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  Alaska and B.C.’s salmon runs expected to be worst ever recorded

  Salmon returns on the west coast look bleak this year. Alaska’s salmon returns have been so poor that some communities already are claiming fishery disasters. The Read More »

• Celebrate wild sockeye salmon — the harvest that powers Bristol Bay’s economy and feeds the world

  It’s the time of year again when children have returned to school and seemingly endless daylight gives way to shorter days and cooler nights. In the Read More »
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  Commercial Lobster Season off to a Good Start as Keys Fishermen Deal with Increased Materials and Gas Prices

  The Upper Keys boats have been “killing it,” with lobsters spilling out of containers onto decks, crews have been coming back to the docks earlier in Read More »
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  NOAA outlines sweeping plan to boost the nation’s seafood industry

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a sweeping five-year plan to prioritize and promote the country’s commercial fishing industry. NOAA Fisheries announced its National Seafood Read More »
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  Biden administration gives boost to offshore wind. Orstead fails to renew fisheries representative contract

  The Biden administration’s announcement this week of a plan to resume an environmental review of a wind farm off the Massachusetts coast and accelerate green-energy development Read More »

• Documentary filmmaker Twyla Roscovich captures the wild life of salmon

  It’s a Vancouver International Film Festival first for Ms. Roscovich, who has worked as a director and cinematographer for the BBC Natural History and Discovery Channel. The Read More »

• Three Men Cited For Tuna Violations in Plaquemines Parish

  Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) agents cited three men for alleged commercial tuna violations in Plaquemines Parish. While on a Joint Enforcement Agreement (JEA) Read More »

• Maine: Slow start to elver season means high price for baby eels

  Maine’s baby eel season is off to a slow start, causing prices to balloon back to historic levels as fishermen wait for waterways to finish thawing. Read More »

• Lobster season opens on Northumberland Strait – Processors scramble to find plant workers

  The lobster fishery opening on the Northumberland Strait Tuesday as lobster processors deal with new federal regulations which limit how many temporary foreign workers can be hired. The new Read More »
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  Supreme Court – Oystermen bemoan ‘disgraceful’ water wars decision

  Shannon Hartsfield, a fourth-generation oysterman, fears debilitating drought in years to come after the Supreme Court yesterday found that Florida failed to show Georgia is cutting Read More »
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  Maine lawmakers approve bill to limit number of pogie fishing licenses

  Under a bill passed by the Maine Legislature on Wednesday, the state’s pogie fishery will be closed to all fishermen in 2023 except current license holders Read More »

• Controlling Agreements – DFO cracks down on fishing licences it says are fronts for corporations

  Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is taking action against more Atlantic fishermen it says are holding inshore fishing licences as fronts for corporations. The department says Read More »

• Inshore Fishermen Tell Minister They ‘Urgently Need Help’

  The National Inshore Fishermen’s Association has made a request to the Minister for the Marine for “immediate financial support” in order to survive the winter. Processors Read More »
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  F/V Nicola Faith: Grieving families in lasting legacy vow on anniversary of dreadful tragedy

  One year ago today three fishermen went to sea on the F/V Nicola Faith and they never returned home. The boat set off from Conwy Harbour Read More »
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  The Columbia River Reform Plan – Letter: Thanks for reporting facts

  After reading the letter “Don’t support gillnetting” (The Daily Astorian, March 7), I felt compelled to offer a factual response.,, The statement that the Columbia River Read More »
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  DFO enacts new regulations aimed at depleted fish stocks

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has enacted new regulations that bind its minister to rebuilding Canada’s depleted fish stocks and ensuring healthy ones stay that Read More »

• Chatham-Kent’s amazing fishing economy sometimes overlooked

  There are currently 16 fish processors located in various regions throughout Ontario. Here in Chatham-Kent, we have three of them, so we are well represented. The Read More »

• Industry sponsors sardine survey along the Northwest Coast – Amount of fish is tied to profits and number of jobs for fishery

  Tired of what they saw as incomplete surveying that led to an underestimated sardine population – and commercial harvest guideline – each year, processors in the Read More »
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  Labrador fleet wants separate quota for northern cod – FFAW and FISH-NL do not support

  Fishers from the 2J fleets partnered with the Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company to make the proposal. In 2018, a 9,500-tonne limit was placed on the Read More »
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  Northeast Seafood Coalition – Gov. Charlie Baker confirmed, attending annual fundraiser

  When fishermen and supporters gather for the Northeast Seafood Coalition’s annual fundraiser Thursday night, they will be joined by one of their highest-profile backers. Gov. Charlie Read More »
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  A fisherman from east China’s Zhejiang Province catches colorful giant lobster worth over $88,000

  A fisherman from east China’s Zhejiang Province caught a rare colorful lobster weighing more than 1.5 kilograms earlier this week. The 1-meter-long lobster is largely green, Read More »

• Video: Shop in Shallotte creates nets for fishermen from the Pamlico Sound to Keys West

  It’s one of the last shops of its kind, a little place in Shallotte that makes and repairs big nets fishermen use to catch shrimp. They Read More »
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  Invasive seaweed threatens Gulf of Maine

  A team of University of New Hampshire researchers working on Appledore Island at the Isles of Shoals and at off-shore sites in southern York County and Read More »
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  Kramer Ensures Plain Sailing for Nordic Fishing Vessel

  In partnership with Furuno – a marine electronics company – Kramer’s AVoIP and Control solutions were recently chosen to create Smart Bridge, a state-of-the-art control and 4K video Read More »
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  Richmond herring sale for kids with cancer next week

  Fishermen Helping Kids with Cancer (FHKWC) is hosting their 10th annual herring sale to benefit the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation on Dec. 5. Every year, FHKWC Read More »