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• Being female among fishermen: An unwelcome reminder on the docks

  When the Kathleen Jo pulls out of her stall at noon, I am there to see them off. My 5-year-old shipmate waves wildly through the starboard Read More »
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  Biloxi Shrimpers say season is ‘mediocre’ so far

  The brown shrimp season began about a month and a half ago, and so far, local shrimpers are reporting mixed results. “Our preliminary numbers so far Read More »

• Aleutian Islands Nominated as National Marine Sanctuary

  The waters around the Aleutian Islands support a dizzying range of wildlife — and major industries right along with it. Right now, the government’s job is Read More »
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  Fishing boat sinks after collision with cargo ship off Tynemouth coast

  At 3.40pm on Sunday, the skipper of a 9.9m North Shields -based trawler made a distress call after a collision with a 1,700-tonne 81m cargo ship that had Read More »
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  Coast Guard, good Samaritan assist vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska

  The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan assist a vessel taking on water near Sitka, Alaska, Saturday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka Read More »

• A whale of a tale: the dying days of the N.L. whale hunt – 45 years ago Tom Cole hunted giants of the deep

  Tom Cole of Avondale is accustomed to perplexed stares and incredulity when he tells people how he earned his living in his youth. “Most people are really surprised Read More »

• NJ Senate influenced by the Humane Society moves to ban shark fin trade

  The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill to ban the trade, sale and distribution of shark fin products and may now join several U.S. states Read More »

• Bahamas search finds life ring but no other sign of El Faro

  An intensive search by U.S. Coast Guard and Navy aircraft has turned up a life ring but no other sign of a cargo ship with 33 Read More »

• Army Corps withdraws Penobscot Bay dredging application – plan to dispose of contaminated spoils drew local ire

  The Army Corps of Engineers withdrew on Tuesday its state permitting application for a Penobscot Bay dredging project opposed by lobstermen, tourism business owners and environmentalists. Read More »

• New yellowtail flounder survey on tap – Long awaited commercial fleet collaborative research inclusion is finally realized

  NEW BEDFORD — Five fisheries scientists based in Woods Hole came to the city Wednesday and spelled out the details of a new yellowtail flounder survey to Read More »
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  Coronavirus: NOAA Cancels Five Large-Scale Fishery Surveys

  NOAA announced Friday that it will cancel five out of its six large-scale research surveys in Alaskan waters this year due to COVID-19. The canceled surveys Read More »
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  Coronavirus: Commercial fishing industry on the ropes as pandemic-era shoppers avoid seafood

  Fisherman Marty Scanlon has not returned to his Long Island home since leaving for North Carolina at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Read More »
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  Maine lobster fisherman says U.S. border patrol has been boarding American boats, not just Canadian

  U.S. border officials have not been deliberately “harassing” Canadian fishing boats in disputed Atlantic waters — agents have boarded numerous American vessels, too, as part of Read More »

• Letter to the Editor: Bullard’s spin on fishery doesn’t hold water – Sam Frontiero, Gloucester Ma.

  After reading his letter, and following his actions, it shows just how destructive the views of NOAA Northeast Administrator John Bullard are. Throughout history, people leave Read More »

• Ray Hilborn: Seafood sustainability, certification ‘about money’

  Seafood sustainability and certification is “about money and value – science has largely been lost”. So claims Ray Hilborn, a professor in the School of Aquatic and Read More »

• NOAA a big part of New Bedford’s groundfishing woes, says new report

  Magnuson lies at the root of many problems, conclude the six authors, among whom are economics professor emeritus Dan Georgianna of UMass Dartmouth and Rodney Avila, Read More »

• 75 Years After Steinbeck Sailed, a Boat Is Readied to Go Back to Sea

  Rule 1 in the world of working wooden boats, since the days of dugout canoes and fishing skiffs, has been that when they are no longer Read More »
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  Heartbreak for young fisherman after lad’s boat found dashed on rocks

  Tragedy struck for a young Cornish fisherman after his boat was found dashed to pieces on rocks after drifting away on high tide. Antony Newcombe, 13 Read More »

• Coldwater shrimp sector faces more cuts as NAFO closes Grand Banks

  Further steep reductions in also known as northern shrimp, could come in 2015 in both the Grand Banks and Greenland. After years of declining catches in the Read More »
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  Easter Sunday marks the fourth day of Canadian Fisherman Richard Gillett’s hunger strike.

  The vice-president of the Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) set up camp in front of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans headquarters in Read More »

• Nova Scotia Lobster prices set to drop as volume increases

  Chronicle Herald -The dock price for lobster is about to fall, a Nova Scotia broker predicts. Fishermen were getting $5 a pound Friday, but that won’t Read More »
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  Lobstermen frustrated by regulations after new study shows whale entanglements decline

  A new report has Maine lobstermen saying, “I told you so.” The report says large whale entanglements dropped in 2020, including for the right whale. Lobstermen Read More »
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  Jersey: Fears grow for missing fishermen who vanished along with their boat

  Hopes are fading for the crew of a fishing boat who went missing off the coast of Jersey in the early hours of this morning. A Read More »

• New Jersey Fisherman Josh Catlett missing after F/V Linda Claire suddenly rolled over. Acts of Heroism, Search suspended – Video

  It was 8:45 a.m. Thursday when the Linda Claire, a 44-foot commercial boat, started taking on water about six miles west of Cape May Point and Read More »

• Fierce Competition, Fish Piracy, Led to NW Fishing Industry Decline, Says New Book

  McMINNVILLE, Ore. (PRWEB) October 03, 2012  The waters off the coast of Washington state and British Columbia were once filled with fish pirates and border bandits Read More »