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  Shrimp boat catches fire in Walton County

  A shrimp boat caught fire Tuesday afternoon in Walton County. Walton County Fire Rescue was called to the shrimp boat near Shipyard Road in Freeport. “Firefighters Read More »

• Russian ‘spy whale’ Hvaldimir found dead near Norway

  A beluga whale that was suspected of spying for Russia after being discovered in Norwegian waters five years ago has been found dead, according to the Read More »
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  900 tonnes of herring unloaded in Hull as city’s fish industry booms

  The boss of a fishing company says he hopes more landings will be possible in Hull after two of the firm’s trawlers arrived in the port Read More »
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  North Atlantic Right Whale not impacted by NL lobster, snow crab fisheries

  “The justification for the new “avoid” rating does not reference any of this significant action by Canadian lobster fishery stakeholders, does not identify any pathway toward Read More »
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  Study: Marine heat waves do not affect fish populations

  The lead author of the study, Assistant Professor in the Department of Oceanography at the University of California, Alexa L Fredston said she was surprised by Read More »

• Unalaska joins emergency petition on tanner crab

  This season, the unpredictable tanner crab population isn’t looking so good for Aleutian fishermen. That’s what the state’s trawl survey indicated this summer. But the City Read More »
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  ‘Our Logo, Our Story’ – Gloucester debuts new logo for 400th-anniversary celebration

  Gloucester Celebration Corporation, the official organizers of Gloucester, Massachusetts’ 400th-anniversary celebration, has selected the winner of the Gloucester400 Logo Design Contest. Originally submitted anonymously for consideration, Read More »

• US pollock industry faces ‘perfect storm’ on roe, blocks, surimi, and, the Russian’s are coming!

  Disappointing prices and lower volumes on the roe auctions of last weekend are the latest headache for the US Alaska pollock industry, which is also facing Read More »

• Sausalito restaurateur championing local herring

  Herring season is in full swing, and the small fish have returned to San Francisco Bay en masse this year, making pelicans and sea lions happy. But Read More »
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  F/V New Age: Captain lands vessel at Belford Seafood Co-op after salvage operation, including the fish!

  Chris Winkler was not on his boat the New Age when it became distressed off the coast of Fire Island Wednesday morning. The boat began to Read More »
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  California Coast Crab Association

  Who we are, and what we do! The Dungeness crab industry working together to protect and preserve the California Dungeness Crab fishery for the continued economic Read More »
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  UPDATED: Coast Guard, good Samaritans assist rescue of 4 from capsized vessel near Raspberry Island, Alaska

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk crew and good Samaritans assisted with the rescue of the captain and three crew members Monday from a capsized fishing vessel Read More »

• Reminder – NEFMC, Notice of Public Hearings for Habitat Amendment 2

  This is a reminder that there are still five Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 public hearings scheduled before the comment period for this action ends on January Read More »

• NOAA scientist says federal fish counts suffer from ‘perception issue’

  It’s not easy counting fish. Just ask the people who have to do it. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries division is responsible for estimating Read More »
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  Scientific study finds Seismic testing significantly increases mortality in scallops.

  A recently published study in the U.S. Scientific Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that seismic air gun testing led to a significant Read More »
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  ‘A’ is for Algrie, end of a fishing era.

  A piece of fishing history left through the gaps this week on her way to be scrapped in Ghent, Belgium – the Algrie was the very first trawler Read More »
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  Brown Crab Behaviour Negatively Affected by Offshore Wind Farm Underwater Cables

  Brown crabs are “mesmerised” by electromagnetism from underwater power cables from underwater power cables laid around Scotland for offshore wind farms,,, “Underwater cables emit an electromagnetic Read More »

• Seal hunt should be encouraged, not shut down

  We have an exploding seal population, our crab and shrimp stocks are declining at a fast rate, our caplin are at an all-time low and our Read More »
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  Mass. Lobstmen Win Case Fighting Feds’ Fishing Closure

  A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday that the National Marine Fisheries Service illegally closed a 200-square-mile swath of ocean to protect the endangered North Atlantic Right Read More »
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  Nothing Green Here! Offshore wind farm turbines could number 30,000 globally by 2030

  The price of offshore wind turbines,,, Turbines are up to 70% steel, which is made from recycled or newly extracted iron, which is processed from ores. Read More »

• I realize its not US fishery news, well, not yet anyway, but it damn sure will be. The links between fish stocks and seals

  Canada keeping tabs on EU’s plan to cull seal population Europe is facing a seal-shooting controversy in its own backyard, as concern over fish stocks and Read More »

• Farmed Salmon on the loose! Storm damages an aquaculture pen at the mouth of Shelburne Harbour

  Provincial fisheries inspectors are investigating the escape of possibly hundreds of market-ready salmon from an aquaculture pen at the mouth of Shelburne Harbour. Employees at Cooke Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 140′ Raised Foc’sle Mid Water Trawler with Federal Permits

  Specifications, information and 9 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:04 Read More »

• No Alaska salmon for US troops??? Sen. Begich SLAMS Sodexo for “insult” – French Arrogance under British ENGO influence!

  One of the world’s largest foods contractors is the latest to snub Alaska salmon over an eco-label  – in this case, fish that’s targeted to the US Read More »

• Veteran fisheries biologist John Hilsinger Joins Aleutian King Crab Research Foundation as Science Advisor

  Foundation president Rip Carlton, a veteran golden king crab fisherman from Bend, Oregon, said the harvesters want improved research and stock assessments of this fishery, which Read More »