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• Fugitive Farmed Atlantic salmon ‘heading to every river in Puget Sound’

  The Lummi Nation is marshaling a mop-up of thousands of fugitive Atlantic salmon in the tribe’s territorial waters, and the Swinomish chairman has called for a Read More »
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  Sitka herring fishery opens for first time in 2 years

  After a week on two-hour notice, the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery opened twice over the weekend. According to a release from the Alaska Department of Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Novi Clammer/Scalloper/Lobster Boat, Cat 3408

  To review specifications, information, and 9 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 06:18 Read More »
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  The “Silicon Valley of renewable energy”? – New London gets shorted in the wind deal

  There was enough hot air blowing around New London for the recent announcement about plans to spend $93 million for a new wind turbine assembly facility Read More »
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  Fishermen ask for more time to study wind impact

  Fishermen, fish processors and others warned on Thursday that fishing grounds will be lost with the construction of Vineyard Wind,,, “We have this huge area we’re going Read More »
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  Irish fishermen face double Brexit whammy as EU funding deadline looms

  Irish fishing businesses face a double whammy this year of having less fish to catch and being unable to draw down EU Brexit funding in time. Read More »
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  F/V Johanna C: Life raft failure blamed after fishermen deaths

  Two fishermen died after their trawler capsized and their life raft failed to inflate, a report has said. Investigators said the failure of the life raft Read More »

• Editorial: Fishery ‘disaster’ aid out of place in Sandy bill – disaster was largely created by Lubchenco and NOAA

  Yes, fishermen are entitled to disaster aid stemming from the economic calamity documented more than a year ago by Gov. Deval Patrick through the marine science Read More »

• Head of seafood processors’ association says he faced threats over crab dispute

  The head of the Association of Seafood Producers says he and his family faced threats in recent weeks during the conflict over snow crab. “There has Read More »

• Jarvis Newman, early fiberglass trend-setter

  BDN – Newman recalls meeting Irona’s owner, Frank Cram. He convinced Cram to let him take a mold from the classy yacht, which was Bunker and Read More »

• North Bound Fluke migration puts regulators in gear

  As Summer Flounder, or fluke, migrate northward away from the past population center off North Carolina, fisheries regulators have taken the first steps toward reworking the Read More »

• Fishing Boat “Never Enough” Runs Aground In Chatham- boat freed, brought to shore – Video

  A 40-foot fishing boat, “Never Enough,” ran aground in Chatham Harbor on Wednesday morning, a US Coast Guard spokesperson told Boston.com. “At 7:30 a.m. a good Read More »

• PandaLeaks – The Book – “The revelations of this book shatter faith in the panda as a force for good.”

  “It paints the picture of an environmental organization rubbing elbows with industry; doing deals with the rich and powerful, the oil companies and GMO mafia, forgetting Read More »
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  Hurricane Dorian picks up speed as it moves away from the North Carolina coast

  Hurricane Dorian was speeding up Friday afternoon as it moved farther away from the North Carolina coast,,,The storm sped up to 24 mph as it continued Read More »

• Helicopter crew medevacs an injured fisherman from a vessel in the Gulf of Alaska – video

  JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard  medevaced an injured mariner from a vessel in the Gulf of Alaska, 90 miles south of Seward, Tuesday. The aircrew safely Read More »

• Letter: Fishery ‘disaster’ rooted in basic greed Gloucester Daily Times

  To the editor:   All that’s happening in the world of fisheries politics can be traced back to one thing: the epic failure on the part of Read More »

• Christie rebukes Trump Administration over Atlantic offshore drilling plan

  The Christie administration Wednesday issued a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s bid to open Atlantic Ocean waters to offshore drilling. In formal comments filed with the Read More »

• Watermen’s Appreciation Day – A day on the bay of the Eastern Shore

  “In Maryland here were called watermen which is a term that’s -a follower, we’re not only crabbers, we’re clammers, we’re oyster men, we’re hunters, we’re fishermen, Read More »

• SAFMC Snapper-Grouper Vision Project hearings in SC and GA next week – Be heard on this very important plan.

  A reminder of the important public hearings next week in South Carolina and Georgia on the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s snapper-grouper Vision Project. This long-term Read More »

• Is there a dark side to North Carolina’s fishing heritage? Just more ENGO bunk?

  According to David Sneed there is! Plenty of colorful stories about our state’s heritage of commercial fishing are published on a regular basis across North Carolina Read More »

• Fishermen Encouraged by Proposal to Restore Island Swordfishing – “Swordfish is somewhat of a success story,”

  Thirty deepwater fishermen from around New England expressed their approval at a meeting in Gloucester Thursday night for a new proposal to open up swordfishing to rod Read More »
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  Everything We Know About the Southern California Oil Spill Right Now

  Here’s what we know so far. The Coast Guard received an initial report of an oil sheen off the coast of Newport Beach Saturday at approximately Read More »
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  Setbacks for Ramea’s scallop fishery

  Labrador Gem Seafoods owner Danny Dumaresque is anxious about having a decent season at Ramea’s scallop plant this year. A few glitches with a new on Read More »

• Friend Don Cuddy joins WBSM’s Phil Paleologos at 10am to discuss AS Monitor law suit and bad science

  Don and John Haran will join Phil in the studio. David Goethel, and Richie Canastra, will join in over the phone. As Phil writes in Government Using Read More »

• U.S. District Court Judge Russel Holland speaks out on Exxon Valdez saga

  U.S. District Court Judge Russel Holland, who presided over the monumental Exxon Valdez oil spill court cases, removed his black robes to joke and offer personal Read More »