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  I get a lot of e-mails. Sometimes, I’m quite surprised!

  Was going through the endless e-mails, and I found this, about a photographer in Washington that takes some magical photo’s of the people and vessels plying Read More »
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  The drug-smuggling fishermen vowing to clear their name – Why was there no trace of cocaine?

  On 29 May 2010, a small fishing boat left the Isle of Wight on what its crew claim was a routine trip to catch lobster and Read More »

• Sullivan Win’s! Begitch Out! Loses Chair, U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommitee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard

  Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. Sullivan led Begich by about 8,100 votes on Election Night last week Read More »

• A new report on Ocean Grabbing – The Global Ocean Grab

  Ocean grabbing is not only about fisheries policy. It is unfolding worldwide across an array of contexts including marine and coastal seawaters, inland waters, rivers and Read More »

• Fishermen want larger limit for mackerel – Council wants Catch Shares as a condition

  In order to get the increase in trip limits, the fishermen may have to go along with a fishery management practice they have long opposed — Read More »
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  Ventless trap survey seeks industry participants

  The Maine Department of Marine Resources, in cooperation with the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, is seeking industry participants for the Regional Ventless Trap Program through Read More »
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  Massachusetts: Lawmakers want to pay lobstermen during right whale conservation closure

  State senators next week will debate a plan by South Shore lawmakers to pay lobstermen during a months-long annual fishing closure advocates say cuts income of Read More »
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  Westerly Town Council seeks input on marina property – Fishermen weigh in.

  The Town Council will accept input from members of the Planning Board and the Economic Development Commission as it prepares for a new contract for use Read More »
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  Shetland completely cut off from mainland as phones, internet and computers hit by blackout

  Communications in Shetland have been completely shut down with phones, internet and computers in a total blackout after the south subsea cable between the islands and Read More »

• American Samoa: Loss of tuna treaty will hurt canneries

  Tri Marine International, owners of Samoa Tuna Processors says the competitiveness of their cannery will be impacted if their fishing vessels cannot fish in nearby fishing Read More »

• Commercial Fisherman Robert Maxwell “Bob” Salter of Santa Cruz, California has passed away

  Family and friends are mourning the loss of beloved uncle and trusted friend, Bob Salter, who passed away at his Santa Cruz home with his loving Read More »

• How a deckhand survived tragedy that claimed his friend

  Dinh Nguyen knew he was going to drown. The 57-year-old fisherman was in a boat that was sinking off the coast 17 miles northwest of Ventura Read More »
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  The New Generation of Hydropower Dams Let Fish Swim Straight Through

  The journey between the States and the Sargasso Sea is complicated not only by the trawling nets of fisherman, but the steep concrete walls and sharp Read More »

• Toxic Truth – Brave Fishermen shut down their fishery

  Newcastle Australia – Commercial fishers met at the Newcastle co-op on Thursday to discuss their options before they decided to place a voluntary ban on prawn trawling in the Read More »
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  Vineyard Wind Offshore wind project clears hurdle despite opposition

  A project to create a wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard has cleared another hurdle. The Coastal Resources Management Council met for its semi-monthly Read More »
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  Retiring marine radio operator recalls 50 years of triumph and tragedy

  His name may not be familiar. But Blair Duhamel’s voice is known by mariners across Eastern Canada. For 50 years, the Glace Bay man has worked Read More »

• Study highlights threats to Southern Resident killer whales

  A NOAA report released on June 25, 2014, which focused on 10 years of research and conservation efforts on the endangered Southern Resident killer whales, confirms Read More »

• The Squatters are coming! Bay State Making Plans for Ocean Development

  In the third of five public hearings on the 2014 draft Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan, Coastal Zone Management (CZM) director Bruce Carlisle opened the Oct. 22 Read More »
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  Fisherman John Paul Feller Jr. has passed away

  John Paul Feller Jr. passed into the “happy hunting grounds” on Aug. 10 in Wrangell after a hard battle with cancer, his family wrote. “He will be Read More »
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  Capsizing and loss of life – Fishing vessel Caledonian Marine Investigation Report M15P0286

  On 05 September 2015, at approximately 1530 Pacific Daylight Time, the fishing vessel Caledonian capsized 20 nautical miles west of Nootka Sound, British Columbia. At the time, the Read More »
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  Fisherman finds huge megalodon tooth in oysters pulled from Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay

  Another ancient shark tooth has been found along Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, only this time it’s even bigger. The 5.5-inch megalodon tooth came out of the bay Read More »
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  California could be held liable for whale entanglements

  The Center for Biological Diversity is hopeful its lawsuit filed over whale and sea turtle entanglements is nearing its conclusion after a federal judge suggested she Read More »

• Cheap dollar paying off for lobster fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia

  Yarmouth – After being trapped by low shore prices in past years, this is a good season for lobster fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia. What’s the Read More »

• The One Weird Trick Trump Could Use to Get Away with January 6th

  Far from shore after a week at sea, a Florida fisherman named John Yates was busted by wildlife officials for catching grouper that were too small. Read More »
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  Letter: CCA wants to kill competition

  Many years ago I believed in the need for a Coastal Recreational Fishing License, and after reading the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) mission statement written at Read More »