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King salmon allocations jump in southeast Alaska

May 2, 2014 North Pacific

JUNEAU, Alaska — King salmon fishermen in southeast Alaska have reason for optimism this year with news that estimates of the fish’s population have more than doubled from 2013 and allocations for sport and commercial harvest will significantly increase. Read more here 18:25

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“epic battle” “ultimate catch” – Videos of shark catches popular, but is act legal?

May 2, 2014 South Atlantic

Then he says, “When you’re a fisherman, you have no idea what you’re going to catch,” he said. “If you do happen to catch something that big, you don’t want to go into chest-deep water to unhook it. It’s a matter of human life versus a shark’s life. If you really want to do something for hammerheads, go after commercial shark fishing. Who’s going to go after some kid posting on Youtube when you can go after the people killing hundreds at a time?” Read more here 18:08

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No snapper fishing for all

May 2, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

Maybe we should all be asking for a temporary closure of all federal RED SNAPPER fishing. It has been proven in court that they (National Marine Fisheries Service-NMFS and NOAA, do not have a clue what they are doing.,,Fire– Roy Crabtree and Andy Strelcheck– from the NMFS, NOAA. Get the environmental groups like Oceans Conservancy, EDF, Pew and their puppet groups like Share the Gulf, out of fisheries Management. Read more here 17:34

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Wood’s Fisheries is Unprecedented in Traceability and Sustainability Initiatives

May 2, 2014 Gulf of Mexico

Bringing origin and quality assurance in the shrimping industry to a whole new level, Florida’s Wood’s Fisheries raises the bar by promoting electronic traceability, sustainability and quality initiatives for all Gulf seafood. For five generations the Wood’s family has been fishing the Port St. Joe area, located near Panama City. They moved strictly into shrimp fishing in the 1960’s. Read more here 14:10

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Mixed start in Monterey Bay for commercial salmon season opener

May 2, 2014 Pacific

Santa Cruz >> Martin Towne said he considered himself lucky when he landed 18 salmon on the first day of commercial salmon season Thursday. Towne docked at the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor shortly after 4 p.m. and quickly sold his haul. He was part the fleet of commercial fishermen that took to the water for the first day. Read more here 09:40

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Joe’s Lobster Mart owner fights state over seafood license

May 2, 2014 New England

The health department action came after Vaudo, 63, pleaded guilty in March to receiving stolen property, willfully misleading police during an investigation and failure or refusal to file required statistical reports of wholesale and retail dealers. He was ordered to pay $6,250 in fines and court costs. The charges against Vaudo stemmed from an investigation into a string of thefts from oyster beds last summer in Barnstable and Dennis. Read more here 09:12

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US West Coast Albacore Tuna Fisheries Merge MSC Certificates

May 2, 2014 Pacific

US – American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA) and Western Fishboat Owners Association (WFOA) have announced the merging of their individual Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fishery certifications. Read more here 06:46

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Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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