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• California bans commercial crab fishing due to excessive radiation in seafood? Really?

  In November of last year, California state officials placed an indefinite hold on the commercial crab season, in order to protect public health. The reason given Read More »

• Apalachicola – economy hit hard by oyster shortage

  Five generations of Philip Vinson’s family have labored using tongs to pull oysters from  Bay’s shallow waters. He fears there won’t be a sixth. The local Read More »

• Opinion: NMFS Rule Recognizes that Fish Need Habitat, and if they don’t we’ll sue the sh!t out of ’em!

  Today, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued the final regulation regarding commercial fishing access to the longstanding protected habitat areas in the Gulf of Maine, Read More »
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  Ship carrying parts for offshore wind turbines arrives in New Bedford

  New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Workers packed the docks, Read More »

• The undue quarrel

  Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything – ,,They all seem to agree on the importance of ecosystem based management, but not on what it means Read More »
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  Province wants cash, house from banned commercial fisherman

  The B.C. government is asking to seize a Gabriola Island home and more than $1.3 million in cash from a commercial fisherman who is banned from Read More »

• Company to boost Kotzebue summer chum operation

  Following a slim couple of years, the summer Arctic keta, or chum, fishery in Kotzebue should see a significant boost this summer. Seattle-based E&E Foods, which Read More »

• Fate of Atlantic City wind farm in hands of regulators

  A Cape May company is awaiting word from state regulators about the future of New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm. The state Board of Public Utilities Read More »

• Two fishermen have lucky escape after losing consciousness from toxic fumes – from rotting fish

  Two fishermen had a lucky escape after being overcome by toxic fumes created by a combination of rotting fish and seawater on board their fishing vessel Read More »

• On the Pipe? The Freaks at EDF that brought you Catch Shares now wants you monitored 100% following THEIR failure!

  Matt Mullin said the EDF supports governor-elect Charlie Baker’s recent calls for better fisheries data. The expansion of the observer program would go a long way Read More »

• A silver lining in the humpback whale of a tale – DFO to change status from “threatened” to a “species of special concern.”

  According to the IUCN, the global population of humpbacks is approximately 80,000. That is broken down to 18,000-20,000 in the North Pacific, 50,000 in the Southern Read More »
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  Latin America Reckons With a Fish-Farming Boom, industry cannot be allowed to harm ocean habitats

  For a region plagued by stop-and-go growth, aquaculture is a boon. But problems have followed plenty. The blue revolution may not be as damaging to the Read More »

• Maritime elver fishery closure penalizes legal fishers, committee hears

  The committee heard from the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the RCMP, the Canadian Committee for a Sustainable Eel Fishery, and a Read More »
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  Coast Guard rescues fisherman before vessel sank off Harbor, Ore.

  Coast Guard boat crews rescued a fisherman from his vessel before it sank about two and a half miles west of the Chetco River entrance, Wednesday. Read More »

• Mads Barbesgaard’s Report on Ocean Grabbing to the delegates of the 6th WFFP General Assembly

  Published on Sep 2, 2014 Mads Barbesgaars, chairperson of Afrika Kontakt, gives a report on Ocean Grabbing and it’s context within neo-liberalisim and growing inequality, to Read More »

• Symposium highlights need for cohesive Arctic management

  thebristolbaytimes.com – While a recent Alaska Sea Grant conference focused on changes in Alaska’s Arctic marine life, many of its speakers highlighted a growing need for Read More »
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  Edward Arthur Blackmore, 92, passed away on December 23, 2019, in Stonington, the town that he loved.

  Edward was a graduate of Stonington High School and served in the U.S. Army in Aschaffenburg, Germany, with the occupation forces following World War II. Ed Read More »
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  Provincial Government Condemns Addition of Snow Crab and Lobster to Seafood Watch ‘Avoid’ List

  The Provincial Government has said a decision by the organization Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch that adds snow crab and lobster harvested in Newfoundland and Labrador Read More »
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  Due to current expansion, the Dutch fleet faces loss of fishing grounds to offshore wind farms

  The number of windmills in Dutch waters is set to increase rapidly, not only in the North Sea, but also in the fresh waters of the Read More »

• An Unprovoked Attack: Sea lion bites fisherman at Sand Point dock

  A crewman aboard a fishing vessel tied up at the Peter Pan Seafoods dock at Sand Point was bitten by a sea lion who jumped aboard Read More »
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  Retired Commercial Fisherman Joseph C. Whaley Jr. of Narragansett, R.I. has passed away

  Joseph C. Whaley, Jr., 86, of Narragansett, passed away at home Friday, July 1, 2022. He was the beloved husband of Marjorie “Midge” Whaley for 65 Read More »
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  Netting Alaska’s spoils – Craig Medred

  Fifty years ago with runs of most Cook Inlet salmon failing, every fisherman – commercial, subsistence and sport – paid the price of conservation. But once Read More »
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  New England: Members Of Commercial Fishing Industry Oppose Proposed Changes To Herring Fishery

  Commercial fishing companies are against proposed changes to the Atlantic herring fishery management plan. The New England Fisheries Management Council wants to establish a new process Read More »
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  Rare Blue Lobster Caught By Sea Isle City Fishermen

  Eighty-five miles off the Jersey shore, some Sea Isle City fishermen found a diamond in the rough. It was the highlight of their four-day trip, a brilliant Blue Read More »

• Kampachi Farms want to release grouper, but face resistance

  Eventually Kampachi acquired broodstock from Taiwan, intending to raise them and hoping to release their offspring. Sarver figured there would be no problem from a regulatory Read More »