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  Zeldin: The tide must turn for New York fishermen

  In a district nearly completely surrounded by water, our waterways are our way of life, supporting tens of billion of dollars in economic activity per year. Read More »

• Star editorial: Stopping Asian carp

  The latest news about Asian carp isn’t good. In fact, it’s alarming. According to a report from the U.S. Geological Survey, the invasive and destructive fish Read More »
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  Coronavirus Slam California’s Commercial Fishermen, Including In San Diego

  The true economic impact of the novel coronavirus is a long way from being determined, but it has likely already affected every industry in San Diego,  Read More »
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  Historical photo: Hefty halibut – JUNEAU EMPIRE

  William R. Norton,Alaska State Library Historical Collections,ASL-PCA-226 Two men pose with a a 300-pound halibut on the Juneau docks on Dec. 20, 1910. During this time, fishermen Read More »

• Working the on the fishing boat in the chilly Gulf waters will test a man! – Video (yer kidding, right?)

   MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. – Working as a fisherman at sea is made even more challenging by the lingering cold air that has clamped down on the Read More »

• Tarr Senate bill targets seafood marketing

  BOSTON – State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, renewing his call to confront “serious threats to the survival of the groundfish industry in Massachusetts,” has filed Read More »

• Coast Guard terminates fishing vessel Donna Jean voyage near Kake, Alaska

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon terminated the voyage of the fishing vessel Donna Jean near Kake after discovering several safety issues Read More »

• Environmentalists sue Navy – Earthjustice? Environmentalists??

  SAN DIEGO (AP) – Environmental organizations have added the Navy to their lawsuit against the federal government that seeks more measures to protect whales and other Read More »
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  Tensions running high on the water over First Nations lobster fishery

  Strong westerly winds kept the four Cape Islanders behind the Pictou Landing wharf’s breakwater on Tuesday. “We’re not trying to hide anything,” said Zack Nicholas, who Read More »

• Clam Boats Test Paperless Reporting – eClams (Electronic Clam Logbook and Account Management Software)

  NEFSC cooperative research and data management staff are offering to install equipment on commercial fishing vessels for electronic trip reporting in the surfclam and ocean quahog Read More »

• Mass. fishermen feel strain of new regulations – video

  Dennis Robillard has been fishing out of Gloucester for 25 years. He tells  FOX 25 the new limit puts him out of the cod business. He has Read More »

• Mine project threatens Bristol Bay salmon fishery: EPA report

  The great fishery in Alaska’s Bristol Bay should beware diggers of open pit gold mines,  erectors of 685-foot-high tailings dams and builders of haul roads that cross Read More »
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  Spiny dogfish eat small Atlantic codfish! DNA may provide some answers

  Conventional observations show that spiny dogfish in the western North Atlantic rarely eat Atlantic cod. However, some believe the rebuilding dogfish populations are limiting depleted cod Read More »

• Midcoast man again charged with violating Maine’s baby eel fishing laws

  A Waldoboro man who nine years ago was convicted of tax evasion and underreporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in eel fishing income has been charged Read More »
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  ‘Huge disaster’: Historically weak pink salmon runs strain Alaska’s seine fishermen

  Expectations were low this year for the pink salmon runs that power Prince William Sound’s commercial fishing industry. But no one expected them to be as bad Read More »
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  The Halibut Hook Revival – An ingenious Indigenous fishing technology with spiritual significance

  Jonathan Rowan lowers his handmade wooden halibut hook into the tranquil early-morning water off Klawock, Alaska, and urges it to go down and fight: “Weidei yei Read More »
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  Ukraine Selling ‘Russian Warship, Go F*** Yourself’ Stamp

  Ukraine’s national postal service Ukrposhta said it had been hit by a cyberattack on Friday after sales of a postage stamp depicting a Ukrainian soldier making Read More »

• The Role of Oceans (and Overfishing) in Climate Change

  To understand how/why NOAA/NMFS are destroying our fishing industry, you need to look to the UN and the ENGO’s that control it’s agenda. That is why Read More »
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  Sympathy to new state Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife director

  Dear Mr. Kelly Susewind, Allow me to express my deepest sympathy. .,, You said it was an honor to serve the people of the state of Washington. Read More »
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  Shipwrecked in storm, retired fisherman gets unexpected rescue in Southeast Alaska

  When a retired Southeast Alaska fisherman found himself adrift after his boat suddenly sank in a storm, he didn’t expect to be rescued. But a gadget Read More »
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  Will Morro Bay wind farms be the demise of Port San Luis?

  I heard about the proposed Morro Bay Offshore Wind Farm awhile back but didn’t really think too much about it. But now I understand there is Read More »

• D.B. Pleschner: Pacific Sardines are not collapsing, may be in recovery

  On April 10, the Pacific Fishery Management Council closed the West Coast sardine fishery for a second straight year. The council followed its ultra-conservative harvest control Read More »
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  N.L. snow crab sales to Japan displaced by Russia

  While many countries are imposing sanctions on Russia as a result of the war in Ukraine, Japan is taking advantage of low Russian snow crab prices. Read More »

• Outgoing fishing leader warns of challenges facing local fleet

  The outgoing head of the Jersey Fishermen’s Association has laid bare the sobering reality of the challenges facing the fleet – as he looks back on Read More »
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  Fishermen air concerns about Vineyard Wind

  Looking to create a sea change in energy production in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker signed “An Act to Promote Energy Diversity” with overwhelming bipartisan support in Read More »