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• Sitka herring near 10-year average for spawn miles

  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SITKA — Sitka Sound herring spawn measured close to the 10-year average for spawn miles, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Read More »
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  FFAW, FISH-NL at odds over what Fisheries Act amendments will mean for N.L.’s inshore fishery

  The federal Liberal Government said Tuesday it is restoring protections for the fishing industry that were taken away by the former Conservative government in 2012. And, Read More »

• LIVE – Northeast Groundfish Science Forum – Listen via Webinar set for November 9 begin at 8:30AM,

  Registration is not required, but we are trying to get a headcount. To confirm your participation or for more information, contact Teri Frady at [email protected] / Read More »
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  Craziest lobster contest

  There are blue lobsters, spotted lobsters, bi-colour and rainbow ones. That’s in addition to the bizarre versions with extra appendages. Billy Mole, marketing manager for Murray Read More »
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  Extreme makeover!

  It’s been a 10-month grind, but Captain Justin Johnson and the crew of the Toledo trawl vessel Pegasus have a formidable machine for taking on not Read More »

• Pebble rising?

  Once thought to be on the verge of death, Alaska’s proposed Pebble prospect copper and gold mine seems to be taking on a new life. First Read More »
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  Maine: Abden Simmons running for Senate District 13

  Abden Simmons will be seeking the Maine Senate District 13 seat. Simmons has been a shellfish harvester for three decades and has operated A&A Shellfish, a Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44ft. Blue Water Marine Lobster,Longliner, 230HP, 6 Cylinder Daewoo

  Specifications, information and 9 photo’s  click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:26 Read More »

• BP: Chef Folse’s company not a seafood processor, shouldn’t get claim money

  BP is arguing that Chef John Folse & Co. is not a seafood processor at all — and therefore should not get the millions of dollars Read More »

• Book Review: American Dunkirk, The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11

  When the World Trade Towers collapsed, as many as a million New Yorkers found themselves trapped on the southern tip of Manhattan. Mass transit was shut Read More »

• Three fishermen rescued from sinking 41-foot commercial F/V Robert James off the coast of Montauk by the US Coast Guard

  Communication watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound, in New Haven, Conn., received a distress call from a crewmember aboard the 41-foot commercial fishing vessel Robert James Read More »

• Menhaden: Overfished or bad research?

  REEDVILLE—A new scientific study released February 1 on the status of menhaden along the Atlantic coast has resulted in more questions than answers on whether the Read More »
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  Oregon Senate Passes Seafood Bill – would require more frequent testing of acid levels

  After recreational crabbing along the southern Oregon coast was closed last week due to domoic acid levels, the Oregon Senate has now passed a bill aimed Read More »

• 5 Houma residents cited for oyster refrigeration regulation violations

  Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents cited Houma residents Leonardo F. Vega, 36, Jose Cardenas-Arrendondo, 32, Antonio C. Aguado, 59, Antonio C. Aguado Jr., 32, and Read More »

• Just pawns in the province’s game – It’s an interesting window into an unsettled future for the Newfoundland fishery.

  Late last week, the provincial government released a series of documents on the province’s involvement in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Read More »

• More fishermen have lost their lives in 2016 than in whole of 2015

  Simon Potten, Head of Safety, Training and Services reacts to the publication of the MAIB’s Annual Report and the steps Seafish are taking to tackle its Read More »

• UPDATE: Fishing vessel aground in Digby Gut

  A fishing vessel, F/V Chief Charles Paul, a scallop dragger,  is aground in Digby Gut waiting for high water to refloat it. continued Read More »

• CHRISTMAS CRACKER CREWS

  Christmas was a time of conflict within Hull’s trawling industry. The clash was between love and money. Trawlermen loved to be at home over the festive Read More »

• UPDATED! Don’t whisper a word, but, a very, very interesting rumor is floating about!

  We have received word from the guys out back in the shipping/receiving department of Fisherynation, that someone has supposedly resigned from the effective immediately and will be helping fishermen out Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 49ft.x27ft. Crab/Lobster vessel, 6 Cylinder Cat C-18

  Specifications, information and 30 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:05 Read More »

• Garden State Seafood Association – Dedicated To The Sustainable Harvest Of New Jersey’s Inshore & Offshore Waters

  Every pound of seafood harvested in New Jersey today is already certifiably sustainable and we want the public to understand this simple fact.  As stewards of Read More »

• Connecticut’s Controversial Shellfish Bill Dead For 2015

  The controversial bill, which the legislature’s legal staff warned was potentially unconstitutional, was “recommitted” to the General Assembly’s Environment Committee Saturday. A coalition representing the biggest Read More »
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  Maine political leaders push provision in federal spending bill decried by environmental groups as threat to right whales

  Members of the delegation, including US Senator Susan Collins, said they plan to push a provision in the spending bill that would revive for 10 years Read More »

• Tim Bradner: Studies mine some intriguing data concerning Pebble

  The fur is flying again over the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine near Iliamna. Sunday is the deadline for comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Read More »

• From the Deckboss: Salvage plans in works for sunken F/V Arctic Hunter

  Here’s a situation report on the grounding of the F/V Arctic Hunter near Dutch Harbor. more@deckboss  14:05  Dutch Harbor Effort Continues to Remove Fuel From Grounded Read More »