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• The Alaska Fisheries Report

  Coming up this week: The Fish Board reverses itself on Kenai River Kings, Kodiak may have found its new fisheries consultant, and the plague of injuries Read More »

• New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Danvers, MA September 20 – 22, 2016

  The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting in Danvers, Ma. at the Double Tree by Hilton. To read the final agenda, click here  Register here to Read More »

• Senate subcommittee releases new draft of fisheries act

  The newest draft of the Magnuson-Stevens Act proposes changes to fisheries management including new fees, sustainability standards, and a possible national marketing effort. The U.S. Senate Read More »
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  Young captain bets on NJ’s commercial fishing industry with new boat

  As the sun rose on the docks in Point Pleasant Thursday morning, a rare sight for many New Jersey longtime fisherman came into view: a new Read More »

• 5 fishing boats burn in Tabusintac, New Brunswick fire

  A massive boat fire burned five fishermen’s boats early Saturday morning in Tabusintac, N.B. According to the RCMP, a call came in at around 3 a.m. Read More »

• Michigan commercial fishing harvest’s value rises in 2014

  The commercial fishing industry’s total catch last year in Michigan was down slightly, but its cash value was up. Officials say the total harvest was 200,000 Read More »

• Unalaska – America’s Top Port Sees Streak Tweaked

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just issued its fisheries report card for 2011, and Alaska is on the honor roll. Last year, 2.3 billion pounds Read More »
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  Are Excluder Devices Saving Sea Lions or Covering Up Their Deaths?

  A new study blames the fishing industry for the New Zealand sea lion’s decline, but some scientists have doubts.,,, To cut down on collateral damage, some Read More »
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  The story of how salmon got to the Great Lakes, told by the man who made it happen

  Close to 10 million chinook and coho salmon swim in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior. There were none when Howard Tanner started as the Read More »

• Governor Mills Directs Administration to Prepare to Distribute $60 Million in Storm Relief as Soon as Funding Becomes Available

  Governor Janet Mills today directed her Administration to take the steps necessary to distribute the $60 million in storm relief as soon as the money becomes Read More »

• Compass: Setnetters share burden, stake in sustaining Kenai kings

  Dan Coffey’s recent compass piece, “Act now or we will lose the Kenai River kings (July 24)” once again illustrates this former Alaska Board of Fisheries Read More »
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  Reps. Poliquin and Pingree co-sponsor amendment to HR-200

  In an effort to cut unnecessary federal fees for lobstermen, dealers and processors, Congressman Bruce Poliquin (R-2nd Dist.) and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-1st Dist.) joined forces Read More »

• Professor Ray Hilborn has a message for Congress: Overfishing is over

  To his detractors, fisheries professor Ray Hilborn is an “overfishing denier,” a scientist who’s all too eager to accept money from industry groups to pay for Read More »

• Long Island Fisherman Sentenced for Role in Fisheries Fraud Conspiracy

  A Long Island, New York, fisherman was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in a fisheries Read More »

• Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch – Exceeding the Bycatch Quota

  While salmon is still the main species that pollock fishermen are trying to avoid taking as bycatch this summer, there’s another creature that’s been causing problems Read More »
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  Remembering Dad: Josh Harris on how he’ll honor the late Captain Phil Harris on Father’s Day

  Father’s Day is making out to be special for “Deadliest Catch” star, Captain Josh Harris.  The seafarer, 37, said he’ll be taking the day to remember Read More »
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  There’s a new girl in town – Geechie Girl calls Shem Creek home

  Renee Rector Suggs is no stranger to the life of shrimping. She is the daughter of Bubba and Pam Rector who has owned numerous shrimp boats Read More »

• Cape Wastewater cleanup costs a problem

  BUZZARDS BAY — The bottom line is often the line in the sand for taxpayers reluctant to pay for expensive projects to reduce the flow of Read More »

• SEASWAP: How to stop a whale of a thief

  Linda Behnken, the Executive Director of the Alaska Longline Fisherman’s Association was joined by Tori O’Connell, the Research Director of the Sitka Sound Science Center, to provide Read More »

• Pot Longline Gear Approved for Gulf of Alaska Sablefish IFQ Fishery

  Final action reached at the council’s meeting on April 12 includes provisions for identifying tags on the pots, retention of halibut caught incidentally and a review Read More »
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  Hurricane Maria Public Advisory 0800 AM EDT Update

  At 800 AM EDT, the center of Hurricane Maria was located near latitude 33.3 North, longitude 73.1 West. Maria is moving toward the north near 7 Read More »
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  The Irish Coast Guard helicopter forced to abandon a maritime rescue mission is back in operation

  The Sikorsky S-92 aircraft was evacuating an injured fisherman from a trawler off the coast of Kerry when a warning light appeared in the cockpit. It Read More »

• Yellowtail Snapper harvest might increase – Allocation for the commercial segment would rise by nearly 460,000 pounds

  keysnet.com – After it took an emergency rule to keep Florida’s commercial harvest of yellowtail snapper open through all of 2012, federal managers want to boost the Read More »
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  It’s time to kill the Gulf dead zone, as Gulf Shrimpers fight for their livelihoods

  Anyone who has followed this issue over the three decades or so it has been studied knows progress has been slow. They also know Louisiana, though Read More »

• Cape fishermen say federal money needed for monitors, disaster money should go to offset the observer costs

  A typical skate trip, at 35 cents per pound and grossing $1,100, would be left with less than $400 to split between the boat and crew, Read More »