FISHERYNATION.COM

Recent Posts

• 

  Lobster boat sinks 11 miles off Jonesport, crew rescued by good Samaritan Bad Behavior

  A lobster boat sank off the Jonesport coast in Down East Maine on Sunday. “There were two people on board the fishing vessel Overtimer. The boat Read More »
• 

  Union files petition in Ottawa to stop foreign ownership of fishing licences and quotas

  The union representing commercial fishing industry workers has filed a petition with the House of Commons to put a formal end to further ownership or beneficial Read More »
• 

  Catch Shares versus Sharing Catch – Comment by Stephen J. Hall, David J. Mills & Neil L. Andrew

  Lee van der Voo considers catch shares in the US to be, “one of the coolest vehicles environmental policy has seen in decades,” because they reduce Read More »

• Totally Unacceptable! Shell given OK to take 21 days to cap a deep well oil blowout off N.S. coast

  Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq has signed off on Shell Canada’s plan for dealing with a potential deep-well blowout on the Shelburne Basin. Under its Well Read More »
• 

  George S. Carmines, Sr., of Poquoson, Va. was a commercial deep sea fisherman

  George S. Carmines, Sr., 84, went to be with The Lord, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. A native and lifelong resident of Poquoson, he was a commercial Read More »

• Lobster tagged in New Brunswick caught over 250 kilometres away in Maine

  Emily Blacklock was scrolling through social media when she spotted a video of a Maine fisherman hauling in an unexpected catch, a lobster with a tag Read More »
• 

  Fishermen ready for start of crab season amid price, start date uncertainty

  “I’ve been crab fishing since I graduated from high school in 2007,” said Robert Mirante. “This is my fifth season running a boat as an owner-operator.” Read More »

• These labels are downright fishy – One of the entrees was listed as “Wild Steelhead,” – Wild, or Free Range Salmon

  The term “wild” has become the most improperly used term associated with salmon. “Wild” is supposed to mean they are the progeny of naturally spawning salmon. Read More »

• International Pacific Halibut Commission’s Interim Meeting – Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 5, 2013

  The International Pacific Halibut Commission’s Interim Meeting will be held in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the offices of Read More »

• SOUTHWEST HARBOR: Drifting boat sparks harrowing high seas rescue

  Combined efforts of lobstermen and a U.S. Coast Guard rescue crew brought the Northeast Harbor-based lobster boat Royal Fortune safely to port last month when its Read More »
• 

  Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Marvin Edward Tolonen in Sequim, Washington

  Marvin Edward Tolonen, fisherman extraordinaire, boat builder, woodworker, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away March 17, 2021, after a brave battle with mantle cell lymphoma. Read More »
• 

  Crack Pot Alert! MSC HQ sprayed blood red a year after Seaspiracy documentary

  Nearly a year after the landmark ‘Seaspiracy’ documentary sparked debate around eating fish, demonstrators from Animal Rebellion spray painted the central London headquarters of the Marine Read More »
• 

  Price outlook diverges for Canada’s top 2 seafoods – Snow crab prices plunged by 60 % in 2022

  Canada’s lobster industry is poised to claw its way out of a down year, say analysts, while unsold snow crab stuck in cold storage remains an Read More »

• Commercial Fishing Boat Runs Aground Near China Camp In Marin County

  Two boaters in distress were able to safely walk to shore after a 30-foot commercial vessel lost power in the North Bay and ran aground Saturday Read More »

• Barge accident dents wind farm foundation off Rhode Island

  First, it was the weather. Rough seas forced the Providence company to push back until last Sunday the installation of the first steel foundation for the Read More »
• 

  Offshore wind lobby warns of bill’s ‘existential threat’

  One of the nation’s largest renewable energy trade groups warned in a letter to Senate leadership this week that a House-approved bill could endanger virtually every Read More »

• The George W. Collier, a 115-year-old oyster fishing skipjack finally getting new life

  For a decade, the skipjack George W. Collier lay at the end of a long road in Cape Charles, literally and figuratively. The 72-foot-long boat was Read More »

• Alaska 2015 salmon values = $414 million; PWS tops all regions

  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has compiled preliminary figures for the 2015 commercial salmon harvest and harvest value. The total 2015 statewide commercial Read More »
• 

  A peaceful protest by commercial fishermen turned confrontational in Nova Scotia

  There was yelling and cursing between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen, but there were no injuries. The commercial fishermen are protesting what they claim is an illegal Read More »

• New England Fishery Management Council meeting June 11-13, 2019 in So. Portland, ME

  The New England Fishery Management Council will be meeting at DoubleTree by Hilton, So. Portland, ME. June 11-13, 2019. To read the final agenda, >click here< Register for Read More »
• 

  French and Jersey fishermen must talk

  STOP – arrêt! It is time for the Jersey and French fishermen to sort out their problems for themselves. It is no use their relying on Read More »

• Court open to upholding US fishing monitor rule even without ‘Chevron’ doctrine

  A U.S. appeals court on Monday appeared open to upholding a federal rule requiring commercial fishermen to fund a program to monitor for overfishing of herring Read More »
• 

  Search continues for Bering Sea fishing vessel missing with 6 aboard

  Despite two days of searching, there was still no sign Sunday night of the Bering Sea crab boat or its six crew members that went missing Read More »

• F/V Lydia and Maya fisherman Martin Gorham – Search has been suspended

  BOSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a fisherman who went overboard from the fishing vessel Lydia & Maya approximately 32 miles southeast of Cape Ann, Read More »

• 8 killed in 1982 F/V Investor murders remembered in Blaine exhibit

  Does the time ever come when a community stops remembering a murdered group of its own? In the case of Blaine, possibly not. Almost 34 years Read More »