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• Filmmaker Helgeland drew on his New Bedford fishing past for ‘Finestkind’

  In a final scene of the film “Finestkind,” as the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge slowly pivots open, a father and son cross paths for what might be Read More »

• With Sadness: The passing of fishing vessel Captain Lars Sovik of Fairhaven, Ma

  Lars Sovik, 75, of Fairhaven died March 3, 2014 at home, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Read More »

• Three from Fish Radio

  This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Fish bucks benefit all Alaskan communities. I’ll tell you more after this – here This is Fish Radio. Read More »

• Greenpeace’s sustainability plan apparently includes a multi-million dollar yacht!

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  Hurricane Michael: Alaska bound factory trawler ripped from mooring, left lying on her side

  Hurricane Michael ripped an almost-finished Alaska factory trawler built for a Seattle company from a shipyard mooring in Panama City, Florida, and left it lying on Read More »

• Ottawa offers cash to develop seal products

  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Almost $500,000 is being spent by the federal and Newfoundland and Labrador governments to enable the Atlantic Seal Development Association to develop Read More »
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  Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael’s trial could have huge stakes

  Indicted fishing magnate Carlos Rafael controls nearly one-fifth of the harbor’s commercial fleet and had permits worth about $80 million last year, according to public records Read More »

• Commercial Fisherman Christopher E. Greco of Chatham, Ma. has passed away

    Christopher E. Greco 63, of Chatham, son of Fred Greco and Cora Stacy Greco, died suddenly and peacefully at his home on August 29. He Read More »
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  Amid crab industry labor shortage, Maryland Rep. Harris says approval of 15,000 guest worker visas ‘imminent’

  Federal immigration officials have agreed to approve 15,000 new guest worker visas for seasonal work, including in a Maryland crab industry grappling with a significant labor Read More »

• Letter: Token haddock gain can’t hide NOAA targets – Paul Cohan, Gloucester

  Those fish are just hush money for the big boys, as well as a PR talking point to convince the general public that NOAA is really Read More »

• Waters off B.C. coast awash in plastic particles, says head of new ocean pollution program (with video)

  Based on 34 water samples taken between inshore waters and 1,200 kilometres due west of Victoria, the concentrations of microplastics — pieces typically the size of Read More »

• Stricter lobster fishing rules scrapped after complaints from fishermen about harm to industry

  Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that Read More »
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  Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Corpus Christi, TX. August 20-23, 2018

  The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet August 20-23, 2018 at the Omni Corpus Christi hotel located at 900 N. Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Read More »
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  A Petition – Re examine the data of North Atlantic right whale entanglements and the Fishery closure

  Meredith Cooney started this petition to Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker and 4 others. Currently there is a 3.5 month Massachusetts state water lobster fishery closure. Commercial lobster fisherman  feel Read More »

• Tuna Clipper Sinks Venezuelan Trawler off the Galapagos

  A biologist has gone missing after a tuna clipper hit and sank a fishing trawler off the coast of the Galapagos, according to local media. On the Read More »
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  Graves seeks Federal Fishery Disaster Determination for Louisiana

  U.S. Rep. Garret Graves recently urged the Biden Administration to declare a Fishery Disaster Determination that would provide targeted relief to one of Louisiana’s most impacted Read More »
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  1979: NBC 10 reported on oil platforms drilling offshore New England

  The Texas Towers radar platforms that were the subject of our special broadcast in the 1960s were gone by 1964. In the next two decades, they Read More »
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  P.E.I. harbours damaged by Fiona being readied for spring lobster season

  At Red Head Harbour near Morell, about 75 per cent of the harbour’s infrastructure was damaged by the late September wind and waves from Fiona, and Read More »

• Judge orders Oregon hatchery to release fewer fish

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A judge has ordered federal fish managers in Oregon to release fewer young salmon into the Sandy River this year to ensure Read More »
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  ‘Waves of tears’

  When Angie Chase got the phone call that a fishing boat had flipped near the Tillamook coast, she “just knew.” Todd Chase was on the fishing Read More »
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  Fishermen ready for start of crab season amid price, start date uncertainty

  “I’ve been crab fishing since I graduated from high school in 2007,” said Robert Mirante. “This is my fifth season running a boat as an owner-operator.” Read More »
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  PWS Seine fleet reacts to low prices

  Halfway through the Prince William Sound seine season, captains and crew are reacting to a dramatic drop in pink and chum salmon prices. The price updates Read More »

• ITQ’s: Changes to salmon fishery causing concern among Prince Rupert fishermen

  Prince Rupert’s United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union (UFAWU) representative is concerned with changes the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is considering to the BC Read More »

• Chef Keith Rhodes resigns from N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission after flounder fracas

  A prominent local chef has resigned from a state fisheries commission after a vote on flounder fishing restrictions that drew angry debate and social media comments. Read More »
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  Expedition breaks new ground in the lives of Pacific salmon

  Fisheries scientists have estimated for the first time that 54.5 million Pacific salmon are living in the Gulf of Alaska — providing a valuable new tool Read More »