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• “He makes well over $135,000, with credit card, Madame Speaker, and a car, Madame Speaker,”

  The controversy over low lobster prices boiled over on the floor of the Legislature Tuesday with a shouting match between P.E.I. Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley and Read More »

• Shortage of imported shrimp – Gulf shrimp, crab scarcity nets high prices

  One reason for rising shrimp prices on the coast is a shortage of imported shrimp. A new strain of a common bacterium has been wiping out Read More »
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  ‘Deadliest Catch’ Faces Its Own Extinction – The crabs are missing in the Bering Sea, and the series may soon have nothing to film.

  If Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch” is in trouble, it’s climate change – not ratings – that may hasten the show’s demise. Over the last year, temperatures rose Read More »

• Gutted by NOAA, Shaheen, Ayotte Meet With Federal Officials to Discuss Fishery Relief for New England

  (Washington, DC) – As part of their ongoing efforts to protect New Hampshire’s fishing industry, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) met with Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ X 16’3″ Novi Scalloper/Lobster, 450HP, Cummins QSMII Diesel

  To review specifications, information, and 35 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:35 Read More »

• Western Aleutian Processors Snag Business From Kodiak Plants. Fishing for History? Audio

  Unalaska Community Broadcasting – For the past year, pollock and cod fishing off Kodiak has been booming — but processing plants in town say they aren’t Read More »

• Big Green Bureaucracy – Commercial fishermen fight to fish near NASA

  George Sweetman must follow the crabs. This year, they lure him to the shallows surrounding NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where the beginnings of a blue crab Read More »
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  Many Questions Unanswered Following DEP Statement on Fish Die Off at Black Island

  A Maine Department of Environmental Protection statement on the massive of die-off of nearly 116,000 salmon at pen sites off Black Island in mid-August raises more Read More »

• Varnamtown: Town has deep roots with coastal history

  There is a reason it’s called , and Courtland Varnam, who lived in Varnamtown before it was a town, knows all about it. “There are plenty Read More »

• Pacific Fisheries Management Council Nominated for ‘Shark Enemy’ Award!

  This week Turtle Island Restoration Network, a leading international marine conservation organization, and fellow environmentalists officially nominated the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) for the ‘Shark Read More »
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  Rope free traps? Company studies ways for fishing nets and whales to coexist.

  “It’s promising and many people are asking why we don’t use it right away — but it’s still in the scientific testing phase, with tests being Read More »

• Scientists to Advise on Marine Monument Fishing Regulations, American Samoa Large Vessel Prohibited Area, Kona Crabs, ACL’s

  Renowned scientists from throughout the Pacific will convene in Honolulu June 13 to 15 to provide recommendations on managing fisheries in Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam, the Read More »
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  Photos – State-of-the-art longliner for Narooma nears completion

  The state-of-the-art commercial longlining vessel being built for the Abbott family of Narooma is nearing completion at an Adelaide shipyard. The three siblings, Ryan, Todd and Read More »

• Isle of Man catch limit imposed after ‘fishing race’ concerns

  Starting on Tuesday, a daily 1,400kg (3,086lbs) limit will be in force for the next six weeks in order to tackle current “unsustainable” fishing rates. An Read More »

• Lobstermen mull changes – Alterations to season, new work week for crews among association’s plans

  YARMOUTH — A grassroots organization for lobster fishermen has a new president and a new plan. The lobster fishery “is the backbone of the economy of Read More »
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  Trouble brewing if Royal Greenland doesn’t start buying crab from under 40’ fleet: SEA-NL

  Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) says enterprise owners in the under 40’ fleet warn there will be trouble if Quin-Sea/Royal Greenland doesn’t start 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 »

• Coast Guard Station Valdez boatcrew responds to a 30-foot fishing vessel taking on water

  The boatcrew transferred a dewatering pump and damage control kit to the two boaters and assisted them in controlling the onboard flooding before escorting the vessel Read More »

• Feds charge second seafood plant employee for covering up emission violations

  Federal prosecutors in Alaska have charged a previously unnamed Dutch Harbor seafood plant employee with a Clean Air Act violation, stemming from allegations he falsified emissions Read More »
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  Still stuck – No luck moving grounded shrimp trawler

  Crews have still had no luck moving a Wanchese shrimp trawler that has been in the breakers off in Southern Shores since grounding earlier this week,,, Read More »

• P.E.I. fishermen have concerns about some proposed safety requirements

  The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association has concerns about some of Transport Canada’s proposed changes to safety requirements for commercial fishing vessels. Transport Canada says these changes are Read More »
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  Orcas in Alaska are stealing fish right from the lines — and the new behavior seems to be killing them

  Orcas in Alaska are exhibiting a “new behavior” that may be getting them in trouble, a local fisher’s association has said. They’ve been known to pluck Read More »

• The sad demise of the Hastings fishing fleet

  Here local historian, and author of the book Fishermen of Hastings, Steve Peak looks at how our fishing fleet has declined in recent decades. He writes: Read More »
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  Call for Changes to Gulf of St. Lawrence Redfish Fishery Management, Inshore Fleet Demands Immediate Action

  The 4R inshore fleet is calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to implement immediate changes to the management of the Gulf of St. Read More »

• ‘It hasn’t been crab salad weather’ – fisherman

  Crabs from Cromer, in Norfolk, have long featured on the menus at high-end restaurants, and tourists head to the town to sample the local delicacy. But Read More »