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  Fishing vessel aground off coast of Cape Elizabeth

  A fishing vessel ran aground early Saturday morning, just as a powerful storm system was arriving in Maine. A mayday call was issued shortly after midnight, Read More »

• NCFA SPECIAL UPDATE! April 30, 2024, TURF WAR CONTINUES WITH WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION

  The Wildlife Resources Commission, or WRC, has requested rules to change the parameters of what comes under their jurisdiction vs Marine Fisheries. We need you to Read More »

• Bill would ban drift gillnets in California – “This is really a moral imperative,” Geoff Shester, Oceana

  SACRAMENTO — Some Assembly Democrats on Thursday took steps toward ending California’s drift gillnet fishery, introducing a bill that would effectively ban the controversial gear for Read More »
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  Dolphin, porpoise found dead near Minas Basin turbine site

  A dolphin and a porpoise have been found dead along the shore of the Minas Passage since the installation of OpenHydro’s instream tidal turbine late last Read More »
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  Scientists score salmon bonanza

  On March 11, the chartered commercial trawler Pacific Legacy No. 1 left Victoria Harbour for a 25-day trip, carrying a large net to haul in salmon Read More »

• Coast Guard frees fishing boat from ice in Quicks Hole Passage

  A Coast Guard crew responded to a fishing vessel trapped in ice in Quicks Hole Passage, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Friday. At about 10 a.m., watchstanders at Read More »

• Stricter lobster fishing rules scrapped after complaints from fishermen about harm to industry

  Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that Read More »
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  Veteran fisherman Tom Lindberg tried to save his deckhands

  The daughter of the veteran Cobble Hill fisherman who died when the Arctic Fox II capsized in the waters off Washington state said her father put Read More »

• The Warped Musing’s of a Climate Change Opportunist / Ocean Industrialization Habitat Destruction Hypocrite

  The hypocrisy! – capecodtoday – Conservation Law Foundation Op Ed is a strong rebuttal to NOAA’s new limits The catch limits on the most endangered stocks Read More »

• Fisheries debate continues By Howard Delo

  Over the last few weeks in this column, I mentioned how a recent speaker at a Valley chamber of commerce luncheon discussed the economic value of Read More »
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  Is It Time To Start Eating Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna? Yes, it is, Margot! Its Sustainable!

  Back in January, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch quietly changed their sustainability rating for western Atlantic bluefin tuna from Avoid to Good Alternative. Their report states that Atlantic Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 23, 2021

  Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here< 16:35 Read More »

• Federal regulators issue revised suspension order for Vineyard Wind as more debris falls from damaged turbine

  “This maintenance work has already begun, reinforcing the stability and security of the turbines,” Nantucket officials said in an update on the town’s website. The BSEE Read More »
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  Scottish seafood left to rot with exports tangled in Brexit bureaucracy, exports could grind to a halt

  The Scottish Seafood Association said exports to the EU are being hindered by “red tape” delays in Scotland and France. It claims as many as 25 Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 27, 2018

  >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >Click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<13:26 Read More »

• Dilemmas – Consider the lobsterman, By Emma Goldberg

  In the 1990s, Fair Haven Lobster employed close to 50 people. Now they’re down to six. They used to fish up to 1,000 pounds of lobster Read More »
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  Teen commercial fisherman hooked on a career on the water

  While many other young people are leaving coastal communities for careers elsewhere, Wyatt Casper decided to cast his lot as a commercial fisherman at home in Read More »
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  Statement from the Canadian Coast Guard: Decommissioning of the CCGS Alfred Needler

  Following over 40 years of service to Canada as a fisheries science vessel, the CCGS Alfred Needler is being decommissioned. In late 2022 and early 2023 the CCGS Alfred Needler suffered Read More »

• Vineyard Wind Restarts Installing Turbine Blades

  Vineyard Wind began reinstalling turbine blades on its turbines over the weekend for the first time since one blade broke off into the ocean earlier this Read More »
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  Southeast Alaska and Washington Tribes, First Nations in British Columbia declare salmon emergency

  Indigenous governments in Southeast Alaska and Washington, with First Nations in British Columbia, have declared a salmon emergency and are calling for representation in all government Read More »

• Congressional delegation battles to save Apalachicola Bay

  News Service of Florida – This week, the U.S. Senate was the scene of the latest skirmish in a tri-state water dispute between Florida, Georgia and Read More »
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  ‘Invisible oil’ from Deepwater Horizon spill may have reached the Florida Keys, possibly as far as North Carolina

  Nearly a decade after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history killed 11 people and dumped 200 million gallons of crude into the ocean, researchers Read More »
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  Vineyard Wind Appoints Fisheries Liaison For CT

  Offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has appointed Caela Howard its fisheries liaison for Connecticut. Howard has spent the last decade working closely with fisheries in Connecticut Read More »

• King: Offended by cooking show

  On Jan 16, Saturday eve, we were watching a cooking show on WACA-TV (cable TV in Ashland) where the top item on the menu was a Read More »
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  ‘Deadliest Catch’ Captains Discuss What Happened In F/V Destination Tragedy – Sig encourages re-evaluation

  It’s no secret that crab fishing is the most dangerous job in the world, and that is why Deadliest Catch fans hero worship the captains and Read More »