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  Fishery interests urge judge to rule in lobster lawsuit

  Parties in a lobster industry lawsuit filed against federal regulators are urging a judge to make a decision in the case because its outcome affects a Read More »

• “Doing this job isn’t to get rich. It’s a quality of life.” Waterman John VanAlstine – Soaking up the wisdom of the watermen

  It’s not every day that you can shoot the breeze with some watermen — the shrinking group of men and women who make a living oystering, Read More »

• Hawaii lawmakers hold public meeting on foreign fishermen

  A woman who worked as an observer on fishing boats that docked in Honolulu described for Hawaii lawmakers what it was like without toilets, showers or Read More »

• Judge Lets East Sand Island Cormorant Cull Continue

  A federal judge will allow the Army Corps of Engineers to keep shooting native cormorants by the thousands, to reduce predation on young salmon, despite objections Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Solid Fiberglass Bruno Lobster/Gillnetter/Tuna

  To review specifications, information and 46 photos, >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 10:45 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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  Importing seafood to Australia is like the governor of Alaska deciding to import ice – With Julian Tomlinson

  Importing seafood to Australia must rank among the most jaw-droppingly gormless decisions ever made by someone claiming to have a fully functioning brain. It’s like the governor Read More »
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  State asks marine council to revoke sustainable label for Russian seafood

  The commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game has urged the organization that certifies seafood harvests as sustainable to revoke its endorsements for Russian-caught fish. Read More »

• Holy Smoke! Elver prices rise to around $1,900 per pound

  Expectations for the volume of elvers that will be caught in Maine this spring may be low but, based on prices that dealers are offering fishermen, Read More »

• Sex and Summer Flounder

  Dr. Sullivan, a highly respected researcher in the dynamics of fish populations, has been working with the to create a stock assessment model that includes a Read More »
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  F/V Scandies Rose: NTSB announces probable cause of the sinking – Issues Report

  The National Transportation Safety Board unanimously approved the investigative team’s findings on the sunken vessel’s probable cause. On Dec. 31, 2019, the F/V Scandies Rose was Read More »
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  World War II American fighter cockpit found by Lowestoft fishermen

  Lowestoft trawlerman Alex Wightman was collecting his nets on September 9, when, to his amazement, he realised the big catch he hauled overboard was the remains Read More »

• Toxic Dust Threatens California Salmon Population, Lawmaker Seeks Solution

  For the first time in more than three decades of fishing for salmon near Bodega Bay, Dick Ogg will motor his white and navy boat, Karen Read More »
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  Queen Elizabeth Makes Millions from U.K.’s Offshore Wind Farms

  Leasing the seabed to offshore wind developers was the most profitable business last year for The Crown Estate Ltd., the company that generates income for Queen Read More »

• Kodiak fishermen share thoughts on the biggest fishing challenges

  “I think finding crew from the younger generation. I was the only person in my highschool that was or wanted to be a fisherman.”  “Well the Read More »

• Tensions build leading up to NC Marine Fisheries quarterly meeting

  The fish up for debate is the Southern Flounder, which is one of the most sought after fish in North Carolina. The NCFA and commercial fishermen Read More »

• Letter: Fishermen well aware of enviro issues – Captain Paul Cohan, F/V Sasquatch, Gloucester

  I am writing in response to the letter from Mike Dyer (“Stories show need to focus on NOAA science,” the Times, Saturday, Nov. 23). You know, Read More »

• Canadian Coast Guard goes high-tech – Communications system worth $50m has been installed in Halifax, N.L.

  The Canadian Coast Guard’s new $50-million communications system has been installed in Halifax after five years of development. It is a massive project that the coast Read More »
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  NOAA – Their mission

  Back in the sixties when I was fishing with my dad we would fish about a one hundred miles east of New Bedford for whiting in Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 4 , 2019

  Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »

• US Customs seizes bladders from endangered fish being shipped from Venezuela to China

  U.S. officials in Puerto Rico have seized a load of fish bladders taken from an endangered species and stuffed inside packages that were shipped from Venezuela Read More »

• Maine Legislators Make Attempt to Regulate Scallop Fishery

  The Maine Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources will hear a bill Wednesday that would put additional regulations on Maine’s scallop fishery at a time when Read More »
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  Once stymied by China tariff, lobster dealer finds a workaround

  Tom Adams, CEO of Maine Coast lobster wholesale company in York, said he’s found ways to make up revenue that was lost when a 25% tariff Read More »
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  From the sea floor to the courtroom, the fight to save right whales

  The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered species on the planet. Scientists announced last month that there are only about 360 of the Read More »

• Video – Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Winchester Bay, Ore.

  A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a fisherman who had reportedly suffered a seizure aboard the fishing vessel Hecate, about 9 miles west of Winchester Bay, Thursday Read More »