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• Maine Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher holding four open meetings in July to hear from lobstermen

  The meetings are scheduled for July 9 in Rockland, July 11 in Machias, July 16 in Ellsworth and July 17 in Scarborough. continued@wabi Read More »

• Proposed NSC & Associates Groundfish Disaster Aid Spending Plan: My vote is NO – Dick Grachek

  Dear Dick, We need you to review and vote with a YES or NO on the consensus spending plan and respond to us in writing by 10 Read More »

• Longtime Fisherman Weighs In On New England Fishery Management Councils Recent Votes

  The New England Fishery Management Council made the right move recently, voting to ask the federal government to suspend an at-sea monitoring program required of the Read More »
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  Video: Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 65 miles east of Kodiak, Alaska

  The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 65 miles east of Kodiak, Monday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak Read More »

• Fisheries observer Talilla Schuster – Provincetown upbringing, science and water-based career

  Coping with homesickness, eating food that she is not used to, losing sleep with an erratic schedule, “grumpy fishermen and [her own] grumpiness” also are all Read More »
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  UK Fisheries Administrations call on fishermen with vessels 12 metres and longer, register with International Maritime Organization

  Access for UK boats to fish in EU, Norwegian or Faroese waters after the UK leaves the EU will be a matter for negotiation. Should access Read More »

• N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Pulls the Plug on Speckled Trout

  N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Louis Daniel has issued a proclamation closing all coastal and inland waters to commercial and recreational spotted seatrout (speckled trout) Read More »

• East End legislators at odds over bill to study Millstone power plant impacts

  “The water temperatures of the sound are rising at an alarming rate,” Schneiderman said. “Data collected show the sound’s temperature is rising one degree per decade Read More »
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  Hearts broken and fears realized when the Saulis crew didn’t come home – A Year Later

  Dec. 15 marks the one-year anniversary of the sinking of F/V Chief William Saulis scallop vessel, a tragedy that took the lives of six men and Read More »

• Scallop Industry Set Aside Program Funds Mid-Atlantic Loggerhead Turtle Research – Northeast Sea Turtle Collaborative tagged 20 deploying two solar-powered test units.

  The  research team worked from two  commercial sea scallop vessel,   the  91-foot F/V Kathy Ann and the 85-foot F/V Ms Manya, both based in Barnegat  Light, Read More »

• Linda Panozzo: Grey seals are scapegoated, says researcher – details her argument in new book.

  The grey seal is a political and social scapegoat, a convenient distraction from tackling the hard issues facing Canada’s fisheries, says award-winning journalist Linda Pannozzo. more@thecoast 08:20 Read More »

• Mobile, Alabama Commercial Fishing Boats burglarized along Dog River – video

  MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Local fishermen are trying to bounce from a rash of commercial fishing boat burglaries that Mobile police said happened along Dog River. Read More »

• Pacific Seafood Finds Temporary Facilities After Processing Plant Fire – Audio

  Workers at a Pacific Seafood processing plant near Astoria are racing to finish modifications on a borrowed plant, after  a devastating fire last week. The fishing season Read More »
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  In search of silver: B.C. roe-herring fishery carries risks and rewards

  Off Nanoose Bay — The Denman Isle is in stealth mode, dark except for a spotlight off the bow.  Skipper Barry Curic sits in the dim wheelhouse of Read More »
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  Closing inland shrimping will cost the consuming public more

  More than just the livelihood of approximately 119 small, independent commercial fishing businesses stand to be hurt by a proposed N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recommendation Read More »

• Begich, Wicker, Schatz Introduce NOAA Corps Amendments Act

  MarineLink.com – U.S. Senators Mark Begich, Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced legislation to strengthen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Commissioned Officer Corps Read More »
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  Offshore wind farms could reduce Atlantic City’s surfclam fishery revenue up to 25%

  New research from Rutgers University shows Mid-Atlantic surfclam fisheries could see revenue losses from planned offshore wind farms, at least in the short- to medium-term after Read More »

• Bayou La Batre seeks help amid foreign seafood invasion

  Bayou La Batre, “Alabama’s seafood capital”, is experiencing some major economic adversity causing Mayor Henry Barnes to issue a declaration of disaster. The issue is a Read More »

• From Virginia, another idea for reversing crab decline

  The latest idea for pulling Chesapeake blue crabs back from the brink of disaster — a fascinating and frustrating subject about which everyone seems to have Read More »

• Editorial: NOAA stand flaunts rogue agency’s lack of accountability – Gloucester Daily Times

  Indeed, the most downright offensive aspect of NOAA’s stand amid all of this is the fact that Bullard and Schiffer refuse to release her “legal memorandum” Read More »

• The Sockeye are Moving in the Egegik and Naknek-Kvichak Districts

  The sockeye are starting to move in Bristol Bay as fishermen are getting increasing amounts of fishing time. KDLG’s Mike Mason has this report about how Read More »

• Red King Crab Serial Killers – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini.

  Dive into Womens Bay, an inlet located on the island of Kodiak and you will find a graveyard of lost or abandoned crab pots or as NOAA’s Read More »
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  Commercial fishing of Asian carp is catching on in the Heartland

  Investors behind the creation of the ‘International Fisheries Industrial Park’ in Wickliffe, Kentucky unveiled their plans at an event at Two Rivers Fisheries on Friday, April Read More »
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  At 102, Virginia Oliver is a Maine lobstering legend

  Virginia Oliver, who was born in 1920, has been harvesting lobsters since the age of 10. At the age of 102, she still works side-by-side with Read More »
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  Scientist says hatchery strays could threaten wild fish populations

  Whether it’s thanks to environmental cues, a keen sense of smell or a nifty magnetic instinct, Pacific salmon’s ability to navigate back to their home streams Read More »