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  A lobsterman races the calendar in a COVID-disrupted season

  Steven Holler walked off the back of his rumbling lobster boat, the November Gale, and stood on the pier. It was October, just six weeks before the Read More »
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  Unalaska gets new pollock plant

  The city of Unalaska has a big new fish processor, but it’s not new to Unalaska Island. The Northern Victor, owned by Icicle Seafoods, is now Read More »
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  Fishermen charged in Truck Beach trespass case say delay in proceedings violates right to due process

  East Hampton fishermen rallied on the steps of the Supreme Court building in Riverhead last week to decry actions tied to a civil case that they Read More »

• Salmon season picks up in Southwest

  Now well past the mid-June mark, Southwest salmon fisheries have begun to ramp up. Still a few weeks out from peak fishing, set and subsistence nets Read More »

• A new outlook on a specie that was headed for protection – Cali Bill to allow commercial crawfishing at Lake Tahoe passes

  Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 165 last Friday, which repealed an existing law that banned the sale or purchase of crawfish taken from Lake Tahoe. Read More »
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  No, lobsters aren’t actually immortal: The science behind their long lives

  In 2017, a massive 22-pound lobster named Louie, estimated by some sources to be 132 years old at the time, was pardoned after spending 20 years Read More »

• PEI Fishermen, processors still in talks – Lobster season starts again with no prices

  P.E.I. lobster fishermen have begun another season without knowing how much they’ll be paid for their catch. Mike McGeoghegan, president of the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association, said Read More »

• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Virginia Beach, VA August 8 – 11, 2016

  The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s April meeting to be held at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, Read More »

• Flounder Fishery Management Plan draws fire at NC Marine Fisheries Commission hearing

   Fishermen, recreational and commercial, along with environmentalists, scientists, seafood dealers and others spoke both for and against a proposed southern flounder supplement Wednesday. Around 160 people signed Read More »

• N.S. committee to work on system for tracking escaped farmed salmon

  Nova Scotia now has a committee to develop a system to track escaped farmed salmon. “This is a first step where government, industry and wild Atlantic Read More »
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  Oil spill off Southern California

  At least 126,000 gallons of oil spilled into the waters off Orange County, according to a statement from the city of Huntington Beach. The oil created Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna’ captain honors fallen firefighter

  A star of National Geographic’s reality series “Wicked Tuna,” Capt. Dave Marciano of Beverly, fished out a winning raffle ticket at Gloucester Fire Headquarters on Sunday, Read More »
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  The bird people are willing to let them die for Offshore Wind Farms. The responsible wind farms, that is!

  There is no shame when it comes to ignorance! “Renewable energy sources, including wind power, are essential to saving the lives of countless birds, in addition Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 48′ Steel Day Scalloper, 400 HP Volvo Diesel

  To review specifications, information, and 14 photos’,>click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 08:37 Read More »
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  Sheboygan history: Fishing boats from yesterday and today in photo’s

  The J.B. Nelson is docked at the Sheboygan riverfront, Saturday, November 20, 2021, in Sheboygan, Wis. According to Harvey Hadland’s online history of fishing vessels of Read More »

• Mitchell set to testify to Congress about impact of marine monument this morning

  Weather permitting, Mayor Jon Mitchell on Wednesday will be in Washington giving testimony to Congress about an underwater marine monument which former President Obama created with Read More »

• Video: Fishing industry expresses concern over the increase in offshore wind farming

  >click to watch< 10:32 Read More »

• The Codfather is Finally In Jail. But Who Is He?

  Until his downfall this year, Carlos Rafael, the 65-year-old fishing magnate from New Bedford, Massachusetts owned 36 boats and controlled about one-fifth of the New England Read More »

• All in a day’s work – dragging on the ‘Kestrel’ catching fluke and sea bass in the Sound

  Wanna know what it’s like to go on a fishing trip with me, but you don’t spot any rods or reels (except a huge one with Read More »
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  Right whale rules trap fishermen

  The federal government’s decision to extend rules protecting right whales to P.E.I.’s lobster fishermen sent waves of anxiety through the industry last week. The fishermen were Read More »

• ODFW Commission extends Columbia River reform plan by one year

  The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday voted to extend by one year a reform policy that would ban gillnetting on the main stem of Read More »

• Furious over threats to the (Chesapeake) bay [Letter]

  I speak on behalf of all those who are passionate about the health of the Chesapeake Bay when I say I am furious (“Farm pollution rule Read More »

• NPFMC revamps observer program after first annual report

  NOME — The North Pacific Fishery Management Council took action to address issues with the revised marine observer program June 5, including getting rid of the Read More »

• MFV Louisa Fisherman Lachlann Armstrong’s battle for survival: “I didn’t know if I’d make it”

  A fisherman who swam through icy waters and clung onto rocks after his boat sank off the Outer Hebrides has spoken of his dramatic battle for survival Read More »

• Bristol Bay Fisheries Report’s for July 4th, and 5th, 2014

  Listen to The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for July 4th, and Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for July 5, 2014 with Mike Mason, KDLG 22:02 Read More »