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  Watermen form Shore-wide caucus

  With the appointment of a well-known environmental leader to the top natural resources position in Annapolis, Eastern Shore watermen decided it’s time to gear up to Read More »
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  Coastal Job: Tuna Auction Manager

  I was born and raised in a fishing family. I was swimming before I could walk, and at a young age, I could say the scientific Read More »

• Dear Senator Warren,,,Captain Paul Cohan of Gloucester responds to the Senator’s op-ed

  Dear Senator Warren, I personally do not share your optimism about our individual, yet collective futures. Every day fishermen are sinking deeper into debt. Every day Read More »
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  Fishing Industry Icon Francis J. O’Hara, Sr., of Camden, Maine, has passed away

  Francis “Frank” Joseph O’Hara Sr., 91, died on August 3, 2023, at his home in Camden, Maine surrounded by his family. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on Read More »

• California city building ‘tsunami-resistant’ port

  Comment Sunken and damaged boats in the boat basin at Crescent City, Calif., after a powerful tsunami sent repeated surges that broke up docks and tore Read More »
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  3 Alaska trollers contemplate a summer without chinook

  Barring a stay, or a successful appeal, or other eleventh-hour legal action, there will be no troll fishery for king salmon in Southeast Alaska either this Read More »

• In Benton, dinner crowd says alewives are good eating

  The menu included locally smoked whole alewife and two varieties of alewife chowder and lobster, along with traditional sides such as corn, potatoes and rolls. It Read More »

• Abundant returns, sustained yields testify that Alaska Board of Fisheries isn’t broken

  Starting in 2014, and continuing into 2016, members of United Cook Inlet Drift Association (UCIDA), a commercial fishing organization, and two former employees of the Alaska Department of Fish Read More »

• Does California need a state crustacean? Jim Wood authors bill to urge Dungeness crabs

  A new bill introduced on Friday would designate Dungeness crab as California’s state crustacean. Introduced by Assemblymember Jim Wood with North Coast State Sen. Mike McGuire Read More »

• St. John’s hopes to salvage coast guard radio station

  Officials in St. John’s are calling on Ottawa to reconsider removing more coast guard resources from the city. The marine rescue sub-centre was shut down last Read More »
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  Nearly 30 years into the moratorium, Newfoundlanders look for ways to rebuild Cod

  Atlantic cod, the species better known by its population name, Northern cod, is the fish of choice for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. On a day spent handlining Read More »
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  Marine Stewardship Council Under Scrutiny Over Bycatch

  On Thursday, a coalition of environmental groups accused the world’s largest certification agency for sustainably sourced seafood of “allowing fisheries with widely unacceptable impacts to be Read More »

• Lobstermen Face Hypoxia in Outer Cape Waters

  Alex Iacono, a lobsterman who says he favors lobsters and ocean solitude over people, is worried about the future of his business. Iacono, who lives in Read More »

• Commercial Fishing Boat Runs Aground in Montauk

  A 55-foot commercial a commercial fishing dragger, the Miss Scarlett, based in New London, Conn., ran aground on the beach along Navy Road in Montauk at Read More »

• Arctic Commercial Fishing Deal Would Set a Precedent

  World Politics Review – Later this month, representatives from Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada and the United States will meet in Washington to discuss a possible accord Read More »

• Ottawa to temporarily suspend LIFO policy, shrimp fishery in Area 6 to be temporarily suspended

  A significant fisheries announcement is set to be made Tuesday that will see the “last in, first out” (LIFO) policy in the shrimp fishery temporarily suspended by Read More »
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  Britain and E.U. Reach Landmark Deal on Brexit – The fishing industry reacts

  Britain and the European Union struck a hard-fought trade agreement on Thursday, settling a bitter divorce that stretched over more than four years and setting the Read More »

• Commercial fisherman charged with slashing tires on trucks of other fishermen at town ramps – turf war erupts on Long Island

  RiverheadLOCAL – A 60-year-old Flanders man is charged with third-degree criminal mischief in connection with slashed tires on trucks belonging to local commercial fishermen, according to Read More »

• Flaws in Catch-Share System Frustrate Scallopers

  Every year, regulators set a maximum number of pounds of scallops the entire small-boat fleet is allowed to catch. Each vessel owns or leases a share Read More »

• Deadline is Feb. 5 to nominate to Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association board

  Officials of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association have issued a reminder of the Feb. 5 deadline for members interested in nominating themselves or someone Read More »

• Why are the Green Energy Projects pushed by the Enviro’s, kill wildlife and fish, Destroy Bio Diversity, and it’s acceptable to them?

  The Green Energy projects that the enviro’s push, wind farms that chop up bird’s, and are sited in the paths of migratory species, tidal power projects Read More »
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  Alcohol Consumption Involved in Deckhand Drowning

  The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released it’s report into the November 2017 death of a deckhand on the fishing vessel Illustris.  He had spent Read More »

• Fishermen say new restrictions unfairly overlook cod caught in lobster traps

  Emergency restrictions aimed at protecting plummeting cod stocks, set to go into effect Thursday in the Gulf of Maine, have some fishermen complaining that one group Read More »

• Mama’s Fish House is starting a new FAD making life easier for Maui’s fishermen ( a new series? Good Cook – Bad Cook?)

  The Maui News – Yes, it’s true. The iconic 40-year-old Mama’s Fish House in Kuau is starting a new FAD. That is, “fishing aggregate device,” to Read More »
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  ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’ – monster 6ft cod landed in seaside town

  A record-breaking monster cod has been snapped up by punters in a British seaside town. The humongous sea creature weighs a whopping 112lbs (51 kg) and Read More »