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• Thanks to Regulatory Induced Effort Reductions, Money for At Sea Monitors to last through October!

  NOAA now says it expects to continue paying for at-sea monitoring of Northeast multispecies groundfish vessels through Oct. 31, two months longer than the federal agency Read More »
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  Struggling salmon fishermen getting federal help, but it may be too late

  Earlier this month, two years after a request by Oregon’s governor, the U.S. Department of Commerce declared a Chinook fishery disaster for 2018, 2019 and 2020, Read More »

• Drug bust on fishing boat leads to more charges

  Ketchikan police have charged another suspect in relation to a November drug bust on board a fishing boat in Bar Harbor. Shawn D. Petersen, 30, has Read More »
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  With no transgender emoji, #ClawsOutForTrans hijacks the new lobster icon

  The lobster has become an unlikely ally in the transgender community’s push to be represented by a pictoral icon, as calls mount for greater online and Read More »

• Retired Burin welder builds first wooden boat at 73

  A 73-year-old Burin Peninsula man has taken on a big challenge — to build a fishing boat — with no previous experience in wooden boat building.  Read more here  08:58 Read More »
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  Poor weather, ice conditions delays opening of spring lobster fishery until Monday for northern N.B.

  Sunday’s weather forecast has delayed opening day of the spring lobster fishery in northern New Brunswick until Monday at 6 a.m. Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Luc Légère said the Read More »
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  Don Cuddy: Late New Bedford scalloper never got the justice he deserved

  It probably passed unnoticed by most people but an obituary for Larry Yacubian appeared in this newspaper on June 13. He died in Punta Gorda, Florida Read More »
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  Cornwall family put boat up for sale after 300 years at sea

  A family that has been fishing off the coast of Cornwall for 14 generations said they have quit the industry due to new government regulations. The Read More »
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  Port aux Basques declares state of emergency as Hurricane Fiona destroys multiple homes, floods streets

  A social media post by former provincial cabinet minister Steve Kent claiming one person had been swept out to sea in Port aux Basques because of Read More »
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  Video: Road to Disaster – Voices of Maine Lobstermen

  In the first installment of this series, we get a bird’s-eye view of the current status of Maine’s lobster fishery, which is under assault on two Read More »
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  Flounder, fluke, and flying by the seat of your pants – Bob Mone’s life as a fish broker.

  The origins of Vineyard Co-op go back to a guy named Steve Boggess, who around 1970 ran Boggess Seafood out of Woods Hole on the pier Read More »
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  Fishing boat sinks 24 miles off Vineyard

  The fishing boat F/V Leonardo out of New Bedford sank Sunday afternoon 24 miles southwest of the Vineyard. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued one mariner from Read More »

• Bayou La Batre mayor hopes new label law causes consumers to demand locally-caught shrimp

  The leader of the “Seafood Capital of Alabama” says imported shrimp is destroying Bayou La Batre’s economy. Mayor Henry Barnes says it’s gotten to the point Read More »
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  UPDATED: EPIRB Alert begins Coast Guard search for 4 fishermen northeast of Provincetown

  The Coast Guard is searching for four fishermen approximately 20 miles northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Monday. Watchstanders at First District Coast Guard Command Center, in Boston, Read More »

• A safety program created for fishermen and delivered by fishermen test piloted in British Columbia

  FISH SAFE has helped to move forward a culture of safety and helped fishermen in British Columbia to see where the safety shortcomings are on their Read More »
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  Halibut poachers sentenced to jail time

  Robert and David Gudgell, former fishing boat operators for Pacific Salmon Charters, will need to update their resumes. At a sentencing hearing on Wednesday in South Read More »

• “The Queensland government’s response is a f—ing joke,” – Fishers furious over delayed warning of toxic foam spill

  Fishers are furious they weren’t warned for days about a toxic foam spill in Brisbane waters, saying hundreds of kilograms of prawns were caught in the Read More »

• Two Mainers plan to build their diesel-electrics for those who want an energy-efficient, lobster boat-style pleasure craft.

  The throaty diesel rumble, the petroleum smell and wisp of smoke — none of it was present when Eugene Story started the engine on the 23-foot Read More »
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  David Boyd – No footprints in the snow

  I write this from my son’s living room, high in the east-end hills of St. John’s, overlooking the bustling streets of Newfoundland’s capital city, and I Read More »

• In-stream tidal turbines – Fishing organization wary of turbines

  The Striped Bass Association is asking provincial authorities to stop the planned placement of in-stream tidal turbines in the Minas Passage. “Currently, there is no evidence Read More »
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  Heroic fishermen showed “fantastic community spirit” of Galway with sea rescue

  Claddagh fishermen Patrick and Morgan Oliver were honoured at a Mayor Reception held in Leisureland on Friday in recognition of their achievements. The fishermen rescued Sara Read More »

• Escapees change the wild salmon

  For the first time, scientists have managed to quantify how escaped salmon have interbred with wild salmon in Norwegian rivers. These results provide a basis for Read More »
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  Fishing vessel fire in Homer harbor

  A fishing vessel was engulfed in flames early Thursday at the Homer Port and Harbor, resulting in what the harbormaster there believes is “a complete loss” of Read More »

• Crew member hospitalized after vessel strikes new bridge

  A crew member was taken to hospital early Sunday morning after a fishing vessel collided with a new bridge that’s in the process of being built Read More »
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  Canadian Wildfire Season Is Upon Us (A Few Engineering Notes on the Season)

  In case you haven’t noticed the smell of burnt flannel and soft wood in the air, it is definitely Canadian fire season. This French fried time Read More »