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• Cape Fear coast in Obama administration’s offshore energy plans-Interior Secretary Salazar’s Smart From the Start? Lol!

  “Today’s announcement represents a significant step forward in facilitating the responsible development of renewable, clean energy offshore the United States,” said BOEM Director Tommy P. Beaudreau. http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/12/12/cape-fear-coast-obama-administrations-offshore-energy-plans#comment-195734 Read More »

• Peter Shelley -Conservation Law Foundation – Enviro group urges fishery shutdown

  While fishing industry group and federal lawmakers have sought to ease dire new catch limits seen as threatening Gloucester’s and New England’s groundfishery, a leader of Read More »
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  Speech from the Throne recognizes both Indigenous rights and conservation as objectives for the fishery

  The Government of Canada, in the recent Speech from the Throne has explicitly recognized the twin objectives of both reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and conservation of the Read More »

• Good Samaritans F/V Morgan rescue four near Yakutat, Alaska

  Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a report Friday evening from the Yakutat Police Department reporting that the vessel with four people aboard failed to arrive as stated in their Read More »
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  Hurricane Irma – Public Advisory – 1100 AM EDT Sun Sep 10 2017

  At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Irma was located near latitude 25.0 North, longitude 81.5 West. Irma is moving toward the north Read More »

• Miraculous Survival: Lost Fisherman Rescued After 2 Days Adrift, Saved by Floating Debris

  In a remarkable story of survival, a fisherman who fell overboard was rescued after floating adrift at sea for two days and one night, relying on Read More »
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  Happy National Shrimp Day! Here’s what to know about South Carolina shrimp

  Every year on May 10, National Shrimp Day recognizes America’s favorite bite-sized seafood. If you’re a fan, today’s the day to make your favorite shrimp dish Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 2008 36′ Calvin Beal Lobster/Tuna

  To review specifications, information, video, and 57 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:59 Read More »

• Mi’kmaw fishermen say they’re being threatened, prevented from selling catch in Cape Breton

  Some Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen say they’re still being prevented from earning a moderate livelihood, more than two weeks after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans began Read More »
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  Not So Fast, Orsted

  Three groups have filed suit in Superior Court challenging New Jersey DEP’s approval of the Ocean Wind 1 project consisting of nearly 100 turbines to be Read More »

• Coast Guard searching for missing fisherman Gary Kettlehut, F/V No Bull near Egmont Key

  Gary Kettlehut, 55, was working for the company Fishbusterz and was aboard one of their commercial fishing boats  when he went missing Wednesday night. He was last seen Read More »

• Sunken lobster boat raised – Investigation continues

  Police said their investigation into an early Wednesday morning fire at the Town Dock that sunk a lobster boat and damaged another boat that was tied to Read More »
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  What’s behind Japan’s support of whaling?

  Japan has for decades been steadfastly defiant about hunting whales despite widespread anger, including from key allies like the United States. After roughly 30 years of Read More »

• Nova Scotia: Proposed five cent lobster levy is out of bounds says MLA

  “I honestly don’t know where Keith Colwell gets off thinking he can impose a five cent a pound tax on lobster without getting the approval of Read More »

• A safety program created for fishermen and delivered by fishermen test piloted in British Columbia

  FISH SAFE has helped to move forward a culture of safety and helped fishermen in British Columbia to see where the safety shortcomings are on their Read More »
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  Federal waters off Georgia, South Carolina closed to fishing for brown, pink, white shrimp

  The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced on Jan. 24 that NOAA Fisheries have closed federal waters off Georgia to all fishing for brown, pink, and Read More »

• Senate hopeful Dan Winslow carves out fishing stand

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Winslow has zeroed in on two nagging statutory imperatives that, in their violation have frustrated the fishing industry — the requirement Read More »

• Some Bristol Bay fishermen sued Monday over the sinking last June and subsequent salvage of the Lone Star

  The lawsuit claims the plaintiffs suffered loss of past and future income from commercial fishing, subsistence foods, subsistence and cultural activities and past and future damage Read More »
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  Son pays tribute to Scots fisherman who died after boat capsized

  Tributes have been paid to a Scots fisherman who ‘died doing what he loved’ after his boat capsized in the North Sea. Sandy Alexander Snr has been named Read More »
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  BOEM and NOAA announce joint strategy for fisheries surveys

  BOEM and NOAA Fisheries are announcing a joint strategy to address potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on NOAA Fisheries’ scientific surveys. The Federal Survey Read More »
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  Extended delay – Commercial Dungeness Crab fishing ban extended until Dec. 16

  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife extended the delay of commercial crab fishing Nov. 24 from Point Arena down to Mexico after it spotted whales Read More »

• Last-minute change allows public comments on Joint Law Enforcement Agreement at tonight’s DMF meeting

  The Joint Law Enforcement Agreement Advisory Group has been scheduled to meet June 1 at 5:00 P.M. at the Craven County Agricultural Center in New Bern Read More »

• North Carolina: Area lawmakers seek to protect, improve industry

  Commercial fishing is a huge industry in coastal North Carolina, and easy access to and from the Atlantic Ocean, Pamlico Sound and Albemarle Sound are key Read More »
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  Family speaks out as the U.S. coast guard continues search for three missing fishermen

  Family and friends are still searching for the three local men who went missing off the Georgia coast while fishing. The U.S. Coast Guard has been Read More »