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• 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 »

• Passamaquoddys reduce elver licenses by over 100, seek appeal to federal regulators

  ELLSWORTH, Maine — Representatives of the Passamaquoddy Tribe say they plan to go around state fisheries officials and appeal directly to federal regulators about the tribe’s Read More »

• Crab: no in Oregon, yes in California

  The commercial season for Dungeness crab in Oregon has been delayed until at least Dec. 16 after sample testing of crab showed low meat content. However, Read More »

• Bluefin Tuna Catch Quota Maintained as Shark Limit Rejected

  The commission, which is known as ICCAT and has 46 member countries as well as the European Union, decided to leave the 2014 quota at 1,750 Read More »

• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary rule groups meet

  keysnews.com – Three committees reviewing the rules of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary are closing in on their formal recommendations. continued Read More »
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  “I just thought Tignish looked so docile,,,Tignish lobster-trap tree to be lit for Easter in recognition of essential workers, local fishermen

  In 2018, the town made the tree using lobster traps as a way to honour the Island’s fishermen, but particularly Moe Getson and Glen DesRoches, two Read More »
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  Environmental Citations Issued For Boat Captain During NOAA Environmental Research Cruise

  The captain of a charter boat carrying government scientists on an environmental research cruise near the Keys has been cited for violating environmental regulations. The Ultimate Read More »

• Wrecking the Sea Bed with Offshore Wind Part 5

  Finally I would like to bring up a topic nobody is talking about although I suspect it is a topic many involved with this project are Read More »

• Gloucester Daily Times Editorial: Loss numbers show need to ease fish aid distribution

  The word that Massachusetts will lose about $34 million in direct revenue through the decline in 2013 fish landings — and the estimate that direct and Read More »

• Sebastian Inlet District to crack down on angry anglers defecating and spreading it on the rail to mark their territory

  At Sebastian Inlet fishing pier, lines often cross. And tangled tackle ticks off fishermen so much, they often revert to territorial tactics, casting aspersions and sometimes other Read More »
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  SouthCoast fishermen call NOAA’s civil action against Carlos Rafael ‘overkill’

  New Bedford- Current and former area fishermen balked at NOAA’s reach in its civil action against Carlos Rafael. “It’s total overkill,” said Stephen Lozinak, captain of Read More »

• N.L. pledges $2M to seal hunt

  The government of Newfoundland and Labrador pledged $2 million Wednesday to support the seal hunt this year – a move animal welfare advocates called a “bailout.” Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Gladding Hearn Offshore Lobster Boat, 385HP Cummins, Fed Lobster Permit-Area 3

  To review specifications, information, and 37 photos, >click here< , To see all the boats in this series >click here<11:21 Read More »

• Maine congressional delegation asks Obama to rebuff ban on lobster exports to EU

  Maine’s congressional delegation on Monday asked the Obama administration to resist efforts to ban the import of live Maine lobsters by European Union countries, saying the Read More »

• Cape Wind: The windy 10-year war

  The state of Massachusetts, in its nutty devotion to wind-powered, ocean-based generating plants deployed, in cooperation with the federal government, in a strangling circle around the Read More »

• 3 fishermen treated for smoke inhalation after fire aboard F/V Friendship in New Bedford Harbor

  Crew members thought they had the blaze aboard 99.1-foot Friendship extinguished, but it flared up again and firefighters used a dry chemical (carbon dioxide) to put Read More »
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  California Crabbers Could Feel the Pain, State Reaches Tentative Agreement With Enviro Group Over Whale Entanglement

  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity have tentatively agreed to settle an ongoing lawsuit, which claims that the state’s Read More »

• John Bullard – No guarantees that fish stocks will come back

  The big question is: Why has this happened? Over the years, quotas have been gradually reduced, but still the fish aren’t coming back as expected. It Read More »
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  Proposed Fisheries Regulation Amendments Target Fish Processors & Buyers

  The Fall 2019 re-election of the Liberal government means the proposed amendments to federal fisheries regulations remain a concern for industry participants.,, However, the government has, Read More »
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  Conservationists, West Coast bottom fishermen embrace ‘grand bargain’

  People who love fresh Northwest seafood and the sea should take note of what happened this week in a hotel conference room by Portland’s airport. There, Read More »
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  Why the fishing industry is against offshore wind farms near Ocean City

  Representatives say wind farms could cause harm by driving marine wildlife away, disturbing the ocean environment and making navigation more difficult for fishers and mariners. “Now Read More »
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  Omega Protein Statement on Menhaden Fishery Moratorium

  Omega Protein is disappointed in today’s decision by the Secretary of Commerce to impose a moratorium on Virginia’s menhaden fishery. This is the first time that Read More »

• NMFS Emergency Action on Blueline Tilefish Effective June 4, 2015

  The measures, which go into effect Thursday, June 4 for vessels fishing north of the Virginia/North Carolina border, are: Commercial possession limit of 300 pounds whole weight per trip;  Read More »
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  Local Dungeness crab fishermen oppose new fish and wildlife regulations

  The regulations are a product of concerns surrounding how often whales and other endangered species are getting caught in the ropes used to fish crabs. The Read More »

• Survey shows number of blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay rising

  An annual survey by marine officials shows a significant increase in the number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission says Read More »