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  Crews hope to return pile of shrimp boats on Fort Myers Beach to water within 70 days

  “Boats that are all tangled up and the ones that we started on are the ones that are along the edges of the water,” Vice President Read More »

• Shrimp season in Mississippi to open on May 29

  Beginning at a tentative date of Wednesday at 6 a.m., shrimpers possessing the proper licensure or permits will be able to navigate state territorial waters in Read More »

• Fishermen file suit over salmon management

  United Cook Inlet Drift Association and Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund filed  suit in District of Columbia District Court Jan. 18 over the transfer of  salmon management Read More »
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  Electronic Monitoring: Who Gets to Use Our Oceans?

  Much of the current effort to create coordinated planning for use of our oceans started in 2010, when President Obama issued an executive order that called Read More »
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  SPECIAL REPORT: Winds of change – Developers grease the skids to ingratiate themselves and minimize negative reception

  Rural onshore windfarms have long been a subject of much debate, Windfarm developers have found that their financial contributions to local communities, like sports clubs, local Read More »

• Sam Parisi – Fishermen need a farm bill

  Over the past five years NOAA has imposed strict regulations on cod and other groundfish. Our fleet has gone from 200 vessels down to about 65. Read More »
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  Search Continues Today for Missing Steuben Lobsterman

  The Maine Marine Patrol will continue to search today for Tylar Michaud, 18 of Steuben, a commercial lobsterman who was reported missing Friday night at 5pm Read More »

• Letter to the Editor: Writer steamed about ‘commonly accepted methods’ for killing lobsters and other crustaceans

  This is in response to the article in the Jan. 7 Life section titled “It doesn’t get much fresher: A novice TL cook faces a lobster Read More »

• US pollock fleet faces reduced chinook salmon bycatch shutdown level

  US pollock catchers are set for more restrictive chinook salmon bycatch limits, after a unanimous vote on a motion during the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Read More »

• Possible Biscayne National Park fishing shutdown plans get public review Wednesday

  “Anybody who cares about fishing, recreational or commercial, in the Upper Keys should attend one of these meetings,” said Bill Kelly, executive director of the Florida Read More »

• Little hope in latest evaluations of codfish – NEFMC SSC Meeting, October 23-24, 2017, Live Streaming Information

  The completed operational assessments to help determine 2018-2020 groundfish quotas do not appear to be any more optimistic about the state of Gulf of Maine cod Read More »

• World Wildlife Fund warns planet could be out of fish by 2048

  If you’re eating fish just for the halibut, maybe it’s time to rethink your see-food habits. According to the latest World Wildlife Fund, our oceans are Read More »

• Crew safe after fishing boat stranded on Newfoundland’s south coast

  The Canadian Coast Guard confirmed Thursday morning that the crew of a fishing boat that ran aground off the coast of Fortune on Newfoundland’s south coast Read More »

• Coast Guard assists fishing vessel taking on water near Kodiak, Alaska

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lowers a dewatering pump to a fishing vessel 60 miles southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, Jan. 2, Read More »

• NOAA Expands Critical Habitat for Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

  Using new information not previously available, NMFS (read the Fed Reg) is expanding critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales to cover its northeast feeding areas Read More »

• Death traps lurk for fish in Southwest Florida waters

  Judy Ott and her crew spent Wednesday searching for one of the most efficient aquatic killers in Florida: lost and abandoned blue crab traps. [email protected] Read More »
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  France lets UK fishing trawler depart – Vessel reappears on licensed list amid claims of an admin error

  A director of a British fishing trawler that was impounded by French authorities in a row over post-Brexit fishing rights, said he was relieved the vessel Read More »

• Op-ed: E-mails continue a troubling practice on fisheries panel

  With a critical vote pending on a petition to limit shrimp trawling in state waters, a member of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission made no Read More »

• New Bedford: Frozen Fishing From a New England Port

  Mark Abraham, who has fished the New England coast for decades, kept a sharp eye on his catch as the slimy haddock spilled onto a dockside Read More »

• Solar energy and more: Seeking to improve energy efficiency, sustainability in the fishing fleet

  Through two provincially funded programs, Nova Scotia’s fishing fleet is becoming more energy efficient and sustainable. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Energy Efficiency Innovation Fund (FAEEIF) offers Read More »
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  Fishing Vessel Which Ran Aground off Dursey Island Yesterday Refloated and Drydocked in Casteltownbere

  A fishing vessel which ran aground off Dursey Island yesterday has been refloated and towed to Casteltownbere for drydocking and inspection. A major rescue operation was Read More »
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  Lawmakers give Maine lobster promoters key win

  A state lobster marketing group is likely to keep touting Maine’s most beloved seafood export in the wake of a key vote from a legislative committee. Read More »

• Morro Bay: Life on the wide, blue water – Bill Blue makes his living catching crab and cod out of Morro Bay

  Bill Blue has fished for 40 years out of Morro Bay, and his career is far from over. The 58-year-old Morro Bay resident and owner of Read More »

• Naval activity may contribute to porpoise strandings

  (Phys.org) —Sonar used by the navy may cause porpoises to get trapped in fishing nets and killed, according to a recent study. continued Read More »

• Pews Peter Baker, once again, pushes his agenda – No Refuge For Fish? Stressed Species Need Safe Habitat

  Overfishing and warming waters are combining to create a potent one-two punch that threatens significant harm to New England’s already beleaguered fish and fishermen. Fortunately, there Read More »