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  British Columbia: Steveston-based fisher says industry faces uncertain future amid Coronavirus

  Some B.C. fishers may be forced out of the industry if they aren’t able to earn enough income this year, according to Steveston-based fisherman Justin Taylor. Read More »

• COUNTERPOINT: Who’ll police fish farms? – Kathaleen Milan, Sable River

  In Lunenburg on Monday, Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Colwell announced that aquaculture regulations have gone from two pages to 60. While much has been added, Read More »
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  SEA-NL questions results of fish pricing review when skippers weren’t involved; study wasn’t broad enough

  Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador questions the legitimacy of the review of the province’s broken fish price-setting system when the consultant didn’t consult inshore Read More »
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  Obituary: Alaska – Commercial Fisherman Larry Miller

  On Friday, April 16, Larry Miller, loving brother, uncle and friend passed away at his home. He was 66 years old. Larry was born in North Read More »
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  Update: Coast Guard, agencies continue search for person in the water in Mobile Bay, additional details

  The Coast Guard and local agencies are continuing their search for a person in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Friday. Of the three mariners reportedly Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for July 3, 2015

  11:30 AM (5 minutes ago) Click to read the Weekly Update for July s, 2015 as a PDF To read all the updates, click here 11:39 Read More »
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  Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon

  Harbor seals, sea lions and some fish-eating killer whales have been rebounding along the Northeast Pacific Ocean in recent decades. But that boom has come with Read More »

• BC Commercial Crab Harvester Fined $20,000 for Fishing Illegally

  MASSET, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired ) – On December 11, 2013, in Masset Provincial Court, Stan William Steer was found guilty of violations of the Fisheries Act. Justice Read More »
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  Two men arrested for being in possession of 38 striped bass, exceeding their limit by 37!

  The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Law Enforcement today announced the arrest of Robert Majors, age 41, of Bristol and Peter Parente, age Read More »

• Fishing Vessel Engineering – Bearing Failure On Fishing Vessels

  Not every day in fishing boat engineering is a good day. When an engineer working a shift at a factory has a bad day, he goes Read More »
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  Coast Guard, good Samaritans assist vessel taking on water in Prince William Sound, Alaska

  Coast Guard and good Samaritan crews assisted the crew of the fishing vessel Kodiak Sockeye after the vessel began taking on water near Knowles Bay, Prince Read More »

• Friends of Captain Jean Frottier devastated by loss of fisherman

  Frottier’s friends and fellow fishermen, many of whom have spent much of their lives at MacMillan Pier by his side, said they are devastated by the Read More »

• Dolphin abuse on the rise on Gulf Coast – Sorry Harvey, yer article don’t pass the sniff test.

  GALVESTON – People increasingly are injuring or killing dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, with two dolphin mutilations recorded on the Texas coast this year, federal Read More »

• Maine shellfishermen hope quahog explosion can help offset soft-shell clam losses

  While soft-shell clams have become more scarce, harvesters have reported an explosion in the number of quahogs found in the town’s clam flats, said Devereaux, Brunswick’s Read More »

• Louisiana spring shrimp season to close for inshore waters

  The spring inshore shrimp season, marked by low prices this year, will close at 6 p.m. Sunday in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. The Louisiana Department of Read More »

• Grocery chain uses local fishermen for ads

  Galveston, Texas fisherman Buddy Guindon has become an unexpected celebrity among US Gulf commerical fishing circles — and he may be getting even more fame in Read More »
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  Call for Changes to Gulf of St. Lawrence Redfish Fishery Management, Inshore Fleet Demands Immediate Action

  The 4R inshore fleet is calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to implement immediate changes to the management of the Gulf of St. Read More »
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  Oregon: Crab season getting underway

  Commercial Dungeness crab is Oregon’s most valuable fishery, and the economic benefit attributed to that fishery for just our area alone is huge. According to ODFW’s Read More »

• BRING CODFISH HATCHERIES BACK USING S-K GRANTS – Sam Novello

   GLOUCESTER HAD A CODFISH HATCHERY  FROM  1897  TO  1954  , WHICH  WAS  HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, HALF  OF  THE EGGS  THAT  WERE COLLECTED  WERE HATCHED  INTO  FRYS   Read More »
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  Louisiana’s commercial fishing industry could be at risk due to proposed diversion project

  Louisiana’s commercial fishing industry could be in jeopardy due to the state’s Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, a fifty billion dollar initiative supported by Governor John Bel Read More »

• “Corrupt” goings on? Fishery council decision endangers scallop stock

  Outdoor writer Bill Biswanger received a letter from Jason Colby, who is a charter-boat captain and sits on the board of directors for non-commercial fishermen here Read More »

• Janet Napolitano bids farewell to Department of Homeland Security

  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday said farewell to the agency she has headed for more than four years, saying she leaves behind a department Read More »
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  ‘Inspirational’ Colin builds boat for Bardsey Island crossings

  Colin Evans, who lives in Uwchmynydd, has crafted the boat in his workshop. Two years of planning and another two years of hard work have gone Read More »

• Baltic clams and worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 dairy cows

  Scientists have shown that ocean clams and worms are releasing a significant amount of potentially harmful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. The team, from Cardiff University Read More »
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  American oldest seaport, Gloucester needs new fishermen to keep Gloucester fishing into future !

  There is a problem facing most of our fishing communities today in the U.S. Fish stocks are coming back, and most of our fishermen are gone. Read More »