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• Lobster industry needs to stop infighting, fisheries minister says

  Shea says the federal government wants to work with lobster fishermen to resolve challenges, but the industry needs to take the lead. Read more here 09:07 Read More »
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  “Networks”: A rare, real look at the lives of lobstermen

  “That funny looking water’s moving closer, Brooke,” Wallace says, motioning off in the nearby distance with his head as his hands work on the mooring. “That’s Read More »

• Maine Department of Marine Resources to tinker with proposed lobster marketing fees

  AUGUSTA, Maine — A legislative committee on Monday tabled discussion on a bill that would raise $3 million in lobster industry licensing fees so that state Read More »
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  At Category 2, Hurricane Harvey fast approaching Texas

  Hurricane Harvey intensified overnight and is expected to strike the Texas coast on Friday night or early Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said. The NHC said in Read More »
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  North Carolina shrimpers, fishermen concerned about mislabeled seafood

  While brown shrimp, the most abundant of North Carolina’s shrimp landings, are typically harvested in the summer, now is the time for the whites, or green Read More »

• Industry-wide reductions begin as menhaden cap becomes law

  REEDVILLE—Menhaden, alewife, mossbunker, fatbacks, bunker or pogy—no matter what it’s called—the fish is making news up and down the East Coast as the Atlantic States Marine Read More »
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  Do humans have it wrong? Treating salmon as commodity may threaten their wild existence

  As once-uncountable Northwest salmon stocks have dwindled, humans have tried a number of remedies to bolster or replace the disappearing fish. We’ve caught them at dams Read More »
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  Port of Newport Commission aiming higher….

  The Newport Port Commission and their new port General Manager Paula Miranda tackled a number of high profile issues during the port’s monthly port commission meeting Read More »
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  ‘They are serial killers’: How blue crabs are devastating the fishing industry in southern France

  For the last three years, the Canet-en-Roussillon lagoon, in southern France, has been under invasion from a blue crab which devours almost everything in its path. Read More »

• Mom finds tongue-eating parasite staring out of tuna can

  A parasite in a tuna can has one mother fishing for answers as to the identity of a blob-like, big-eyed creature peeking out at her from Read More »
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  Maine’s fishermen and farmers are under assault – When a flag is more than a symbol

  With the livelihoods of both Maine’s fishermen and farmers under assault, Sam Patten talks about the importance of keeping the traditional state flag. In the event Read More »

• House bill seeks state approval of fishing closures

  On the heels of the recent announcement to close more than 10,000 acres of Florida’s Biscayne National Park to fishing, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Read More »

• Northeast fishermen call for outside review of fish stock assessments

  The battle over the validity of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fish stock assessments that continually have led to slashed groundfish quotas has reached a Read More »
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  Pro and anti whaling nations brace for battle in Brazil

  Pro- and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on Read More »

• Divers hammer thousands of urchins to save Palos Verdes Peninsula kelp forests

  In one nine-hour day this week, longtime fishermen Terry Herzik and Gary Thompson smashed more than 10,000 purple sea urchins on the floor of a cove Read More »
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  This year, a welcome switch on bait supply for Maine lobstermen

  Bait freezers along the coast are full of herring and pogies, and even alewives, which means that bait is not only available, it is also much Read More »

• FISH-NL SLAMS FFAW for stonewalling on membership list

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is slamming the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union (FFAW) for trying to prevent the Read More »

• Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Fed loans don’t cut it when it comes to fishermen’s aid

  The truth is, the dire catch limit cuts imposed by NOAA for the current fishing year — on the heels of what was already a recognized Read More »

• Gig Harbor-based boat sinks off Alaska; 1 dead, 1 missing

  KODIAK, Alaska – A fishing boat based out of Pierce County has sunk off the coast of Alaska, leaving one person dead and another missing.—-The U.S. Read More »

• Coast Guard Medevacs Fisherman From F/V Kirsten Lee off Virginia Coast Saturday

  PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old crewmember Saturday from a fishing boat approximately 40 miles east of Chincoteague. The master of the fishing Read More »

• Rhode Island: Federal funding of $1.9M to help state’s fishermen

  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island officials say the state will receive $1.9 million in federal funding to help fishermen. Read more here 22:21 Read More »
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  ‘Window dressing’: Sealord criticized for efforts to hire Kiwis

  Sealord is being accused of not making a genuine effort to employ New Zealanders to work on the two Russian-owned trawlers it charters. An ad in Read More »

• Leamington commercial fisherman fined $40K for violations

  A Leamington commercial fishing boat captain has been handed a $40,000 fine for violations against his fishing licence. Melchiorre Pace, the captain of the vessel AD-CO Read More »

• Coast Guard searching for vessel in distress off New Jersey

  The Coast Guard is searching Sunday for a vessel in distress off the shore of New Jersey. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia received Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 57′ Fiberglass Scalloper, Cummins 855, Northern Lights 12 KW Genset

  To review specifications, and information, and 26 photos >click here<, Vessel is in good condition. Vessel has had extensive work done in past 2 years. There Read More »