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  New tool improves fishing efficiency and sustainability

  Called EcoCast, the experimental tool developed by researchers at Stanford and other universities combines satellite data of ocean conditions, records from fisheries observers and species tracking Read More »
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  Get your fresh, wild caught seafood while you can

  Get your fresh, wild caught seafood while you can. That’s the message from third generation Bowen-based commercial fisherman Terry Must. Mr Must has been fishing commercially Read More »
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  It’s Russia vs. USA For Bering Sea Crabbing Bragging Rights

  It’s a rivalry that never dies – from the Cold War to Olympic hockey games to accusations of presidential election interference. Russia vs. the United States Read More »
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  Coast Guard assists sinking fishing boat off Key West

  Coast Guard rescue crews assisted a 73-foot commercial fishing boat after it started taking on water about 46 miles northwest of Key West. The F/V Kayden Read More »

• Kenai River Sportfisherman’s Association Anti-setnet initiative spurs protests

  As next Wednesday’s Alaska Supreme Court hearing on an initiative banning commercial setnet fishing in Cook Inlet approaches, tensions grow on the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Read More »

• White Glacier’s Arctic 25 – Live Cold Water Immersion Demonstrations at Fish Canada Workboat Canada

  White Glacier, the industry leader in protective immersion suits, presents the Arctic 25 hypothermia protective suit to the Canadian commercial marine industry at the Fish Canada Read More »
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  Fisherman Doug Evans is back on dry land after F/V Rose Marie caught fire at sea

  Black smoke billowed from the portside of the Fairhaven-based Rose Marie as flames engulfed the steel hull of the 90-foot trawler. Cell phone video captures this Read More »
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  Glum outlook scares salmon fishing industry – Wednesday, an expedition leaves for the Gulf of Alaska to try to help crack the puzzle

  This year’s preliminary salmon outlook from Fisheries and Oceans Canada says overall expectations for salmon returns are generally low and similar to those in 2019. In Read More »
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  Long Beach council tells Hochul it is ‘fervently opposed’ to wind project

  The City of Long Beach is “fervently opposed” to the Empire Wind 2 project that proposes a high-voltage power line through its streets and turbines visible Read More »

• Cooke looking to buy Icicle Seafoods Alaska-based wild salmon processing in Alaska and whitefish operations

  Acquisitive Canadian seafood entrepreneur Glenn Cooke is said to be closing in on a deal for US farming, fishing and processing firm Icicle, which New York-based Read More »

• New England’s decades-old shrimp fishery, a victim of climate change, to remain closed indefinitely

  New England’s long-shuttered shrimp business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing moratorium indefinitely, fishery regulators ruled on Friday. The industry has Read More »

• Anyone following the DFO library closure “War on Science”? The environs have been having a field day.

  Harper rapped for wrong reasons –VICTORIA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s latest visit to B.C. was portrayed as these things are today: besieged by protesters, hiding Read More »
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  Maryland oyster industry may be forever altered by Coronavirus pandemic

  The pandemic-impacted oyster season has been difficult for the industry in Maryland, causing farmers and watermen to rethink how they sell their product and changing how Read More »
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  A good story about a good man – Legendary Captain Joe Rose

  Captain Joe Rose of Beaufort is a rare breed of fisherman. He is one of the few remaining owner-operators in the Atlantic Coast fleet of ocean-going Read More »

• Video shows man attacking Hawaiian monk seal, culture expert mentions commercial fishermen?

  One of Kauai’s most popular Hawaiian monk seals was attacked on Tuesday night at Salt Pond Beach Park, and a video recording of the scuffle is Read More »

• Gulf of Maine shrimp season a bust

  Gary Libby, a fisherman in Port Clyde, said he caught 800 pounds of the small, sweet shrimp on his best day this winter. Last year he Read More »
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  Poor season drives a black market for crabs in Qld

  Poor weather over summer has resulted in a lucrative black market for the sale of mud crabs in Queensland. Recreational fishermen have been caught taking to Read More »
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  Grand Isle, Louisiana: Extensive damage to many boats in the fishing community, photos.

  Damage from Hurricane Ida is still being assessed after it made landfall on Sunday. The storm caused at least four deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi, while thousands more Read More »

• Britain’s hard-toiling fishermen are cast and crew of Channel 4’s new fishing documentary series The Catch

  Rugged, taciturn and fearless, fishermen are the last-action heroes of the high seas. Or so gung-ho documentaries such as Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch encourage us to Read More »
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  Herring cuts another headache for lobstermen

  Maine lobstermen are catching it coming and going, but the “it” ain’t lobsters. Last month, the lobster industry found itself confronted with a demand from federal Read More »
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  A Fisherman’s Family

  Melba Willis of Harkers Island has been around commercial fishermen her whole life. Her dad, husband and even her father-in-law worked on the water.  She married Read More »

• Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. PREFERED PRICE LIST for November 21, 2013 has arrived

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• Different states with different rules sting SouthCoast fluke fishermen

  POINT JUDITH, R.I. — April 9 was a good day for Tony Borges, captain of the Sao Paulo. He only had to throw 100 pounds of Read More »
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  FISH-NL plans second certification application for 2019, but only if harvesters step up to the plate

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) announced plans today to move forward with a second application for certification in 2019, but Read More »
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  F/V Aleutian Isle: Equipment on site, recovery will take 10 days once started

  The Unified Command continues its response following the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Aleutian Isle west of San Juan Island, Washington. Dive and vessel recovery Read More »