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• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 70′ Williams Shrimp Trawler

  To review specifications, information, and 46 photos’,>click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 06:24 Read More »
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  The story of how a Black man pioneered the salmon canning industry in British Columbia in the 1870s

  Located on an island on the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, is the Deas Island Regional Park What many do not know is that the Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug 10, 2018

  >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >Click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<11:12 Read More »
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  Irish Fishing Industry calls for Urgent Consultation on Offshore Wind Farms

  Representatives from the Irish fishing industry in Donegal and around Ireland say they fear being “displaced losers” in the development of offshore wind farms. The Irish Read More »

• Fish meet grisly end at Santa Cruz harbor – The only ones who didn’t complain about the dead fish were the birds!

  “It’s kind of a natural occurrence that happens from time to time,” said John Haynes, acting harbormaster. “With the sheer number of anchovies we had in Read More »

• 26A Lobster season still delayed

  Ron Heighton, president of the Northumberland Fishermen’s Association, said the ice is gone from the local area but the start was delayed until Monday at 6 Read More »
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  If the info comes from some enviro group, its good! Info from the lobster fishermen? Not good!

  We’re out fishing for news as always, and we never know what we’ll find. Saw this letter to the editor: Whales, and realized this letter is a Read More »

• Audit finds lax controls in spending BP money by La. seafood board

  BATON ROUGE — A scathing state audit, released Monday morning, points to possible improper spending by the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. The report said that Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 75′ Steel Trawler, 3412 Caterpillar, W/State and Federal Permits

  To review specifications, information, and 16 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:54 Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Fiberglass Dragger, 3408 Cat, /State and Federal Permits

  To review specifications, information, and 38 photos’,>click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 08:52 Read More »

• Man dies after pickup truck crashes into Cohasset Harbor

  COHASSET – The body of a 39-year-old lobsterman was recovered after a dive team pulled a pickup truck out of Cohasset Harbor Wednesday morning, police said. Read More »

• International angler caught up in DFO bluefin tuna sting

  It’s a picture that captures a moment of pure joy: a young woman in sunglasses and a wetsuit straddling the back of a huge Atlantic bluefin tuna. Read More »
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  After the death of 2 fishermen, Outer Banks watermen call for dredging in notoriously rough waters

  Ten Outer Banks watermen passionately spoke against the red tape surrounding permits for Oregon Inlet dredging that they say has a human cost. They were among Read More »

• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Agents bust four men for illegal shrimping

  Four Plaquemines Parish men sought to get a jump on their competition by shrimping in inshore waters Tuesday (May 10), according to the Louisiana Department of Read More »

• Fishing disaster aid – direct assistance to keep the industry going has been minimized and replaced with permit buybacks

  Frank Mirarchi, a retired commercial fisherman from Scituate, said the direct assistance will go to fishermen who have a 5,000-pound qualifying history. He said it will Read More »
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  The futurist

  If you are an Alaska commercial fisherman or someone who simply cares about the fate of the state’s small, rural communities still dependent on commercial fishing Read More »

• Noise Pollution from an Ocean Idustrialization Shill

  Your View: Polluter blockade of New Bedford wind jobs finally falling, Miles Grant lives in New Bedford and is senior communications manager for the National Wildlife Read More »

• Great Lakes plagued by tiny plastic beads

  We posted this on July 30, 2013, Initial samples from several Great Lakes are teeming with abrasive “microbeads,” or tiny bits of polyethylene plastic commonly used Read More »

• The next generation of commercial fishing in New England

  Commercial fishing has been part of New England’s economy and culture for centuries, but it now faces challenging headwinds. The average age of a commercial fishing Read More »
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  First Nation, fishermen distrust Northern Pulp wastewater treatment plan

  There’s too much risk and not nearly enough trust to bring Northern Pulp’s plan for a new wastewater treatment facility to fruition, according to Andrea Paul, Read More »
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  More things to worry about by Jerry Leeman

  Wind energy in the Gulf of Maine is going to be a great challenge to all varieties of commercial and recreational fisheries. What disturbs me the Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Crab updates and outlooks for seafood at supermarkets.

  Lots of Tanner crab is coming out of Alaska this winter. Southeast Alaska wrapped up its best fishery in a decade with 80 crabbers hauling up Read More »
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  Louis A. Spencer of South Dartmouth Ma., Commercial Fisherman, Businessman, Innovator, has passed away

  Born in New Bedford, the son of the late Louis and Ruth (Bernard) Spencer, he lived most of his life in Dartmouth and on the waterfront Read More »

• Live! SalmonWatch – Sockeye Salmon in Steep Creek, Juneau, Alaska

  Link to Live Cam     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-VY9rPwQJc Read More »

• DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Largest log ship takes on cargo at Port Angeles terminal (exporting raw material)

  THE LARGEST BULK cargo ship to arrive for a load of logs at the Port of Port Angeles in recent memory was tied up at Terminal Read More »