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  Captain Sig Hansen on riding out the Coronavirus pandemic on the Bering Sea – What a Time to be Alive.

  F/V Northwestern Captain Sig Hansen says at the height of the pandemic, he and the crews felt “blessed,” because their work was deemed essential. “I’ve had friends Read More »

• Former ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Jake Harris arrested for car theft, drug possession

  Ex-“Deadliest Catch” star Jake Harris is in a sea of trouble. The former reality star was arrested over the weekend after allegedly stealing a car and Read More »

• Washington state poised to set precedent as first government in the world to successfully remove and permanently ban commercial net-pen aquaculture

  Washington state recently garnered international attention for its successful removal of all polluting and hazardous commercial net pens from Puget Sound. Now, the state is on Read More »

• The Milford Laboratory is trying to bring back bay scallops

  The population of bay scallops, a smaller relative of sea scallops, has been dwindling in U.S. waters for decades. The Milford Laboratory is trying to bring Read More »
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  Man whose boat was seized for illegal crab fishing in Burrard Inlet nets further $6,000 fine

  Judge Lyndsay Smith handed the fine to Sammy Alvin-Raymond John Williams, 32, of Gold River, B.C., July 13, in North Vancouver provincial court. Smith found Williams Read More »

• Head of fisheries enforcement didn’t understand laws, trial hears

  The province’s head of fisheries and aquaculture enforcement has admitted he didn’t understand his department’s laws and policies in 2011, when he was dealing with a Read More »

• $42M New Bedford waterfront port project could attract commercial fishing, offshore wind

  There’s a maritime version of the old Mark Twain adage to buy land because they’re not making any more of it. New Bedford Port Authority Executive Read More »
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  Dennis Gaff – ‘Proud to be a Cromer fisherman’

  Tributes have been paid to a stalwart of Cromer’s fishing scene, who has died at the age of 90. When Dennis Gaff, who was born in the Read More »
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  Cape Breton snow crab season short but lucrative

  Glen Burns doesn’t bother kicking himself over it too much anymore. “I was never much of a gambler,” said Burns. “You won’t see me at the Read More »

• Fish wars swirl – Commercial and recreational fishermen clash over southern flounder stock

  Not the prettiest nor the most elusive of fish, the flat, oval-shaped southern flounder is nonetheless a tasty staple along the North Carolina coast, whether it’s Read More »
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  Iconic sardine carrier restoration larger than first predicted

  When Campbell “Buzz” Scott embarked on restoring Pauline, a 1948 sardine carrier, he knew it was going to be a bit of a project. Scott and Read More »

• Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting in Spokane, June 10-16, 2015

  The Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies will meet June 10-16, 2015 in Spokane, Washington, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Spokane City Center. Download the Read More »
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  The Working Waterfront: State may provide grant to Spruce Head Co-op

  The Spruce Head Fishermen’s Co-op is in line to get another state grant aimed at preserving working waterfronts. The Land for Maine’s Future Board announced Friday, Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, May 3, 2015

  The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »

• South Atlantic Fishery Council credibility is at stake

  Last year, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council made a big splash,,,  The phrase “catch shares” is nowhere to be found in the document. Instead creative Read More »

• State drops theft charge in Spruce Head lobster co-op case – former manager may have stolen as much as $180,000 from the lobstermen.

  ROCKLAND, Maine — The district attorney’s office has dismissed a felony theft charge against the former manager of one of the state’s largest lobster cooperatives but Read More »

• The northern cod stewardship fishery comes under fire

  If you are a New England ground fisherman, and you are not paying attention to what’s going on in the Canadian cod issues that are being Read More »
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  Fishermen Who Fled Slavery in San Francisco Sue Boat Owner

  Two Indonesian fishermen who escaped slavery aboard a Honolulu-based tuna and swordfish vessel when it docked at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf are suing the boat’s owner Read More »
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  Community meeting sees scathing opposition to offshore wind farm in Coos Bay and Brookings

  Between one to two hundred concerned residents and stakeholders packed the Salmon Conference room of the Mill Casino last night in the small coastal town of Read More »

• Controlling Agreements – DFO cracks down on fishing licences it says are fronts for corporations

  Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is taking action against more Atlantic fishermen it says are holding inshore fishing licences as fronts for corporations. The department says Read More »

• Russia pointlessly rips up deal allowing British fishermen access to their waters

  Fishing boss Mike Cohen poked fun at Russia over the “outlandish” claim that 40 percent of the diet of the average Briton consists of fish. Vladimir Read More »
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  2021 Yukon River Chinook salmon run will likely be small, according to forecast

  Somewhere between 42,000 and 77,000 Canadian-origin fish are anticipated to make the journey from the Bering Sea this year, Alaska and Yukon experts told attendees during Read More »

• California Fishermen’s Fight for Otter-Free Zone Advances

  Fishing industry groups fighting for a “no-otter” zone along the southern coast of California can advance their claims, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Read More »
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  Future generations

  I am the Son of James Everard and the nephew of the late Tom Best. I am a member of what once was the largest inshore Read More »

• Virginia Beach fisherman on seeing great white: He could have eaten me like an aspirin

  A Virginia Beach fisherman says he had a terrifying encounter with a great white shark last week two miles offshore near Sandbridge. Vince McKaney says the Read More »