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• International angler caught up in DFO bluefin tuna sting

  It’s a picture that captures a moment of pure joy: a young woman in sunglasses and a wetsuit straddling the back of a huge Atlantic bluefin tuna. Read More »
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  UPDATED: Poachers plead guilty to fishing violations after Buzzards Bay arrests

  Four men pleaded guilty Monday in Falmouth District Court to fishing violations and paid $1,000 each after being arrested Sunday for illegally taking undersized black sea Read More »

• Commercial fishing closures in Port Stephens will be lifted

  The closures were put in place in September last year after it was revealed that toxic fire fighting foam used at the nearby Williamtown RAAF Base Read More »

• Maine fishermen look to rebuild higher after harbors took ‘a real beating’

  Working waterfront property owners along the entire Maine coast witnessed destruction as extreme winds and storm surge flooded buildings, set some adrift and tore docks apart. Some Read More »
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  Increase in observer fees has people in the fishing industry questioning how their dollars are being spent

  In Kodiak’s Dog Bay harbor Jake Everich is puttering around the galley of his trawler, the Alaskan. He bought his boat in March to fish for Read More »

• Ocean Acidification: Natural Cycles and Ubiquitous Uncertainties

  From the article: Nonetheless in a study sponsored by NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program Bednarsek 2014 argued those examples of shell dissolution were caused by anthropogenic carbon Read More »

• Cape Breton Premium Seafoods plant destroyed by fire

  Edgar Samson, president of Premium Seafoods Group, said he was saddened by the loss of the groundfish facility and retail market. He said the facility employed Read More »

• Record fine, manslaughter charges for BP spill

  BP confirmed it was in “advanced discussions” with the DoJ and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). http://news.msn.com/us/source-record-fine-manslaughter-charges-for-bp-spill Read More »

• Marine Sanctuary’s. The Focus is Eliminating Fishing, but only for Humans!

  The team gathered information from two data sets — satellite and geolocation animal tracking data, and a database of 24 conditions caused by humans that put Read More »

• WTO panel to report on EU seal products ban Monday

  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Advocates both for and against Canada’s commercial seal hunt will be watching Monday as the World Trade Organization rules on the European Read More »

• Russian court refuses bail to Russian court refuses bail – Radicals call the accusations trumped up.

  Willcox had earlier been fined $620 for refusing orders to sail his ship, the Arctic Sunrise, to Murmansk, the Interfax news agency reported. The vessel was subsequently towed. Read More »
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  How New England’s Jonah Crab Turned From Garbage To Delicacy

  Ten years ago, the Jonah crab was basically garbage: a bycatch that would turn up in lobster traps and, usually, be tossed back into the cold Read More »
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  Prawn fishers suffer ‘worst season yet’ as high fuel prices bite

  Prawn trawler operator Ed Morrison believes farming comes in peaks and troughs, but this year it’s hurting more than usual. The North Queensland-based businessman runs prawn Read More »
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  Commission cuts halibut limits across Alaska, Canada

  The International Pacific Halibut Commission adopted its annual catch limits for halibut in 2023 from California to the Bering Sea at its meeting Jan. 27. Coastwide, Read More »

• Alaska fish processors chase Japanese market for an unusual product — cod semen

  Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: This is a story about cod semen and the people who love to eat it. Right Read More »
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  Numerous safety escorts, vessel tows during first week of Dungeness crab season

  Coast Guard crews across the Pacific Northwest have towed 10 disabled or distressed commercial fishing vessels back to port in the first week of the Dungeness Read More »

• Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. PREFERED PRICE LIST for November 11, 2013 has arrived

  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Thing Read More »

• Holyrood plans crackdown on recreational caught seafood black market

  A crackdown on “hobby fishers” who sell lobsters, prawns, crabs, scallops and other seafood for financial gain was welcomed by an industry leader last night. Scottish Read More »

• Federal judge declares ‘moot’ a lawsuit over Newport Coast Guard air base closure

  U.S. District court Judge Michael McShane last week declared a lawsuit attempting to block the decommissioning of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter base in Newport as moot, Read More »
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  Jimmy’s Seafood Responds To PETA With Its Own Billboard – “I wasn’t going to take it lying down.”

  Jimmy’s Famous Seafood is pinching back at PETA with its own crabby billboard. It reads, “SteaMEd crabs. Here to stay. Get famous.” and E in “SteaMEd” Read More »
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  County Transfers Ownership Of Shinnecock Fishing Dock To Town

  Elected officials and community members gathered for a ceremony last week to celebrate Suffolk County transferring ownership of the Shinnecock commercial fishing dock to Southampton Town.,, Read More »
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  N.S. fisherman robbed of $1,200 of lobster while visiting son with cancer

  A Nova Scotia fisherman who was visiting his son with leukemia in hospital was devastated to return to his boat to find $1,200 worth of lobster Read More »
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  Venture IV – Trawler Designed for Western Scottish Waters

  Venture II Fishing Company in the UK recently took delivery of a new trawler built for operations off Scotland’s west coast. Designed by Macduff Ship Design Read More »

• Banks seek to expand portfolios in stable (rationalized) fishing industry

  When the quota system was first begun in the federal fisheries off Alaska, a common fear was consolidating too much quota in too few hands. Commercial Read More »

• Louisiana: Shrimp season’s start isn’t a happy one – Low prices and fewer shrimp

  Shrimp season opened Monday. Observers say fishermen are caught between small catches and low prices. There are two shrimping seasons, spring and fall. Spring is considered Read More »