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• ‘Cover-up’ claim over ban on fish farm pesticide

  The Scottish Government put pressure on its environmental watchdog to drop a plan to ban a toxic pesticide in 2018 so as not to upset the Read More »
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  Strait of Georgia: DFO sets herring fishing quota at 20 per cent, cons call for ban

  Herring fishermen Quincy Sample in Comox look forward to being back on the water after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced a 20 per cent Read More »

• Turtle Excluder Devices: Public meeting on shrimping regulation gets little feedback

  A new federal regulation on Coast shrimpers may add more stress on an already stressed industry. Wednesday’s meeting discussed expanding the use of Turtle Excluder Devices Read More »
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  Rep. Young fights fish farms

  In his 46 years as Alaska’s lone representative in Congress, Don Young helped toss out foreign fishing fleets from Alaska waters with the onset of the Read More »
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  A Chesapeake blue crab turned up on Dollymount Strand in Ireland

  While the crab is not much to look at in terms of alien invaders, the National Biodiversity Data Centre has warned it is larger and more Read More »

• Sneads Ferry Fishermen voice their concerns about portion of New River proposed to close

  Camp Lejeune officials proposed shutting down a portion of the New River which could cost fishermen thousands of dollars. Many of the fishermen in Onslow County Read More »

• One Fisherman is dead, two are rescued after Gloucester fishing vessel Orin C sinks

  The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen and recovered a third deceased Thursday after their fishing boat sank 12 miles off Thatcher Island, Gloucester. A good Samaritan aboard the Read More »

• Cooler after cooler, bucket after bucket, Five Massachusetts men charged with having hundreds of illegally caught fish

  One of the them was caught last year selling fish out of his trunk in Brockton. The men, whom police have not yet identified, are facing Read More »

• A Fish Jizzed on President Obama’s Shoes

  As part of his visit to Alaska, Barack Obama made a trip to the far-north fishing village of Dillingham, where a salmon squirted “milt” onto his Read More »

• As numbers of gray seals rise, so do conflicts

  ROCKLAND, Maine — Decades after gray seals were all but wiped out in New England waters, the population has rebounded so much that some frustrated residents Read More »

• Special Management Zones SMZs approved for Delaware reefs

  Forces fighting to get commercial fishing gear off artificial reefs got a boost on Wednesday at the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (MAFMC) meeting in Virginia. Read Read More »
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  Damen Maaskant Shipyards lays keel for two vessels

  Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam held a keel-laying ceremony in Poland for two new beam trawlers for Rederij Devan and Rederij Long Ships. While the new beam Read More »
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  Queensland fisheries face tighter regulations? No, They face elimination, which contiues world wide.

  New fishing regulations announced by the Queensland Government could seriously harm regional communities, limit the supply of fresh seafood and force long-term fishers out of the Read More »

• Video – Land & Sea archival moment – 1960s Schooners

  Land & Sea is celebrating 50 years on the air this season. Schooners from the 1960s – Take a look back at what life was like Read More »

• Opinion: A remedy for overregulation – Each government agency should answer to a board of directors

  If the 2016 presidential election has proved anything so far, it’s that millions of Americans know something is seriously wrong in Washington and they want it Read More »
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  Commercial Crab Fisherman David Anthony Sherwood, Kodiak Island, Alaska

  Dave born in Mankato, Mn on January 1, 1957 passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on April 1, 2021. He attended high school at Mankato West Read More »

• New Zealand Government seizes Korean trawler – owners Taejin Fisheries Co of Busan owe 93 Indonesian crew $4.5 million in wages.

  Docked in Dunedin’s inner harbour, it was valued a year ago at $1 million, but owners Taejin Fisheries Co of Busan owe 93 Indonesian crew $4.5 Read More »

• New Port of Brookings Harbor plant brings jobs

  The new structure under construction at the Port of Brookings Harbor will soon allow seafood caught by commercial trawlers to be processed locally, creating about 25 Read More »

• Shrimpers fear long-term harm from dead zone

  CHAUVIN — Shrimpers gather each morning at Dirk Guidry’s Pizza Express restaurant across the street from the bayou here, where shrimp are so seared into the fabric of Read More »
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  That’s right, lobster boat racing fans! Rev up your engines, lobster boat racing season is here!

  There’s going be a whole lot of wake on the water this Saturday, June 19 when lobster boats up and down the coast arrive, revved up Read More »
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  This Maine fishery owner tries to keep an even keel amid volatile scallop prices

  High food prices are hurting households and restaurants alike. Grocery prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs jumped 12.5% over 2021, according to the consumer price index. Restaurants Read More »
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  Emergency crews responding to Burdwood Fish Farm diesel spill near northern Vancouver Island

  Emergency crews are responding to a diesel spill at a fish farm near the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Early Sunday officials said at least 1,500 litres of Read More »
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  Scrapping fishing boats will ‘destroy industry and communities’

  The State’s smaller fishing trawlers and the communities depending on them will become part of folklore under the Government’s plans to scrap some of the fleet, Read More »
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  Louisiana Shrimpers want lobbyist to help voice their concerns in Washington

  The Louisiana Shrimp Association is fighting back against imported shrimp and their goal is to save their livelihood. They want their voices to be heard in Read More »

• The Endangered Species Act Turns 40—Hold the Applause – Schiff and MacDonald – Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise

  The badly administered law has had a limited effect on wildlife while inflicting great social and economic costs. Forty years ago, on Dec. 28, 1973, the Read More »