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• ‘DFO has to step in,’ says fisheries official of St. Marys Bay black market lobster

  Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans says there are “clear indications” of abuse in the First Nations food, social and ceremonial lobster fishery underway this summer in Read More »

• New Bedford Fire Department boat saves critically injured fisherman

  NEW BEDFORD — The father of a critically injured fisherman is crediting a speedy rescue effort by the New Bedford police, fire and EMS departments with Read More »
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  Hurricane Maria Public Advisory 200 PM EDT

  At 200 PM EDT, the center of Hurricane Maria was located near latitude 31.4 North, longitude 73.0 West. Maria is moving toward the north near 7 Read More »

• Final Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge plan still irks Chatham officials

  Town officials are considering possible litigation or legislative relief after the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Wednesday released the final version of a new management Read More »

• Campbell River woman helps others cope after her husband’s fishing death

  Sean Dorsett knew something was wrong when he dropped anchor off his commercial fishing boat in a sheltered bay by Langara Island. Something just didn’t feel Read More »

• Alma celebrates the launch of lobster fleet – The annual late-night party has grown into a vibrant community event

  Tonight, at midnight, by the light of the moon and the stars, the lobster boats will put out to sea from the wharf in Alma. And they won’t be Read More »

• We wish everyone Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

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  Businessman Simmons Wants to Fight Regulations, Protect Commercial Fisheries

  Abden Simmons, R-Waldoboro, is running for Maine Senate District 13 and hopes to fight regulations, protect commercial fisheries, and encourage a shift to technical education in Read More »

• Tahoe Lobster Co. Crawdad trap theft tops $21,000

  tahoedailytribune.com – Tahoe Lobster Co. traps have continued to disappear from Lake Tahoe, threatening the lake’s first commercial crawfish harvest operation. Tahoe Lobster Co. Owner Fred Read More »
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  Conservation must trump profit; SEA-NL calls on DFO to close window on high-grading in crab fishery

  Seaward Enterprises Associations of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) has called on the federal minister of Fisheries and Oceans to take immediate action to close a window Read More »

• Alaska fisherman pleads guilty to federal charges after ordering crew to shoot whale

  A Southeast Alaska troll fisherman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor after admitting that he directed the shooting of a sperm whale northwest Read More »

• Editorial: Any fishery aid should come from NOAA, Commerce – mad science and built-to-fail catch share management policies

  Lumping in fishermen’s economic disaster aid with money going to recovery from a true natural disaster would miscast the fishery disaster as some sort of natural Read More »

• BAKER – CETA: Political showdown or tempest in a teapot?

  The continuing ruckus around the is feeling a little bit like a Twilight Zone episode: What is real? What isn’t? Why did this suddenly become an Read More »

• Laine Welch: Magnetism problems spark revamping of halibut tags

  It’s back to the drawing board for halibut iTags that will soon tell us more about where the fish travel than ever before…. Water column profilers…You Read More »

• Hearing – Feb 27 2014 10:30 AM North Pacific Perspectives on Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization

  WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard will hold a hearing on Thursday, February Read More »

• House committee blasts Endangered Species Act peer review process

  A United States House of Representatives committee issued a scathing report Monday on the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered Species Act listing process, Read More »

• Herring stock falling to critical level say scientists at Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  Even if there was a two-year hiatus in the spring herring fishery in the Gulf of St Lawrence, there would still be a 90 per cent Read More »
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  Coronavirus: UK Fishing industry shrank ‘dramatically’ during pandemic

  Activity fell sharply in Britain and China in 2020 but increased in US, Japan and South Korea. In a year of unprecedented decline, the UK and China Read More »
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  ‘Deadliest Catch’: Here’s How Captain Sig Decides Where To Set Crab Traps

  Commercial fishing is sometimes like a game of cat and mouse. The fish obviously move, so you can’t always count on one spot when it comes Read More »
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  Last-ditch battle is underway to save Columbia River salmon, steelhead from determined predator

  “In a lot of ways, the fight to save the Columbia River as we know it is going to be won and lost on Lake Roosevelt.” The Read More »

• BP mounts offensive in spill settlement dispute

  With an ad blitz and a tersely worded letter, BP is mounting an increasingly aggressive campaign to challenge what could be billions of dollars in settlement Read More »
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  Snug Harbor’s fishing tender has a long history in crabbing

  Commercial fishermen delivering to Snug Harbor Seafoods are attended by a tender vessel with a long history and more equipment than it needs for the job. Read More »
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  Sunken fishing tender is a loss

  A 71-foot fishing tender that sank at Seward’s T-Dock in early December has been refloated and was being turned over to a Seward boat repair firm Read More »
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  Absolute Inequity – Family of lost fisherman denied Workers’ Compensation survivor’s benefit

  The mother of a fisherman who died when his scallop boat sank says she was shocked to learn his family won’t receive an accidental death benefit Read More »

• Webinar on the Dids, Dos, Don’ts, and Developments of Data-Limited Catch LImits.

  Webinar starts at 14:00 EST – Presented by NOAA egg heads Dr. Jim Berkson, and Dr. Jason Cope . Info and link to webinar here 20:58 Read More »