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• Study: Patient Fishermen Could See Bigger Revenue, Healthier Shrimp Fisheries

  A Duke University study says North Carolina coastal fishermen could make more money and preserve the shrimp fishery, if they’d wait until late in the season Read More »

• Kotzebue Fishery Closes Early with ‘3rd Best Harvest in Over 25 Years’

  The commercial fishing season in Kotzebue came to a close Friday, and while both the chum salmon run and the payout to fishermen pales in comparison Read More »

• An open letter to the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs regarding Roe Herring Fisheries in 2015

  This letter responds to the UBCIC letter of March 25, 2015, which opposes 2015 commercial roe herring fisheries. British Columbia herring stocks are intensively managed, with Read More »

• Fisheries Crime

  HuffPo – “World fish stocks are being rapidly depleted, and valuable species are nearing extinction. Because fish are a valuable commodity, the last decade has seen Read More »

• U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes

  U.S. regulators say they will review the use of a chemical found in almost every tire after a petition from West Coast Native American tribes that Read More »

• “What is the price people paid to become a crab fishermen?” – Film maker seeks to preserve Kodiak King Crab History

  Matt Stevens is a man on a mission. Born and raised on Kodiak Island in the late 70’s, he has grown up hearing the stories of Read More »
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  Pilot Program – Port allows fish sales from boats at Fisherman’s Wharf

  Fishermen have been granted the legal right to sell fish from their boats at Fisherman’s Wharf for the first time in nearly two decades. The pilot Read More »

• Lobsterman Jumps Off Boat to Rescue Driver from Submerged Car

  A lobsterman saved a person who was in a sinking vehicle in the ocean off East End beach in Portland, Maine, according to the Portland Police Read More »

• Fishing technique known as trawling can sometimes be productive

  High-intensity raking of the seabed, called trawling, is a very effective fishing method that can inflict significant collateral damage on sea life. However, it can sometimes Read More »
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  Bluefin tuna sells for low pandemic price at Toyosu’s 1st 2021 auction

  The most expensive bluefin tuna sold under the hammer at 2021’s first auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market failed to land a million-dollar bid or anything Read More »

• Porch lights to shine in Nova Scotia to commemorate Miss Ally tragedy

  Homes across Shelburne County will keep their porch lights on for the next few days to remember the fishermen who died when the Miss Ally capsized Read More »

• Gold Coast woman catches sandcrab that’s a dead ringer for Michael Jackson

  An uncanny likeness of late pop-megastar Michael Jackson has appeared on the backside of an egg-bearing female sand crab hauled from the Tweed River. In what Read More »
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  Lobster fishing must remain in season – ‘The federal government has allowed a regulatory system with unconstitutional provisions’

  Wayne Easter, the P.E.I. MP who chaired the federal fisheries committee looking at moderate livelihood fisheries 21 years ago, says there are still questions to be Read More »

• What the fish in Alaska’s oceans are eating — and what that can tell us

  Ever wonder what eats the salmon that don’t make it back to Bristol Bay? Or what fish are cannibals? A new database released online in late Read More »
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  Local boat looks to Unalaska’s youth in hopes of revitalizing island’s fishery

  “I was 25 years old in Corvallis, Oregon visiting a friend,” Dickerson said. “And this guy from Alaska came over and started telling these incredible stories. Read More »

• Fish and Game discusses salmon research, Cook Inlet management with Mat-Su commission

  The borough’s Fish and Wildlife Commission met with Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials and other interested parties to discuss plans for future research, and Read More »
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  Search ends for missing fishing crew member 250 kilometres northeast of St. Anthony

  A search by air and sea for a fishing boat crew member who went missing early Saturday morning in the waters near St. Anthony is over. Read More »
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  DMR extends search for shrimp boat for 2018 Northern Shrimp Cooperative Winter Sampling program

  The Department of Marine Resources extended the deadline and sweetened the deal in the hope of attracting applications to participate in its 2018 Northern Shrimp Cooperative Read More »
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  Duluth Trading Co. Debuts Fishing Collection Built For Extreme Conditions

  Inspired by the grit of the Alaskan frontier, Duluth Trading Co. today launches its first collection built to withstand the harshest conditions unique to commercial fishing Read More »

• Government Regulations Drowning New England Fisheries

  One well-seasoned commercial fisherman says Federal regulations are drowning New England fisheries. He says catch shares, where fishermen are limited to a certain quota of fish Read More »
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  Efforts Underway to Reduce Lobster Fishing Gear to Help Rare Whale

  Interstate fishing managers are starting the process of trying to reduce the amount of lobster fishing gear off the East Coast in an attempt to help Read More »

• Comment by John Sibert, University of Hawaii: Environmental Bullies – Conservationists or Agenda-pushers?

  Dr. Molly Lutcavage wrote a piece last week on Medium titled, Environmental Bullies, how conservation ideologues attack scientists who don’t agree with them. Though a summary follows, Read More »
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  FFAW applauds new deal on crab pricing, but says system still needs fixing

  Harvesters refused to fish for more than a week, until the FFAW and Association of Seafood Producers reached a deal on Sunday that included increases to Read More »

• Biden Admin Approves New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Project Amid Growing Local Pushback

  The Atlantic Shores South project, given a green light by the U.S. Department of the Interior last week, calls for installing 200 towering wind turbines less than nine miles Read More »

• Controversial proposal for managing the southern flounder fishery is on hold

  A controversial proposal for managing the southern flounder fishery is on hold after apparent legislative concern over the process being used to potentially implement changes to Read More »