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  Food for hundreds – Iqaluit hunters celebrate successful bowhead whale harvest

  The community of Iqaluit is celebrating a major milestone — and preparing to fill their freezers — after a bowhead whale was successfully hunted near the Read More »
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  Ratepayer Lawsuit! Review of South Fork Wind Farm project found power shortfalls during peak summer periods

  LIPA in 2017 decided to move ahead with the South Fork Wind Farm project despite internal findings that its ability to produce energy during critical summer-peak Read More »
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  Fishermen facing cuts to Georges Bank stocks, Council considering catch limits for yellowtail, cod, haddock

  The New England Fishery Management Council is expected to vote this week on the 2019 total allowable catch limits for three Georges Bank groundfish stocks the Read More »
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  At Sea on Taiwan’s Last Fire-Fishing Boats

  It’s pitch black on Taiwan’s waters, and in a few minutes, all hell will break loose. A boom and blaze of fire explode into the night Read More »

• ‘Godzilla’ El Nino Is Awakening, and Headed Toward California

  Rising temperatures in the Pacific Ocean continue to reinforce the brewing El Nino “Godzilla” that forecasters said Thursday could rival the strongest on record. According to Read More »

• N.J. rec fisherman “Johnny Bucktail” faces wave of anger after fish tossing video goes viral

  A Monmouth County fisherman is facing a firestorm of criticism — mostly from fellow fishermen — for a video he posted online showing him tossing numerous motionless fish Read More »

• North Carolina: State’s shrimping industry needs Cooper’s support

  As the state’s shrimping industry faces a perfect storm of challenges that may result in the demise of hundreds of family owned fishing businesses, it is Read More »

• With right-wing backing, New England offshore wind opponents gain strength

  Jerry Leeman III is a fifth generation Maine fisherman and looks the part: broad shoulders, muscular hands, scraggly black beard with streaks of gray. Sitting at Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. – Southeast Alaska and Kodiak Dive for Dollars

  Diving for sea cucumbers, geoduck clams, and sea urchins is. Southeast holds the title for the biggest dive fisheries in Alaska. Around 70 divers have been Read More »

• Alliance Select loses uninsured fishing vessel – Are you covered?

  Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. expects to incur some losses after its 40 percent-owned affiliate reported the sinking of a fishing vessel which, unfortunately, did not Read More »

• Video: Bitter cold weather is taking a toll on Portland’s fishing industry, and restaurants as well

  Because of the weather, fishermen can’t take advantage of the higher demand for their catch. “I think a lot of guys want to go fishing because Read More »
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  Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for July 2020 Has Arrived!

  Contact our sales team today! To review the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – “The only thing we treat our fish with, is respect” Seafreeze Read More »

• Morro Bay opts not to host second Marine Sanctuary forum

  The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would stretch 140 miles along the coast from Cambria to Santa Barbara. The proposal has been nominated, meaning it’s Read More »
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  Queens DA candidate pledged to crack down on live lobster boiling, campaign walks it back.

  In May, the left-wing candidate (Tiffany Caban) filled out a questionnaire from the Brooklyn-based group Voters for Animal Rights which included a checklist of activities the Read More »

• Journalists get schooled about fishing industry

  HARKERS ISLAND — Eddie and Allison Willis, a Harkers Island commercial fisherman and his wife, have seen several issues come up in the seafood industry in Read More »
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  ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ Will be the Fate of Marine Environment in Atlantic Offshore Wind Farms

  Like the English commons, the Atlantic waters could take just so much ‘grazing’. The Canadian government finally recognized the cod fishery had crashed and closed it;,, Read More »

• Fishermen clean up ‘ghost gear’ from Bay of Fundy

  The started dragging the waters off the coast of Saint John and Deer Island seven years ago. More than 500 abandoned traps were hauled up from Read More »
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  Quebec rejects proposed cull of Brion Island grey seals, to dismay of local biologist

  A biologist from the Magdalen Islands is angry the Quebec government has rejected a plan to slaughter 1,200 grey seals on Brion Island, a nature reserve Read More »

• Guest: Wait for the facts on Pebble Mine

  THE proposed Alaskan Pebble Mine, a copper-and-gold mine, has received almost as much attention in Seattle as it has in our neck of the woods in Read More »

• Pricey reds rank Cook Inlet salmon value third-best in 10 years

  If measured in sheer volume of fish, the Upper Cook Inlet commercial harvest of salmon was low: preliminary Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates show Read More »

• Safety Bulletin 17: Safety concern over lifting operations on fishing vessels

  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency are issuing this safety bulletin to remind owners, employers, skippers and crew of UK fishing vessels of their responsibilities regarding health Read More »

• Maritime seafood processors fear worker shortage will hurt market, won’t have the capacity to process all that is caught

  Seafood processors in northern Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are feeling the pinch of growing labour shortages just as the spring lobster season Read More »
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  Commercial fishermen call for a fishing boat wharf accessible to the community

  Commercial fishing operators say they’re “getting pushed out” of Devonport with nowhere to dock their boats after the last available berth is taken away to make Read More »
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  Value of Maine scallop landings dropped by 37 percent last year

  Maine’s 2018 scallop harvest fell by 37 percent in value and by 30 percent in volume from the prior year, according to state officials. Despite the Read More »
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  This story has a Twist! F/V Jenny Lynn had been disabled since Monday.

  A commercial fisherman was rescued Thursday by the Coast Guard after his vessel capsized in the Gulf of Mexico 18 miles west of the city. The Read More »