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  Spousal Relief Fund For Genny

  This fund has been set up for my mother, Genny Pavan. We are currently trying to raise any money we can for her during this difficult Read More »

• Newfoundland fisherman drowns after falling from boat

  The Mounties say officers were called to the Bonavista area on Saturday after reports that a man had fallen from a boat while fishing for cod. Read More »

• Date set for rockfish lawsuit hearing – To my Alaska Connection – ABOLISH CATCH SHARES NOW!

  U.S. District Court judge Marsha Pechman has announced that a long-awaited hearing on the fate of the new Kodiak rockfish catch share plan will take place Read More »

• BP Partner Anadarko E-Mails Seen Showing Role in Doomed Well

  Anadarko Petroleum Corp. officials urged BP Plc to drill deeper into the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history Read More »
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  Best Diesel Marine Engines

  It’s difficult to even quantify the importance of a reliable marine diesel engine. Sport-fishing/commercial fishing boats around the world simply wouldn’t have the legs to do Read More »

• Guernsey fishermen banned from EU and UK waters

  The Fisheries Management Agreement means all commercial fishing within the Bailiwick’s 12 nautical miles (nm) has to be licensed. It also means Bailiwick vessels need licences Read More »
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  Drilling fluid spill from Hibernia platform shuts down production

  Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore regulatory board is reporting a spill of drilling and production fluid from the Hibernia platform during well operations on Sunday, leading to an Read More »

• Don Young seeks to unwind ‘Alaska Model’ for fisheries in Magnuson-Stevens Act

  Our lone congressman, Don Young, recently introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize our federal fisheries management law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The law Read More »

• Study of bigeye tuna in Northwest Atlantic uses new tracking methods

  A first-of-its-kind study of bigeye tuna movements in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean led by Molly Lutcavage, director of the Large Pelagics Research Center at the University Read More »

• Inland Fisheries: Lake Huron Commercial fishery moves to Harbor Beach coastal waters

  We believe that there is a substantial and exploitable population of lake whitefish out there,” said DNR fisheries biologist Jim Baker. “The Canadians have been taking Read More »
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  Three oyster bays closed may have a strong impact on the oyster industry

  Texas Parks and Wildlife Commissioners have voted to permanently close three bays to oyster fishing, and the closures have many Texas oystermen worried about what this Read More »

• A slow news day, Screwed up Menu, and 2 job postings on the Bluenose II, or III or whatever they call her

  I’m digging, guy’s, but it’s slow digging for fish news. I’ll dredge some up. I always scrape something up. The menu on the blue portion of Read More »

• Day 4 NPFMC Meeting – October 2 – 8 – Listen Live

  Link to the Agenda here   To listen live while the meeting is in session Link here 11:43 Read More »
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  What’s going to have two claws and a hard shell? Shippagan’s new roadside attraction

  Shediac has the giant lobster. Campbellton has the giant salmon. You can see giant fiddleheads in Plaster Rock and a giant cow and calf in Sussex. Read More »
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  Stephen C. Dexter – Being a self employed fisherman was the finest kind to him.

  We sadly lost a valuable member of the community on the evening of August 24, 2020 when Stephen C. Dexter, 70, favorably known as “Critter”, passed Read More »
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  Major sea rescue operation 60 miles off West Cork after trawler with 11-crew caught fire

  A multi-agency marine rescue operation has been underway off the Cork Coast after a trawler with 11-crewmembers on board caught fire and began sinking earlier this Read More »

• Bahamas search finds life ring but no other sign of El Faro

  An intensive search by U.S. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft has turned up a life ring but no other sign of a cargo ship with 33 Read More »

• Bills seek to modify fishing-vessel safety law

  Congress is working on changes to a significant part of 2010 legislation that sought to improve the safety of new fishing vessels. The Senate bill would require Read More »

• FDA tests confirm hepatitis A in scallops imported from Philippines likely source of outbreak of virus in Hawaii

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration tests found hepatitis A in scallops from the Philippines, which have been identified as the likely source of an outbreak of Read More »

• Grants available for municipal and regional projects in coastal communities

  The Department of Marine Resources’ Maine Coastal Program (MCP) and the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Municipal Planning Assistance Program (MPAP) are seeking applications for Read More »

• GDT Editorial: A deserving ‘fishermen’s friend’ – Angela Sanfilippo “a tireless crusader”

  Each year, the New Bedford-based Offshore Mariners’ Wives Association presents perhaps New England’s most prestigious award honoring those who have contributed to the fishing industry across Read More »

• Maine – Fishing surveillance bill amended

  A bill that would authorize the Department of Marine Resources to conduct surreptitious electronic surveillance of lobster boats drew mixed reviews at a hearing by the Read More »
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  Diesel prices and post-Brexit quotas add to fishermen’s woes

  Each time West Cork fisherman Daniel Healy sets out to sea, he wonders whether it’s worth his time. Soaring diesel prices, he said, are putting his Read More »

• 2013 Gloucester Fishermens Memorial Service, Photos from Anthony Marks

  Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial (also known as: “Man at the Wheel” statue or “Fishermen’s Memorial Cenotaph”) is an historic memorial cenotaph sculpture on South Stacy Boulevard, near entrance of Read More »

• Belford Seafood Co-op struggles to stay afloat following damaging fire

  The general manager of the Belford Seafood Co-op says the business is doing all that it can to stay open following a fire that destroyed the Read More »