FISHERYNATION.COM

Recent Posts

• Pacific Fishery Management Council – deep cuts for Sardines

  The decline in West Coast sardine populations saw regulators on Sunday approve sharp cuts on commercial fishing for the species in 2014. The Pacific Fishery Management Council set Read More »

• Scallop Research Set-Aside Program to Support 14 New Projects; Several 2024 Announcements Include Multi-Year Awards

  The Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program will support 14 new projects that were selected from the 2024 RSA solicitation. Several awards will support multi-year Read More »
• 

  Anna UK-24, a strong resemblance to the latest generation of twin riggers fishing in the North Sea, but is a new design

  The 27.75 metre by 8 metre breadth Anna has hull lines and a round underwater shape that have been developed from scratch, and there’s going to be Read More »

• Good hauls, lower prices expected as lobster season opens

  ARISAIG — “I’ve got 11:58,” Gerard MacDonald called from the lobster boat’s bow. “I’ve got :58, too,” yelled another captain on the boat idling behind MacDonald’s Read More »
• 

  Crab season closures ‘devastating’ for Bering Sea fishing family

  For Kodiak’s Gabriel Prout, crab fishing is both an occupation and a way of life. “There’s something special about being on the water and being a Read More »
• 

  Dwayne Samson, captain in ‘murder for lobster’ case, gets full parole

  The Parole Board of Canada has granted full parole to a Cape Breton man convicted in what became known as the “murder for lobster” case. Dwayne Read More »

• NEFMC to NOAA on Closed Area Access: “Council Opposes 100% Observer Requirement” – “Your Arguments Are Not Convincing”

  New England Fishery Management Council Chairman C.M. “Rip” Cunningham has written to NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard expressing the Council’s opposition to NOAA’s requirement Read More »
• 

  U.S. lobster set to feed another Chinese New Year as demand booms

  The week-long holiday, commonly known as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is typically one of the busiest times for the U.S. lobster business. Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 10, 2013

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.”  Read the Read More »
• 

  Necropsy planned for Right Whale found off Virginia

  Researchers planned to conduct a necropsy Sunday on the carcass of a North Atlantic right whale that was discovered on Friday about 100 miles off the Read More »

• Fishermen fight for representative on Monterey Bay sanctuary council

  Representation on an advisory council has reignited long-simmering tensions between the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the fishing community. Fosmark said she has heard Michel say, Read More »
• 

  The changing face of Moss Landing

  Weathered by age and the sea, rusted railings mark the path to Bay Fresh Seafoods, a one-room shop where fourth-generation Moss Landing fisherman Jerid Rold has Read More »
• 

  Axed jobs and closed plants loom, warn crab harvesters about new management approach

  Fishing businesses are on the line if the Department of Fisheries and Oceans implements a new management system for snow crab, says Port de Grave harvester. Read More »

• Alaska Board of Fisheries will meet Friday – discuss possible emergency regulation change – Kuskokwim River subsistence fishers.

  The Kuskokwim Salmon Management Working Group submitted an emergency petition asking the board to limit subsistence setnets to four-inch mesh or smaller as a way to Read More »
• 

  Proposal before Maine lawmakers would jumpstart offshore wind projects

  Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energy goals and produce enough power for about 900,000 homes from floating wind Read More »
• 

  The last Gillnetter: Magazine documented the life of fishermen

  They cleaned out the office after Christmas. Into the moving van went the old signs and the newspaper clippings documenting achievements and battles for river fisheries. Read More »
• 

  U.S. Seafoods apologizes to Unalaska following coronavirus exposure at the Norwegian Rat Saloon

  A Seattle seafood company has issued an apology to Unalaska after crewmembers from one of its vessels at port in the island community breached isolation protocols Read More »

• The CG36500 Historic Coast Guard lifeboat rescues kayaker

  More than 62 years after the CG36500 lifeboat rescued 32 men off the coast of Chatham in what became known as the greatest small-boat rescue in Read More »
• 

  ‘We are the endangered species’: Hampton fisherman David Goethel shares story in new book

  For 40 years, David Goethel rode his 44-foot fish trawler the Ellen Diane from Hampton-Seabrook Harbor to Jeffreys Ledge off the coast of New Hampshire. His Read More »

• Veterans Day, 2024

  05;52 Read More »

• Fishing Industry At Risk Of Disappearing In New England – Video

  “You base all the management on best available science, now does that mean perfect science, of course not there is no such thing as perfect science,” Read More »
• 

  Local crab fishermen face challenges with late start to season

  The commercial crabbing industry has been hit especially hard this year.  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife delayed the season three times already because of Read More »
• 

  Research concludes after years of studying the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its effects in the Gulf

  The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, a consortium of 17 institutions in six countries, was funded through a $500 million grant from BP. The money was Read More »

• Begich Urges China to Renew it Imports of Alaska Shellfish – Tells Ambassador that Alaska Maintains Highest Safety Standards

  U.S. Senator Mark Begich is going to bat for Alaska’s lucrative shellfish industry by asking a top Chinese official to intervene in the face of apparently Read More »
• 

  Gloucester webinar tackles concerns about wind farm projects

  At the nascent stage of wind farm development in the Gulf of Maine, a webinar last week looked at the possible impacts to marine life, coastal Read More »