry. The measure sets aside the waterfront lease Read More »
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  Would Biden bring offshore wind to the West Coast?

  Offshore wind supporters say Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden could be a deciding factor in a long-standing battle if he’s elected: bringing the first turbines to Read More »
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  Westerly councilors united in opposition to kelp farm, citing location, hazards

  United in a belief that an area in the waters just off Napatree Point is the wrong location for a proposed kelp farm, the Town Council Read More »
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  Did New Bedford police tell a fisherman to take down his ‘anti-windmill’ flag?

  According to local scalloper Russell Isabel, captain of the F/V Prowess, the Prowess started showing signs of an engine problem in the area of the New Read More »
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  Coast Guard investigating fishing fatality

  A fishing accident has once again claimed the life of a Stonington lobsterman. Authorities say Thomas Ciomei, 58, died Friday, June 2, after entering the water Read More »

• 75th annual Blessing of the Fleet: The last for some shrimpers

  Archbishop Thomas Rodi led the town in prayer for safety and fruition over the waters in Bayou La Batre. After the prayer, the Archbishop, the Blessing Read More »

• Government will review Supreme Court order on $250M Placentia Bay project: minister

  The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday overturned the provincial government’s decision to release a quarter-billion dollar salmon farming project in Placentia Bay from Read More »
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  Hartlepool fishermen fear for future after crab deaths

  Mass wash-ups were first reported in October with the government saying a natural algal bloom was to blame. Campaigners and fishermen disputed that and instead cited the Read More »