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  Ray Lamont, former longtime editor and staffer of the Gloucester Daily Times, has died

  Ray Lamont, former longtime editor and staffer of the Gloucester Daily Times, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 67. Lamont, who came to Gloucester Read More »
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  20K-Pound Fresh Fish Catch Helps San Diego Maritime Industry

  Thousands of pounds of fish were offloaded Thursday in Point Loma, an occurrence that happens a few times a month in San Diego but is part Read More »

• Let’s hope Alaska revenue solution isn’t too hard on ‘the other guy’

  I keep hoping that the motto of the famous Anchorage bar Chilkoot Charlie’s, “We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you,” can work Read More »
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  California Commercial Lobsterman Convicted of Poaching in Marine Protected Area

  After a series of complaints from legitimate commercial lobster harvesters operating offshore of San Pedro and Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, CDFW launched an investigation of Read More »

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

  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 Read More »

• ‘I was driving in lobster,’ Beaches strewn with ‘millions’ of lobsters after storm surge along New Brunswick’s northeast coast

  Jean Benoit says he never expected to see what he described as ‘millions’ of lobsters washed up on the beach in Val Comeau, N.B.,  on Saturday Read More »

• Alaskan fisherwoman publishes third cookbook and travelogue

  LaDonna Gundersen recently released her third cookbook, “My Tiny Alaskan Oven.” based on her experiences on the LaDonna Rose, her and her husband’s 32-foot commercial salmon Read More »
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  West Coast Whale entanglement data collected

  Whale entanglements off the West Coast and potential solutions to the escalating problem are the focus of a new report including the presentations and observations of Read More »
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  Prices down for Lennox Island, P.E.I. treaty fishery in fall season after challenges securing harbour

  After opening with fewer than 300 traps in the spring of 2022, the band set the rest of its 1,000 traps on the south shore of Read More »

• Lobsterman Eric Joseph Roggero of Newport, Rhode Island, has passed away

  The family of Eric sadly announces his passing on April 20th in the loving care of Laura Blackwell and hospice. In lieu of donations his family Read More »

• Convictions Under the Fisheries Act, Gaspe-Lower St. Lawrence Area

  QUÉBEC CITY, QUÉBEC–(Marketwire – March 22, 2013) – , Quebec Region, has released a list of fishers fined in February 2013 for various offences under the Read More »

• Deep Sea Fishing Threatens to Wipe Out a $150 Billion Carbon Sink

  Marine life in the high seas soak up an amount of carbon equivalent to 30 percent of the US’s annual emissions. This carbon-sequestering service is worth about Read More »
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  Cordova disaster?

  The Copper River commercial salmon fishery will remain closed on Monday, leaving about 550 gillnet fishermen in Cordova to sit in port and ponder what is Read More »

• F/V Jamie K safely removed from the water

  The Jamie K, the commercial fishing vessel that ran aground off of Cape Blanco on July 21, has been removed from the water with help from Read More »

• Thank You, Veterans, For Serving Our Country

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• Experienced Lobster Professional seeking employment – Fisherynation Classified

  Don’t let this guy get away!  https://fisherynation.com/fisheynation-classified Read More »

• Cape Wastewater cleanup costs a problem

  BUZZARDS BAY — The bottom line is often the line in the sand for taxpayers reluctant to pay for expensive projects to reduce the flow of Read More »
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  Prince Rupert fisherman frustrated by DFO salmon limits, despite millions of fish

  Longtime marine fisherman Howard Gray is frustrated with the federal government’s management of the commercial sockeye harvest around Prince Rupert and afraid it will lead to Read More »

• NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $20 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SANDY-IMPACTED FISHING INDUSTRY

  Saugerties, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today urged coastal fishing businesses harmed by Storm Sandy to apply for available funding through the State’s recently approved Read More »

• British Columbia Officials net alleged abalone thieves

  Victorian fisheries officers have netted  four suspected abalone thieves after uncovering more than 400 of  the lucrative molluscs in raids. The four will be charged for Read More »

• “End to end” fish assessment planned in NE

  BOSTON (AP) — An ‘‘end to end’’ analysis of how regulators determine the health of New England groundfish stocks is now planned after being pushed by Read More »

• A new purse seiner from Galicia for Angola

  F/V Delta II is already in its home port of Namibe in Angola. It arrived there from Galicia – specifically from the small town of Catoira. Read More »
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  Libby’s No. 23 – Double-ender offers peek into the Bristol Bay sailboat era

  The double-ender sailboat is a relic of the non-motorized Bristol Bay fishery that disappeared in the early 1950s. One of these boats is on display at Read More »

• Marathon man jailed for 121 illegal lobster – Second man escaped by jumping off boat

  More than 100 marine-resource conservation counts were filed against a Marathon man late Monday after law officers surprised a boat making a nocturnal landing. Jose Carlos Read More »

• House bill seeks state approval of fishing closures

  On the heels of the recent announcement to close more than 10,000 acres of Florida’s Biscayne National Park to fishing, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Read More »