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• Federal law requiring a million salmon is ignored by Dan Bacher

  On one historic day in 1992, I marched through the State Capitol Building and adjoining Senate Offices with hundreds of recreational fishermen, commercial fishermen and environmentalists Read More »

• Atlantic Marine Monument Was Created To “Appease Environmental Terrorists”

  Media Matters decided to take a segment from Fox news where they interviewed Captain Keith Colburn in discussing the President Obama creating the first marine monument in Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Gov. Parnell talks Chuitna/Pebble Mines, water rights, radiation testing

  Governor Parnell took questions from Alaskans yesterday on APRN’s Talk of Alaska. Of fishing interest:   A set netter asked about his stance on the proposed Chuitna Read More »

• The Perfect Fishing Electronics Installation!

  Nobeltec dealer Marine Radar is located in Washington state and recently worked on a complete integrated marine electronics system for a commercial fishing vessel. Ryan Hisey explains Read More »

• One of Sheepshead Bay’s last fishing boat captains says he’ll go down with the ships

  To Robert Sapanara, the sea is friend and foe, but his passion for it remains undeterred. “There are no words to describe how breathtaking the ocean Read More »
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  Survival of kiack fishery threatened, say Yarmouth County fishermen

  A fishery that provides lobster fishermen with a favourite bait for their catch is struggling with a declining population. Gaspereau, also known as alewife and locally Read More »

• Tuna Fever hits Newfoundland and Labrador! Gerry Byrne calls for equal tuna fishing access – Immediately!

  “Newfoundland and Labrador was largely left out and, despite now having more lucrative opportunities to participate the fishery, this province continues to be left out, “ Read More »
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  Investigators followed up on a lead. Couple on hook for $1,400 bucks for selling recreational caught crab

  An eastern Oregon couple has been sentenced to pay $1,200 in restitution after illegally selling recreationally caught crab on the commercial market in Hermiston, according to Read More »
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  Lobster: the last, best fishery – Part 2, The new cod?

  “Another likely contributing factor is the large amount of food the fishery provides to lobsters, as many lobsters escape traps after having fed on its bait; it Read More »
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  George E. Lineham of Sanbornville NH has passed away

  On the Evening of Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, George Edward Lineham died quietly in his Sanbornville, N.H. home. He was surrounded by the presence and love Read More »

• Brownsville-Port Isabel Shrimp fleet blessing comes amid dour season outlook

  With local crews preparing boats for the reopening of the Texas shrimp season in about a week, the Brownsville-Port Isabel shrimp fleet once again received a Read More »

• Sockeye forecast adds concern to Board of Fisheries process

  Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery stakeholders should be concerned with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2017 sockeye forecast for many reasons — not the Read More »
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  Safety on the Water Must Take Precedent

  The year 2020 is nearly in the rearview mirror. Feel free to take a moment and let out a collective sigh of relief here. Who knows Read More »
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  Reward offered for info leading to arrest in lobster boat sinking

  Maine’s Operation Game Thief is offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the sinking of Hooper’s Read More »
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  It was just a normal day…then a bomb rolled out of my catch

  The skipper of a fishing trawler which brought a bomb into Sutton Harbour has told of the moment he found the device. Jordan Kay, 32, said Read More »

• NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Guam Green Sea Turtles may need more protection.

  When Peter Perez, 55, was a child, he used to swim with sea turtles. His father, and grandfather, he said, used to eat sea turtles before Read More »

• Word up! (ITS OFFICIAL) ASMFC Skuttles Another Northern Shrimp Season

  Word on the street is, ASMFC will not give the guys a season again this year based on another lousy assessment. There is talk about a 25mt Read More »

• It’s expensive for fishermen to participate in BOF meets

  After 18-plus years of holding Alaska Board of Fisheries meetings involving mostly Kenai and Kasilof River salmon fishing issues anywhere but near the Kenai and Kasilof Read More »

• Study: Seismic Testing Disrupts Fish Behavior

  Almost anyone who’s thrown a hook in the water to catch a fish in a quiet atmosphere probably knows intuitively that loud noises spook them: you Read More »
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  Climate Change Is Sending This Fluke Fight to Court

  Disputes over fish quotas are not new, and the $25.2 million East Coast market for fluke—although a reliable bread-and-butter fish—is not particularly lucrative. And New York Read More »

• Mayor Jon Mitchell: New Bedford would be great home for Northeast Fisheries Science Center

  If NOAA Fisheries should decide to move the Northeast Fisheries Science Center out of Woods Hole, Mayor Jon Mitchell said New Bedford would be just right Read More »
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  Arctic Corsair: Hull trawler dry-docked ahead of restoration

  Arctic Corsair, Hull’s last sidewinder trawler, is to be repaired as part of the city’s £30m maritime regeneration project. The vessel has been put in dry Read More »

• Irish fishermen fury over ‘unbelievable and outrageous’ secret EU deal talks to give Iceland access to our waters

  Irish fishermen are up in arms over secret EU talks to give Iceland access to our fishing waters. Our trawlermen are being allocated an extra 15 Read More »
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  Marshallberg man builds new shrimp boat

  Down East native Zack Davis hopes his recent boatbuilding project will help keep the tradition alive in the area. A teacher at East Carteret High School, Read More »
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  Offshore oil exploration: Can the average citizen make a difference?

  To the average American it often seems that our elected leaders, once they get to Washington, D.C., can become somewhat hard-of-hearing to the wants and desires Read More »