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• Trading Salmon for Almonds

  Northern California fishermen have endured an extremely difficult year. Fishery managers closed the entire commercial salmon fishing season for half of June and all of July Read More »
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  Reeling for Weather

  Dave Bitts has been trolling the Pacific waters off the North Coast for decades. “I almost have been making a living out of it for 40 Read More »

• FAQ: Radiation from Fukushima – and Answers from Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  Since mid-2011, I have worked with Japanese colleagues and scientists around the world to understand the scope and impact of events that continue to unfold today. Read More »

• North Carolina Fishermen meet to determine disbursement procedures

  Work will begin today to establish procedures for authorizing the disbursement of money collected through a new state fund created to meet requirements for the protection Read More »

• Here’s why they’re called killer whales

  Seattle Times reader Dale Johnson’s eye-popping photo of a leaping orca with a harbor porpoise in its jaws. Read the rest here 14:08 Read More »

• Most of the Economic Benefits of the Bristol Bay Sockeye Fishery go to Alaska and Washington

  A report that was released back in May shows that the economic impact of the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery extends across the country with most Read More »

• Fish farm veto jeopardizes company’s N.S. future – ‘This isn’t acceptable,’ says Snow Island Salmon executive – Audio

  Officials with Snow Island Salmon say a decision by the province to reject an application for a fish farm operation along the Eastern Shore has wide Read More »

• Hurricane Sandy Aid Bill Includes $150 Million for Alaskan Fisheries – BREITBART (as our industry disasters East and West are marginalized)

  One out of every $20 spent in a new bill to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy will go to “non-relief-related pork,” says American Majority Action Spokesman Read More »
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  Newlyn Fish Festival 2017 was the plaice to be in Cornwall today

  Glorious sunshine shone down this Bank Holiday Monday as Newlyn Fish Festival capped off an eventful and memorable weekend in west Cornwall in style. The adored Read More »

• Rhode Island AG lends support to Mass. lawsuit seeking to overturn ‘Draconian’ fishing regulation

  PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court in support of the Massachusetts lawsuit against the National Read More »

• Increased Percentage of Old Red King Crab Attracts More Barnacles – processors must accept them, depending on,,,,,,,

  Old shell and very old shell crabs are more likely to have an abundance of barnacles aboard their shells, making them a less than lucrative catch. Read More »
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  BOEM Report Key to Offshore Wind’s Future

  The forthcoming report from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on the cumulative environmental impacts of the Vineyard Wind project will determine the future Read More »

• N.S. committee to work on system for tracking escaped farmed salmon

  Nova Scotia now has a committee to develop a system to track escaped farmed salmon. “This is a first step where government, industry and wild Atlantic Read More »
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  Coronavirus outbreak has Alaska fishing fleets on guard

  “The protocols on cleaning and how to prevent a virus are already part of the procedures that we follow,” said Chad See, executive director of the Freezer Read More »
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  Offshore Wind? At Any Scale Safe, Reliable & Affordable Nuclear Is The Natural Energy Choice

  There are 30 countries where you’ll find nearly 450 nuclear reactors currently operating, including the French, Americans, Canadians, Japanese and Chinese. Another 15 countries are currently building 60 Read More »

• Federal agency accused of condemning British Columbia commercial sockeye fleet to feast-or-famine cycle

  While fishermen in Alaska were enjoying a banner year thanks to massive returns of Bristol Bay sockeye, their counterparts in were pretty much idled, thanks to Read More »
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  Letter: Right whale entanglements – the undocumented and unknown statistics

  Although there hasn’t been a documented right whale in Maine lobstermen’s gear in recent years, most entanglements are undocumented and the gear’s origin is usually unknown. Read More »

• Bruce Newbury: Why R.I. should be the Calamari State

  Mark Gibson, deputy chief for Marine Fisheries with the Fish and Wildlife Division of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, stated that squid is the Read More »

• Trump administration steps in on fishing limits, and the implications could ripple

  “The commission is deeply concerned about the near-term impact on our ability to end overfishing on the summer flounder stock as well as the longer-term ability Read More »

• North Pacific Fishery Management Council acts on guide loophole, grenadiers; open seat debated

  SEATTLE – Halibut guides and grenadiers will see management changes in coming years under action taken at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s February meeting. The Read More »
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  Coast Guard rescues 2 people from vessel taking on water

  Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report at 4:53 p.m. of the vessel Miss Linda taking on water in Breton Sound, Louisiana, with two Read More »

• Commercial fishermen applaud EPA’s peer review process for Bristol Bay assessment; mining and productive salmon stocks do not mix!

  “People who are attacking this report aren’t criticizing the science but are trying to use any opportunity to attack the EPA,” said Bob Waldrop, executive director Read More »

• Filed on behalf of Fishermen, Pacific Legal Foundation Sea Otter Lawsuit Dismissed

  “Obviously, we think the judge’s decision is wrong,” said PLF attorney Jonathan Wood, whose sole option, as detailed by the judge, is to pursue an Administrative Read More »

• Fisheries Minister Taken Aback by EU Boast that NAFO Has Management of Northern Cod Fishery

  The province’s fisheries minister is encouraging Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to rally for joint management of the stocks off the province’s coast after learning that NAFO has Read More »

• The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting June 6, 2016 at Kodiak Harbor Convention Center

  The Council will meet the week of June 6, 2016 at the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center, 236 E. Rezanof Drive, Kodiak, AK. The AGENDA and SCHEDULE are available Read More »