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• Catfish on Craigslist: Man’s arrest protects public health, DNR says

  A Grand Rapids man was recently arrested for attempting to sell 14 catfish caught in the Kalamazoo River to undercover members of the Wildlife Resources Protection Read More »

• Regulation prohibits fishing for first-pulse kings on lower Yukon River

  FAIRBANKS — There will be no question whether subsistence fishermen on the Yukon River will be able to fish for early-run king salmon this summer. In Read More »
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  Carving up the Bureaucracy – MPI dismantling received positively by Nelson fishing industry

  The announcement of a dedicated fisheries portfolio by the new Labour-led government has local fishing representatives hooked. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this week the primary industries mega-ministry would Read More »

• Japan: Population of Fishermen Hit by Earthquake, Aging

  Of the 89,485 privately managed fishery businesses in the country, only 14,811, or 17%, say they have someone who can be a successor in the trade, Read More »
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  Fine, flat calm #FishyFriday in Newlyn.

  Fine start to the final day of the week and with a big spring tide the netting fleet are all in port waiting for the next Read More »

• Belhaven Fisherman helps Navy pilot who crashed off Va. Beach

  The constant “buzzing” of a fighter jet overhead Wednesday afternoon likely alerted Bryan Daniels that something wasn’t right. Navy fighter jets are a common sight for Read More »

• MH370 10 years on: Should the search for the doomed flight continue?

  Pressure is mounting on the Australian government to launch a new search for missing plane MH370, as the families of those on board the Boeing 777 Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 2008 36′ Calvin Beal Lobster/Tuna

  To review specifications, information, video, and 57 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:59 Read More »

• B.C. stream watchers link ‘unprecedented’ coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought

  John Barker has been volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society for more than 20 years and says he’s never seen anything like it, dozens of Read More »
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  Local boat looks to Unalaska’s youth in hopes of revitalizing island’s fishery

  “I was 25 years old in Corvallis, Oregon visiting a friend,” Dickerson said. “And this guy from Alaska came over and started telling these incredible stories. Read More »

• Texas men accused of fishing violations in Cameron Parish, La.

  According to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, on Sept. 20, agents arrested 21-year-old Jireh A. Slaughter and 20-year-old Tevvin T. Jones, Read More »
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  Fight over America’s Finest vessel part of bigger processor battle

  The mothershippers are fighting with the groundfish shoreplants in a politicized Bering Sea commercial fishing tussle reaching all the way to Washington, D.C. The battle over Read More »

• REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED – North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission DUMPS bid for trawler ban in sounds

  The Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Raleigh on Thursday unanimously dumped a petition seeking rules declaring most internal coastal waters as seafood nursery areas off limits Read More »

• NPFMC tightens Southcentral charter halibut allocation for 2016

  The level of legally harvestable halibut in the North Pacific has dropped for a decade, and though biologists think the biomass has stabilized, downsized fishermen continue Read More »
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  Exploding seal population must be addressed

  They say a picture is worth a thousand words here are just a few pictures taken by some people who live near or are always on Read More »

• Survey may eventually help NOAA’s reputation

  Thanks to NOAA Fisheries, two New England trawlers have something to do this summer instead of being tied up at the dock because there’s no fishing Read More »

• Oregon commission reviews impact of Former Governor Kitzhaber fishery harvest reform plan

  The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission at its March meeting reviewed fishery harvest reforms on the Columbia River that effectively remove commercial gillnetters from the mainstem Read More »

• Poor Joe. Bought Poached Oyster from a thief, now the fallen fishmonger fights to keep license

  Joseph Murray says his friend made a terrible mistake,,,Joseph Vaudo, owner of Joe’s Lobster Mart in Sandwich. Vaudo, 63, pleaded guilty in March to receiving stolen Read More »
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  Interview: ‘Wicked Tuna’ star Dave Marciano talks misconceptions about fishermen

  “Wicked Tuna” star Captain Dave Marciano has been in the fishing business for over 30 years… “The series gives viewers an in-depth look at the intense Read More »

• Three Men Charged with Illegal Fishing Causing Environmental Damage and Threatening Industry

  .DA Rice said that on March 11 and 12, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police Department witnessed Ferraro unloading baby Surf Clams from Read More »
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  The Salmon Wars in the Pacific Northwest: Banning the Rough Customer

  This week in Olympia, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 5617 to ban nontribal gillnetting in Washington state. The legislation would Read More »

• Kenai Peninsula hopes to host Board of Fisheries meetings

  Municipalities across the Kenai Peninsula are slated to consider asking the Alaska Board of Fisheries hold the 2017 Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meetings on the Kenai Read More »

• SHRIMP GUTTED: “It’s going to be very tough on a lot of people.”

  A decision by Ottawa to cut into the total allowable catch (TAC) for Shrimp Fishing Area 6 drew swift response on Friday, with “disappointing” being a Read More »

• Limits have Maui and Lanai fishing communities worried about ‘cultural rights’

  A meeting organized by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources attracted about 100 people Wednesday night at Maui Waena Intermediate School. The changes propose bag Read More »

• Charleston’s maritime history – The mosquito fleet

  They were among the best watermen in Charleston’s maritime history, their small boats a familiar and beloved sight as they sailed out each morning and returned Read More »