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• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Wesmac Gillnetter/Lobster, 585HP, 6 Cylinder CAT

  Specifications, information and 16 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:13 Read More »
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  Kodiak fishermen gearing up for biggest tanner crab season in decades

  Kodiak’s tanner crab fishery opens on Sunday, Jan. 15 and it’s a whopper – this year’s harvest levels are the biggest they’ve been in nearly 40 Read More »

• USCG suspends search for man who fell overboard from fishing vessel 80 miles off Sanibel Island

  The United States Coast Guard has suspended a search for a man who fell off a fishing vessel 80 miles off Sanibel Island, Saturday, pending new Read More »

• The Real “Seafood Fraud” Mislabelin​g Miscreants

  What is this “mislabeling” and “seafood fraud” scuffle all about these days? Why, you might ask, is Oceana suddenly so concerned about “truth in packaging” for Read More »
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  The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

  Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) complete an impressive feat. From the spawning grounds in the Sea of Japan where they were Read More »

• Sixteen Mainers Win a Chance to Enter Lucrative Elver Fishery

  The Maine Department of Marine Resources has awarded the right to apply for an elver license to sixteen Mainers who were among more than 4,500 who Read More »

• Volunteers will be dishing out some free surplus salmon from Michigan DNR weirs.

  American Canadian Fisheries and area veterans groups we will be distributing fish to the general public at several locations throughout northern Michigan.  The cost of distributing the Read More »

• Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: NOAA fishing report just shows tip of economic iceberg

  Yes, the numbers are grim. The latest NOAA annual report on the Northeast groundfishery shows that landings were down by 24.9 percent across the region, while Read More »
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  California could have avoided salmon season shutdown. Did we learn nothing last time? by Sarah Bates

  I fish salmon commercially from Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge from my boat, where Chinook have passed for millions Read More »
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  More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial

  Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges Read More »

• Food Source for Whales, Seals and Penguins at Risk: Warming Antarctic Seas Likely to Impact On Krill Habitats

  Krill are known to be sensitive to sea temperature, especially in the areas where they grow as adults. This has prompted scientists to try to understand Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Bristol Bay reds already 10 million over forecast, other AK fisheries updates

  Bristol Bay continues to have one million or more red salmon days and the catch total continues to climb. The sockeye take was at 27 million, Read More »

• Gulf Fishermen Sue Feds Over Red Snapper Quota Rule

  In anticipation of clawing back red snapper quotas from Gulf Coast commercial fishers, feds have “frozen” red snapper fishing altogether, a group of fishermen claim in Read More »
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  F/V Darana R Hosts NOAA Fisheries Scientists During Fall Survey

  A dozen scientists and staff members from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center visited the 90-foot F/V Darana R in Point Judith, Rhode Island on October 3. Read More »
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  Our View: Lobster gear changes not yet warranted

  A plan to drastically reduce the amount of fishing line in the waters off Maine has lobstermen up and down the coast worried about their future. Read More »
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  Maine Scallop fishermen stay close to home

  Scallop divers might have been feeling optimistic, due to a steady increase in landings in recent years, when the fishery started for the winter season on Read More »

• BOEM Extends Comment Period for Information Request on Next Five Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program

  The June publication of the RFI began a 45-day comment period. With the extension, BOEM will accept comments until August 15. Substantial public involvement and extensive Read More »

• New England’s live lobster prices set to fall to seasonal lows as new shell product hits market

  Live American lobster prices out of New England are poised to fall sharply this summer–albeit a bit little later this year compared to recent seasons–as new Read More »

• Connecticut: Stonington Fishermen look to Sen. Blumenthal for change

  Gambardella Wholesale Seafood used to unload boats every day at the Stonington Pier but now they are lucky if they see two boats a week pull Read More »

• “The Deadly Winch.” A Kit to Prevent Injuries and Fatalities On Deck.

  Yet another Fisherman’s limb was nearly ripped off by one of the deadliest pieces of equipment on deck.  Last week in Kodiak a man’s leg was Read More »

• SMAST independence shouldn’t be the one that got away – Steve Urbon

  Rothschild, you see, is a frequent critic of NOAA’s scienitfic methods. And while NOAA and environmental groups have given SMAST some grants, there is a fear that too Read More »

• Court case highlights conflict between fishermen and marine mammals

  A Cape May County tuna fisherman is fighting federal charges of shooting a pilot whale that was feeding on his boat’s catch. Daniel Archibald denies the Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Sampson Lobster boat, 300HP, 6 Cylinder Cummins – Price Reduced!

  Specifications, information and 35 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:59 Read More »
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  After months of lobster industry losses, things may finally be taking a turn for the better

  “We’ve come through the pandemic and it’s been challenging for everyone, to say the least,” says Geoff Irvine, Executive Director of The Lobster Council of Canada. This Read More »

• “microplastic” pollution in the Great Lakes

  Also, while it’s unknown where the ocean plastic came from, microscopic examination of Great Lakes samples has produced a smoking gun: many particles are perfectly round Read More »