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  Impending whale protections worry fishermen

  With the majority of American lobsters caught in Maine, the state’s lobster fishermen could bear the brunt of changes in federal fishery regulations to save the Read More »

• NOVA’s NOAA discloses halibut enforcement cases

  Thanks to the Deckboss for this post. These items are taken from a NOAA fisheries enforcement report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Read more Read More »

• 40 Years Ago, The Last Cod War Was Sparked

  40 years ago yesterday, Iceland expanded its territorial waters from 50 to 200 miles, igniting the third – and last – of the Cod Wars, ending Read More »
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  The Fisherman is the Ultimate American Hero – Fish and Men

  A decade ago, while living in coastal New Hampshire, Darby Duffin had a conversation with the wife of a local fisherman. That conversation “hit me in Read More »

• By road, lake and river: Boats make way to Bristol Bay – Molly Dischner

  Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on the eve of Read More »
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  ‘Unheard of’ flood of pinks surprises at Alaska Peninsula

  The biggest fish story for Alaska’s salmon season so far is the early plug of pinks at the South Alaska Peninsula. By June 28, more than Read More »

• The State of NY’s culpability is showing – NEW YORK’S ATLANTIC OCEAN STUDY TO SUPPORT OCEAN INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY

  NEW YORK’S ATLANTIC OCEAN STUDY TO SUPPORT OCEAN INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY [email protected] Benny Peiser: Europe Pulls The Plug On Its Green Future – Read More »

• The Coast Guard rescued two men from a grounded F/V Mirage near Sitka Monday

  No injuries to the crew or damage to the vessel were reported. The vessel is reported to have approximately 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard. The Read More »

• One Fisherman is dead, two are rescued after Gloucester fishing vessel Orin C sinks

  The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen and recovered a third deceased Thursday after their fishing boat sank 12 miles off Thatcher Island, Gloucester. A good Samaritan aboard the Read More »
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  A portrait of offshore wind companies

  All of the prominent offshore wind companies originated in the oil and gas industry: Ørsted (Danish Oil and Natural Gas), Equinor (Norwegian Statoil), British Petroleum, Avangrid Read More »
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  Safeguarding the Outer Banks’ commercial fishing heritage by supporting the livelihoods of local fishermen

  Dare County has released a video titled, “Dare County’s Commercial Fishing Industry: Safeguarding the Community’s Longstanding Heritage by Supporting the Livelihoods of Local Fishermen,” as part Read More »

• Prince Edward Island Lobster price protest could spread

  CBCNews – Most P.E.I. lobster fishermen remained tied up today in protest over low lobster prices, and the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association says the protest could spread across Read More »

• Japan’s squid fishermen grow irate over North Korean missiles

  Japanese squid fishermen are starting to feel like sitting ducks as North Korea continues to fire ballistic missiles that end up hitting their fishing grounds in Read More »
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  Numerous safety escorts, vessel tows during first week of Dungeness crab season

  Coast Guard crews across the Pacific Northwest have towed 10 disabled or distressed commercial fishing vessels back to port in the first week of the Dungeness Read More »
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  Shrimper runs aground on Ormond Beach

  A 77-foot commercial shrimping boat out of Key West ran aground on Ormond Beach, giving beachgoers a close-up gaze at the 150-ton vessel Tuesday morning as Read More »
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  Fishers are key players

  This week we celebrate the fisheries and the crucial role it plays in the Island economy. The value of the fisheries exceeds $590 million in this Read More »

• So theres this new petition floating around to Close the NMFS Northeast Regional Office!

  Dear Chairwoman Mikulski and members of the Senate Committee on Appropriations: On January 26, 2013, the Associated Press reported that John Bullard, the Northeast Regional Administrator Read More »

• Border-security push is reshaping role of Texas game wardens

  SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — The early morning sky brightened to a slate blue, providing Luis Sosa with just the right camouflage. Sosa, a state game warden, Read More »
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  Tuna Fishermen Say Agencies Rejected Input on New Rules

  Representing large net-fishing vessels in the Pacific Ocean, the American Tunaboat Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming government fishery regulators left industry experts in the dark Read More »
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  Lobsters, fish fall victim to low oxygen levels in Cape Cod Bay

  Two weeks ago, lobstermen working off Scorton Creek started seeing something they had never experienced. Lobsters, in fact everything in their traps, were coming up dead. Read More »

• Congressman Schrader to host town hall meeting on sea lions

  Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader will host a town hall meeting at noon Saturday, May 30, in Clackamette Park, Oregon City. Schrader is a co-sponsor of a Read More »

• Chesapeake Bay Makes Progress, But Still Hindered By Illegal Discharge

  EIP Attorney Tarah Heinzen said: “2012 progress reducing industrial and municipal pollution in key Chesapeake Bay states is encouraging, but we need to do more if Read More »

• BOFFFFs (big, old, fat, fertile, female fish) sustain fisheries

  Recreational fishermen prize large trophy fish. Commercial fishing gear targets big fish. After all, larger fish feed the egos of humans as well as their bellies. Read More »

• Alaska fishermen gain edge in fight over sustainability labeling

  Early last year, Alaska’s wild salmon fishing industry decided to end its partnership with the seafood world’s most prominent sustainability certification group in favor of its Read More »
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  A family tradition: The life of a Lowcountry shrimper

  At 4:30 a.m., most people are still asleep, or maybe they’re just starting to roll out of bed. Not Rocky Magwood. Shrimpers like Captain Magwood and Read More »