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• Ocean conditions appear improving for salmon

  Warm water temperatures in the north Pacific Ocean are starting to cool after three years, but their effect on Northwest salmon will persist for another year Read More »

• Coast Guard searching for missing lobsterman off Ogunquit Maine coast

  The Coast Guard is searching for a man missing since just before midnight off the waters of Ogunquit, Police Sgt. Matt Buttrick said early Friday. The Read More »

• Few native fishing complaints valid: MNRF

  It’s too early to say much about an allegation that commercial fishermen may be responsible for the presence of 14 fish found on shore,,,  Chief Vern Read More »
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  Federal help potentially coming to help fight the War On Carp

  The war on Asian Carp is nowhere close to being over. Lyon County Judge Executive Wade White just returned from Washington D.C. and says help could Read More »
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  Fisheries and Oceans Canada held Lobster Science Partnership Roundtable

  On June 15, Fisheries and Oceans Canada held a Lobster Science Partnership Roundtable to discuss important lobster science questions and research priorities. Thank you to the more Read More »
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  LETTER: On the future of salmon farming in B.C., Ecologists have been sounding the alarm for decades

  For the first time ever, three political parties have pledged to transition open net pen fish farms on the B.C. coast to completely closed (likely land Read More »

• Rumours of soaring crab prices cause N.L.’s newest processor to hit pause

  Lloyd Nash was all ready to start accepting the first loads of crab at his new processing plant when the market was thrown into a tizzy Read More »

• UNCW professor studies declining flounder population in the New River Estuary of North Carolina

  Since 2005, professor of marine biology Fred Scharf along with his team of UNCW undergraduates and graduate students, have been studying the migration patterns and genetics Read More »
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  Retiring marine radio operator recalls 50 years of triumph and tragedy

  His name may not be familiar. But Blair Duhamel’s voice is known by mariners across Eastern Canada. For 50 years, the Glace Bay man has worked Read More »

• 6,000 commercial fishing vessels – few occupational health and safety inspections

  According to the Transportation Safety Board, there are roughly 6,000 commercial fishing vessels operating in Newfoundland and Labrador. But just 38 safety inspections were carried out Read More »

• Mullet Fishermen from the Florida Panhandle Call ‘Foul’ Over Net Size – Video

  WCTV – Ronald Crum with the Wakulla Fisherman Association says current limits on fishing nets kills small fish and prevents significant mullet catches. continued Read More »

• Someone is confused! (hope it ain’t me) Puget Sound Jellyfish show up in areas of poor water quality – Foragefishapalooza!

  Is it water quality? or is it not? Did forage fish leave because the water sucks, or is it overfishing? “The important thing,” said Rice, “is Read More »

• Lobster fishermen in Sambro have mixed opinions on the idea of paying a one cent a pound levy!

  “I think it’s totally unnecessary. We’ve survived with the past 50 years without this stuff,” said Nick Henneberry, one of a handful of people who turned Read More »
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  ‘We’re not going to stop fighting’: Families of F/V Chief William Saulis crew to keep pushing for safety in fishing industry

  Michelle Nickerson-Forbes had worried that the longer it took for the Transportation Safety Board to come out with its report about the December 2020 fatal sinking Read More »
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  Menhaden Harvest Increase Approved as Anglers Petition to Close Bay Fishery

  East Coast fishery managers have approved increasing commercial harvests of Atlantic menhaden from Maine to Florida. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which regulates near-shore Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 40’x15′ North Shore Lobster Boat, 450HP, Cummins QSL9 Diesel

  To review specifications, information, and 6 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 10:15 Read More »

• Two Wealthy Carbon Producers Preach: Richard Branson and James Cameron: Time has come to protect the high seas

  Like most commons, the high seas are poorly regulated. Environmental controls on mining, fishing, pollution and shipping are inconsistent, weak or altogether absent. There are no Read More »

• “And I see Lori in my head, and I’ve got to kick, you know, I’ve just got to kick,” – Overboard shrimper opens up about life-saving swim

  A routine shrimping trip on the Gulf took a turn for the worst Sunday night. A seasoned shrimper was headed back to shore with his catch Read More »

• Bycatch, enforcement on the menu at IPHC – Molly Dischner, Alaska Journal

  Harvesters at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s annual meeting  returned to their discussion of bycatch today, ultimately passing motions that  ask the commission to take serious Read More »
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  2 views on Vineyard Wind delay

  In the letter below to two Trump cabinet secretaries, Markey, Kennedy, and others adopt a far more moderate stance, imploring two cabinet secretaries to find a Read More »
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  Published Today: New Regulations for Northeast Lobster and Jonah Crab Trap/Pot Fishery

  Changes to Seasonal Restricted Areas Begin October 18, 2021; All Other Changes Effective May 1, 2022. The final rule to Amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Read More »

• Letter – Glosta Pride facing NOAA’s best shot – Stuart Diamond, Rockport, Ma

  Once, there was a sturdy fraternity of brothers who traversed the watery part of the world in boats. Stuart  Diamond, Rockport, Ma. Read more here Read More »

• Factory trawlers praised for halibut conservation

  What a difference a year makes for the halibut bycatch controversy in the Bering Sea at the December meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Read More »

• Fishery the ‘economic giant’ of the province, says FFAW leader

  Just weeks before Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial election, the fisheries union is starting a campaign to promote rural issues.  The campaign is called Rural Works, and it is Read More »

• Family and friends gathered at a Cape Breton church on Friday to say their goodbyes to Philip Boudreau

  Petit-de-Grat says goodbye to missing fisherman Philip Boudreau, the man presumed dead after his overturned boat was found floating in the Petit-de-Grat harbour earlier this summer. “Philip was Read More »