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  FISH-NL questions whether complaints against Royal Greenland smokescreen to cover the fact local processors underpaying fishermen

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) questions whether the Dwight Ball government supports inshore harvesters being paid top dollar for their Read More »
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  UFCA President Says Important Days Coming In Court

  The group representing 2,000 commercial fishing stakeholders in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have been granted intervener status in several Indigenous court cases. The latest came Read More »

• Fish council eyes lifting of closures- Conservation Law Foundation,Earthjustice, Nature Conservancy Will Sue

  Fishery council member David Goethel, a Hampton, N.H., groundfisherman, said mortality closures have had enough time — 16 years — to prove themselves a wellspring for Read More »

• Pete Tortorich Eats, Breathes and Lives Louisiana Seafood

  by Kim Hilsenbeck/Louisiana Seafood News With a 40-year career in the food industry, Pete Tortorich brings a lifetime of experience in marketing seafood to bear as Read More »
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  Lobster firm to invest in Gouldsboro plant after closure of Connecticut facility

  A seafood distribution and processing firm says it plans to increase production at its plant in Gouldsboro after closing a shipping facility in Connecticut. Garbo Lobster, Read More »
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  NOAA/NMFS seeks input on proposed sea lion removal at Willamette Falls

  NOAA Fisheries is seeking public input on an application from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to remove, by lethal means if necessary, California Read More »
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  Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Port O’Connor, Texas

  The Coast Guard medevaced a mariner from a fishing vessel approximately two miles offshore Matagorda Bay near Port O’Connor, Texas, Sunday morning. The Matagorda County Sheriff’s Read More »
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  Shrimp scurry from Hurricane Francine storm surge, filling fishing nets of struggling shrimpers

  Hurricane Francine closed in on Terrebonne and Lafourche with 100 mph winds Sept. 11. As the storm pushed tidal waters toward land, shrimp scurried for inland Read More »
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  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 »
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  Video: Air Station Cape Cod medevacs fisherman experiencing diabetic related conditions

  The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman from a fishing vessel 130 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Sunday. Coast Guard First District watchstanders received a report Read More »
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  That Sea Shepherd Promise To Stop Harassing Whalers? Don’t bet on it!

  A United States court ruling preventing the environmental activist group Sea Shepherd from harassing Japanese whaling boats will not stop the annual protection campaign in the Southern Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Gamage Trawler with MaCap Permit

  To review specifications, information, and 22 photos, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here<11:08 Read More »

• Our View: Complex fisheries need the best minds

  The New England groundfishery is a disaster. Conservationists know it, the federal government knows it, processors, shipyards and supply houses know it. And nobody knows it Read More »

• Mississippi to start voluntary snapper reporting program – (It should be mandatory)

  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will start its voluntary red snapper reporting program for recreational fishermen on June 1. The purpose Read More »

• NOAA’s Next Big Thing? Ocean Noise – Cracking down on noise-making activities in the ocean. $$$$!

  The ocean has gotten noisier for decades, with man-made racket from oil drilling, shipping and construction linked to signs of stress in marine life that include Read More »

• Mr Fisher: Taking viewers on a real time ride on a fishing vessel

  Md Jahidur Rahman, a fishing boat skipper, has been sharing videos of fishing operations in the Bay of Bengal for some time now, and one can Read More »

• Reassessed: More than half a million gallons of oil spilled in Gulf near Lousisiana

  The U.S. Coast Guard has reassessed an oil spill that happened Oct. 13 (click here) near Venice Louisiana. While initial reports were thought to be at Read More »
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  N.L. asks federal government for ‘immediate’ improvements to Labrador search and rescue

  Labrador Affairs Minister Lisa Dempster said Friday the statement was about following up on the 17 recommendations made by the provincial public inquiry into ground search Read More »

• N.C. Charter Boat Captains not happy with proposed rules – Video

  There weren’t very many positive words for the Marine Fisheries Commission at a public meeting Wednesday night. Charter boat captains are not happy with some proposed Read More »

• Endangered and Threatened Species: Critical Habitat for Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale-Proposed rule; request for comments.

  We, the NMFS, propose to replace the critical habitat for right whales in the North Atlantic with two new areas. The areas under consideration as critical Read More »

• Maritime fisheries ministers appointed Lobster panel starting its work – Discussions to take place in PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick

  The three-member independent panel appointed by Maritime fisheries ministers to examine factors affecting lobster prices will begin meeting with industry organizations in early July. continued@yarmouthcountyvanguard Read More »
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  Bidders hungry for part of Arctic surf clam fishery after decades-long monopoly

  The competition for newly available Arctic surf clam quota off Cape Breton has three times more applicants than previously reported, which is a sign of the Read More »

• Costello and White’s “Closing high seas to fishing” Study gets deboned by Commercial Fishermen

  If the high seas were closed to fishing, populations of migratory species such as tuna, billfish and shark would increase significantly and that would help the Read More »
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  Big, new D&D fishing catamaran arrives home in Narooma

  The town of Narooma came out in big numbers to greet the big new commercial fishing boat the D&D when it sailed through the bar crossing after Read More »

• Can the U.S. win the battle against overfishing?

  We’ve written before about “the end of fish.” This is the rather apocalyptic warning, promoted by ecologists like Daniel Pauly, that humans are severely over-exploiting the Read More »