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• The federal government is assuming management of salmon fishing in parts of Alaska’s Cook Inlet

  Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, according to Read More »
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  Coast Guard finds empty boat used by missing 18-year-old lobsterman

  The U.S. Coast Guard has found the empty boat of a missing 18-year-old lobster fisherman. Tylar Michaud of Steuben went out on his lobster boat Friday morning, Read More »

• Campbell River fisherman feeds fish to those less fortunate

  Joshua Duncan can’t stand seeing people go hungry when there are so many extra fish. On Saturday, Aug. 23, the Campbell River fisherman donated 500 sockeye Read More »
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  Special report: Pebble, and the reality of life in the region for those without commercial fishing permits

  Pebble Mine is a story of Alaskans and Native peoples being prohibited from using their natural resources. The mine is of tremendous significance to the Alaska Read More »

• Tradex: Rising Black Cod and Halibut Prices; Big Changes Ahead for EU Labelling Laws

  Published on Oct 27, 2014 All sizes of Halibut as well as Halibut fletches are seeing price inflation, including the smaller sizes. Earlier this year we Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 84′ Steel Raised Foc’sle Stern Trawler w/ Permits, 560HP, CAT D-379 Diesel

  Specifications, and information and 11 photos of the vessel, click here  To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:40 Read More »
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  America’s scallop harvest projected to decline again in 2022

  The decline in scallops is happening as prices for the shellfish, one of the most lucrative seafoods in America, has increased amid inflation and fluctuations in Read More »

• ASMFC Spring Meeting – May 4-7, 2015 Alexandria, Virginia

  Board/Section meeting proceedings will be broadcast daily via webinar beginning at 12:45 PM on May 4th, continuing daily until the conclusion of the meeting (expected to Read More »

• Fisherman scoops up $100 million pearl — but keeps it under the bed for 10 years

  A fisherman in the Philippines is happy as a clam after discovering that a mammoth pearl he stashed away for 10 years under his bed is Read More »
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  Halibut fishery kicks off in Bristol Bay

  Last week the F/V Eagle Two was sitting alone in the Dillingham harbor, getting ready to fish halibut. The harbor has not been dredged yet, and Read More »

• Video release: Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 46 mariners 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska

  Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews, along with good Samaritans, rescue 46 crew members from life rafts after they abandoned ship approximately 690 miles west of Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 31, 2022

  Over the last few weeks, we’ve been taking a close look at a few, of the many, false claims, regarding the management of the southern flounder Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Sitka Herring prices could hurt the haul. Sitka’s Seiners Deliver Big, But at What Price?

  As of Friday Sitka’s sac roe herring fishery  had just under 3 thousand tons left to deliver. Seiners have had no problem catching the nice 16,000 Read More »

• 3-Minute Market Insight: What Happened to the Coho Salmon Market?

  Coho Salmon prices have plummeted over the past year for wild caught Coho’s out of Alaska. So what happened to the Coho Salmon market? Ken Radcliff Read More »

• New Brunswick judge stays charges against Indigenous lobster fisherman

  A judge in northern New Brunswick granted a stay of proceedings Thursday in the trial of an Indigenous lobster fisherman who recently launched a constitutional challenge Read More »
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  More than $200K raised for families of fishermen lost aboard the F/V Chief William Saulis

  More than $200,000 have been raised to provide monetary donations to the families of the fishers who went missing off the coast of Delaps Cove, N.S., according to Read More »
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  Licence fee reduction among government’s lobster support

  The state government is set to provide relief to the state’s commercial rock lobster industry including a 50 per cent reduction in licence fees and an Read More »

• North Carolina DMF treading water on JEA, waiting for approval from top government officials

  The state budget, echoing a directive from the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, gave Dr. Louis Daniel, NCDMF’s executive director, the authority to enter into an Joint Read More »
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  Fishing mogul Carlos Rafael pleads guilty, will be sentenced in June

  Carlos Rafael pleaded guilty to charges of falsifying fish quotas, tax evasion and conspiracy in U.S. District Court in Boston Thursday. The U.S. attorney recommended 46 Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 8, 2013

  “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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  NIOSH: Work-Related Deaths in Alaska Remain High After 15 Years

  NIOSH investigators reviewed work-related deaths from 2004 to 2018 as recorded in the Alaska Occupational Injury Surveillance System, which tracks workplace deaths and injuries, and found Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna’ fisherman Paul Hebert pleads not guilty to fraud

  A Gloucester fisherman featured on the reality show “Wicked Tuna” pleaded not guilty Monday in Vermont to federal fraud charges that he collected government benefits while Read More »

• DMR permanently revokes licenses of Swan’s Island fisherman

  For the first time ever, a commercial fisherman in Maine has had all his licenses to fish permanently revoked, according to state officials. Citing Lucas Lemoine’s Read More »
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  The world’s finest salmon season is now under way

  Today officially inaugurates Alaska’s summer salmon season with the opening of the first Copper River salmon fishing period of the 2021 season. Beginning at 7 am, Read More »

• State cops, NOAA nab Gloucester seafood haulers for violations

  Massachusetts State Police, Environmental Police and NOAA Fisheries law enforcement, said they found 17 violations and took two trucks out of service Wednesday in a surprise Read More »