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• Water wars: What does Florida have that Georgia needs?

  U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson was writing from the Middle District of Florida. “Too often, state, local, and even national government actors do not consider the Read More »

• Oleg Naydenov – Salvage Firms to Remove Oil from Sunken Trawler Off Canary Islands

  Ardent, the new salvage company formed by a merger between Titan Salvage and Svitzer Salvage, is partnering with Ardentia Marine, a leading salvage and diving company Read More »

• Con Group Oceana wants West Coast Sardine Fishing shut down immediately!

  West Coast fisheries managers will likely shut down sardine fishing this year in the face of evidence that the stock is declining. The commercial fishing fleet Read More »

• Vancouver Island fishermen to be honored for daring sea rescue

  As Ryan Planes was in the middle of setting out his fishing gear off the West Coast of Vancouver Island in October, he noticed a bright Read More »

• Menendez, Pallone hope to ban Atlantic offshore drilling

  Offshore drilling would be banned in the Atlantic Ocean under legislation Sen. Robert Menendez and Rep. Frank Pallone say they will introduce in both chambers this Read More »
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  How lobster fishing began in southern Maine

  “Until the twentieth century lobsters could be pulled out from under the rocks,” the preservation society said. “The smaller ones of two pounds or less were Read More »

• Another assault on commercial fishermen

  I write this letter to say thank you to the editor of the Carteret County News-Times for the truthful and thought provoking editorial, “An obviously bad bill, Read More »
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  Newfoundland town fears for safety of seals swarming its streets

  Seals have been swarming the streets of a northern Newfoundland town, with residents fearing for the animals’ safety but being warned to stay away. Brendon Fitzpatrick Read More »

• Feds offer emergency loans to idled salmon industry

  Last spring, the commercial chinook salmon season was completely cancelled. Now federal officials are offering emergency subsidized loans for an industry in crisis. The loans must Read More »

• The NFI claims that Greenpeace is a “science-averse” organisation that only cares about fundraising. (They ain’t the only ones!)

  Fish Info & Services Co.Ltd – The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is accusing Greenpeace of lying about US retailers’ seafood sustainability practices, and thus challenging reporters Read More »
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  China’s fish

  The national seafood media was Monday atwitter with speculation China might impose tariffs on American seafood, and Alaska Commissioner of Commerce Mike Navarre was trying to Read More »

• Members of Congress urge disaster relief for Dungeness crab fishermen

  In a bit of good news for California’s beleaguered crab fishermen, four members of Congress announced Tuesday they would call for federal disaster relief in the Read More »

• Oceana, with its partner Ulwandle Fishing, is to buy Foodcorp’s fishing division for R445m.

  Oceana, with its partner Ulwandle Fishing, is to buy Foodcorp’s fishing division for R445m. The transaction is in line with Oceana’s strategy to gain additional fishing rights and Read More »
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  Trawler captain dumped fish to save ship

  A judge has stepped in to settle allegations of misreporting catch by a fishing company, after a trawler captain had to dump 30,000 kilograms of southern Read More »
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  Coast Guard, agencies rescue 4 fishermen near Dauphin Island, Alabama

  NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard, along with partner agencies, rescued four boaters after their vessel began to take on water near Dauphin Island, Alabama, Sunday. Read More »
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  ‘The Crown’s honour is at stake’:Indigenous chief makes appeal to Justin Trudeau as fisheries deal rejected

  A first draft memorandum of understanding was sent by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the Sipekne’katik last week,,, The proposal, which was received with optimism, Read More »
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  Fishery regulators will discuss possible rise in minimum lobster size

  Fishing regulators will gather in Virginia next week to talk about the potential of raising the minimum size lobsters need to be in order to be harvested Read More »
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  Great Yarmouth fisherman swaps shrimp for offshore wind

  From inshore shrimper to head skipper on offshore wind crew transfer vessels, Wally Saunders turned generations of his family’s love and living from the sea to Read More »

• Keeping the Nut’s Out – Federal agencies, Point Lay seek to minimize media enacted walrus disturbances

  Federal agencies are stepping in to shield a North Slope village from the possibility of a deluge of international attention should a large walrus haulout develop nearby, as it has Read More »
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  At Point Judith, Capturing The Fishing Industry’s Past and Present

  Fishermen and industry advocates say there’s a real hunger among people to learn more about how fishermen do what they do. That’s why they’re planning to Read More »

• Just Now!! Mackerel as far as the eye can see

  These mackerel are being frozen at the Norpel fish plant in New Bedford. With just over 4 percent of the quota for 2014 there is speculation Read More »

• 1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed with FDA – Previously undisclosed documents reveal requests by many companies seeking government approval to grow controversial salmon in U.S.

  Washington, D.C. – infoZine – Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, and Food & Water Watch will join nearly 1.5 million people who Read More »

• UPDATED: ASMFC’s American Eel Management Section cuts Maines Elver Allocation by 18 percent

  A number of public comments were made by elver fishermen who spoke in opposition to any reductions before the vote. The Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for 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 »

• Whale research Vessel Shearwater traveling at 9 (?) knots plows into a North Atlantic right whale

  A Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies research vessel  R/V Shearwater “accidentally” collided with a North Atlantic right whale Wednesday, prompting the organization to issue a warning Read More »