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• Enviros Upset! Hawaii-based longline fishermen allowed to keep catching ahi

  Regulators have approved a deal allowing Hawaii fishermen to attribute up to 1,000 metric tons of bigeye tuna catch to Guam, said Mike Tosatto, National Marine Read More »
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  Gulf of Maine Cod: Fishermen protest conclusion drawn in first year of DMF multi-year study

  The Baker administration cabinet secretary in charge of the industry-based survey of Gulf of Maine cod agrees with commercial fishing interests that conclusions drawn from the Read More »

• Former commercial fisherman Samuel “Sammie” Elton Leonard of Calabash, NC. has passed away

  He was born on May 26, 1939 in Shallotte Point, NC. He was the son of the late Lloyd Leonard and Pauline Grissett Leonard. In addition Read More »

• Harvesters Land and Sea Coalition alleges Maryland Department of Natural Resources illegally set menhaden regulations

  EASTON — A recently organized group, the Harvesters Land and Sea Coalition, is calling for the withdrawal of regulations put into effect in June by the Read More »

• We do a lousy job of informing our fellow citizens about fishery issues. Read the Comments!

  Message from Alaska: Our disaster relief isn’t ‘pork’ It’s unlikely that many Americans in the Lower 48 know about it, but the Alaskan salmon industry — Read More »
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  F/V Aleutian Isle lying on starboard side 200 feet down, TFR extended to Oct. 15

  An ROV was deployed early Tuesday morning August 30 to the F/V Aleutian Isle wreck site. The ROV and subsequent dive operations confirmed the commercial fishing Read More »
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  NCLA Seeks Summary Judgment in Case Challenging NOAA’s Unlawful at-Sea Monitor Mandate

  The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, has filed a motion asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island Read More »
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  An inside look at Seattle’s fishing industry

  This unique network of professionals, ranging from shipbuilders to pipe fitters to marine electricians and more helps fuel the local economy and offers a range of Read More »

• Last In, First Out review sees duelling public campaigns by inshore and offshore shrimp harvesters

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans will review the Last In, First Out (LIFO) policy for the northern shrimp fishery and that has two groups of harvesters launching Read More »
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  Go wild and get hooked at Ecola Seafood Restaurant and Market

  Jay and Cindy first met in the summer of 1978. While Jay was attending Beaverton High School, at the age of 15 he and his friend Read More »
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  Wooden Boat Breaks Up Off South Jetty in Barnegat Light After Crew Rescued

  The captain of an older wooden boat registered in Shinnecock, N.Y., told Coast Guard crews he was bringing the vessel to Barnegat Light for repairs when Read More »

• Ignoring the instructions of Fisheries department 7,000 fishermen venture into sea sans permit

  Ignoring the instructions of Fisheries department, over 7,000 fishermen ventured into sea in 1,400 trawlers without obtaining fishing permits on Friday night as the 45-day ban Read More »

• Community service program will chase sea lions no more

  The move follows a Herald report about the harbor district’s practice. The article described efforts by Danielle Dames, a 115-pound Castroville woman, to drive a braying sea Read More »
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  Snow crab prices plummet in Newfoundland

  It wasn’t the news fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador wanted to hear. They’ll get less for their snow crab after today, as the result of Read More »

• California Salmon forecasts favorable, despite drought uncertainty

  Predictions for a robust king salmon haul buoyed California fishermen assembled Wednesday for a preseason meeting with state and federal regulators, even if forecasts fell short Read More »
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  The Invisible Underwater Messaging System in Blue Crab Urine

  In estuaries off the coast of Georgia, the water is so murky that if you were to dive in, you couldn’t see your hand in front Read More »

• Coast Guard helps New Bedford vessel sinking off Nantucket

  NEW BEDFORD — A  New Bedford fishing vessel, in danger of sinking early Saturday morning, was saved following prompt action from Coast Guard crews. The 84-foot steel Read More »

• Alaska Editorial: Fishery research a crucial investment

  Gov. Sean Parnell visited the Kenai Peninsula this past week, and, as is almost inevitable in this neck of the woods, the discussion turned toward salmon Read More »

• Fishery business spans five generations of Dixon family

  Jim Dixon was 14 years old when he started working in the holding ponds at  Dixon Fisheries in East Peoria. Today he is president of a Read More »

• CDFW Opens Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in the Central Management Area Under Trap Reduction and Lifts Recreational Crab Trap Restriction

  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border (Central Management Read More »
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  Locally sourced seafood attracting crowds to the fishing boats in Half Moon Bay

  Commercial trawlers pan for bottom-feeders at least three miles from shore. Purse-seiners use nets closer to the surface, while traditionalists fish the way the Egyptians did Read More »
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  Working Waterfront – One of last SC commercial fishing hubs could close. Land trust seeks funds to save it.

  Larry Mcclellan can look from the porch of his century old farmhouse out across Jeremy Creek where the shrimp boats rock under their hanging nets. Mcclellan Read More »

• Dungeness Crab season begins January 5

  The commercial Dungeness crab season commences in Del Norte County, this week. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFWD) announced the Dungeness season is now Read More »

• Ventura County Fishermen find a body at sea believed to be missing Commercial Fisherman

  Fisherman Moody Brickett thought the object caught in a boat’s net late Monday afternoon was a decomposed seal. It was a human body. Brickett and his Read More »

• Mass. fishermen feel strain of new regulations – video

  Dennis Robillard has been fishing out of Gloucester for 25 years. He tells  FOX 25 the new limit puts him out of the cod business. He has Read More »