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• John Furlong, CBC host and producer, dead at 63

  John Furlong, a CBC journalist who covered every facet of Newfoundland and Labrador, has died just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 63. Having worked Read More »

• Fishing boat runs aground near Ormond Beach; fuel tanks damaged

  The boat, named Kim Thanh out of Long Beach, is intact, but the fuel tanks were compromised, said spokesman Eric Laughlin with the California Department of Read More »
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  Savannah scientists continue study of black gill in shrimp

  As the Research Vessel Savannah moved slowly along Georgia’s coast in early October, Wynn Gale calmly arranged about a dozen shrimp on a table inside one Read More »

• Fisherman fights to keep Moque Head fog horn

  A fisherman from Main-a-Dieu, N.S., is challenging a plan by the Coast Guard to shut down a fog horn on Moque Head. Ken Wadden says the fog Read More »

• “New Bedford will be the primary staging port for Cape Wind”

  The state’s top environmental and energy official on Wednesday said he’s “absolutely convinced” that the South Terminal in New Bedford will be the primary staging area Read More »

• Port Mouton fisherman thinks organized theft ring at work

  Donaldson Fisher named his lobster boat “Positive Thinking”, but there weren’t many positive thoughts on his mind last month when he came to Port Mouton wharf Read More »

• Spiny lobsters staying home with local buyers and restaurants

  “Prior to 2008, 99% of the lobsters caught in Southern California were sent to Los Angeles before being shipped to China,” said Mitch Conniff, owner of Read More »
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  Lobster industry is anxious over upcoming North Atlantic right whale protection rules

  The federal government is working on new rules designed to reduce risk to North Atlantic right whales,,, One of the threats the whales face is entanglement Read More »

• Get your Barf Bags ready Campers. The Bionic Woman of Good Science, Jane Lubchenco

  On a blindingly bright autumn morning, I’m standing with Jane Lubchenco on the rocky shoreline, two hours south of San Francisco at the southern end of Read More »

• Alaska Fish Factor: Seventh Time Lucky for Personal Fisheries Priority? Fishy bills to watch, ComFish is coming!

  The priority shift has been introduced during each of the last seven legislative sessions by (now) Senator Bill Stoltze (R-Chugiak), but has never made it past Read More »
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  Dismal returns for chinook salmon on B.C.’s Fraser River reveal latest threat to endangered orcas

  A test fishery for chinook salmon on the Fraser River this year is reporting dismal returns, raising new concerns for the endangered southern resident killer whales Read More »

• Florida Governor Scott Announces $58 Million in Early Restoration Projects for Florida Communities

  WJHG – Scott said, “We’re committed to restoring the environment and economy that families have relied upon in the Gulf for generations. These $58 million in Read More »

• Northeast Seafood Coalition policy director to testify at MSA Reauthorization Listening Session

  Northeast Seafood Coalition (NSC) Policy Director Vito Giacalone will testify on Monday, November 4, 2013 at the Massachusetts State House for a Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Read More »

• 2017 Commercial Salmon Harvest Summary

  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has compiled preliminary harvest and value figures for the 2017 Alaska commercial salmon fishery (PDF 130 kB). Although Read More »
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  ‘Carp cowboys’ round up invasive Asian carp as Illinois, federal officials debate costly measures to protect Lake Michigan

  In Illinois, current strategies have successfully reduced the leading edge of the Asian carp population by 93 percent since 2012, according to sonar scans. By removing Read More »
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  FISH-NL extends membership drive

  “We always knew a time extension was available if we needed it,” says Ryan Cleary, President of FISH-NL. “We need the extra time based on the Read More »

• Opponents square off in St. Croix River watershed alewife debate

  AUGUSTA — The contentious issue of whether to open the St. Croix River watershed to sea-run alewives drew more than six hours of impassioned testimony Monday during Read More »

• DFO wins court victory to prevent corporate control of inshore fishery in Atlantic Canada and Quebec

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has won a court decision upholding its right to prevent the corporate takeover of inshore fisheries in Atlantic Canada and Read More »

• Friends Awaiting Word from Missing Lobster Fishermen

  Some lobster fishermen haven’t been heard from in several hours after trying to move traps out of the path Hurricane Irma. According to fellow commercial fisherman, Read More »
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  Mark Phillips wanted to bring up some low points of a special Vineyard Wind meeting

  A Rhode Island fishing board on Saturday voted in favor of a revised compensation offer from offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind in a decision that boosts Read More »

• Vessel Review: Sorkapp – New Norwegian Stern Trawler Boasts Low Environmental Impact

  Norwegian fishing company Nergard Havfiske has expanded its vessel fleet following the recent acquisition of a hybrid-powered stern trawler designed and built by compatriot company Vard. Read More »

• DFO slashes crab quota in latest blow to N.L. fishing industry

  In yet another blow to the Newfoundland and Labrador fishing industry, federal fisheries has announced that the total allowable catch for snow crab will be cut by 22 Read More »

• NTSB Provides New Details from El Faro Investigation

  The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday issued an update on its continuing investigation into the sinking of the El Faro cargo ship in the Atlantic Read More »
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  ‘I will miss it. There’s no doubt about that’: Caribou Fisherman’s Wharf Harbour Manager retires after 36 years

  Fifty years-ago, the Caribou Fisherman’s wharf would receive routine visits from Bayview boys riding over on their bicycles. “I was just fascinated with coming to the Read More »

• Men involved in Oregon crabbing boat tragedy identified

  The Coos County Sheriff’s Office identified the captain on Thursday as 52-year-old Port Orford resident Glen Burkhow. Burkhow survived the Tuesday night accident in which the Read More »