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  Trawler decommissioning scheme ‘needs to be better funded’

  Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue needs to put additional funding into the State’s decommissioning scheme for fishing trawlers to make it viable, industry representatives have said. His Read More »
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  406 Day: National Campaign for Awareness of EPIRB, Emergency Locator Beacon Importance

  Editor’s Note: Coast Guard members in your area may be available to discuss 406 Day and the importance of EPIRBs and PLBs.,,,Saturday, April 6, is 406 Read More »
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  Oregon Senate Passes Seafood Bill – would require more frequent testing of acid levels

  After recreational crabbing along the southern Oregon coast was closed last week due to domoic acid levels, the Oregon Senate has now passed a bill aimed Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 20, 2013

  “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 »
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  Fishing boat runs aground in Lerwick harbour

  A rescue operation is underway this afternoon (Wednesday) after the local whitefish trawler Copious LK985 ran aground in Lerwick harbour. The incident happened in the shallow Read More »
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  Canada, U.S. fail to reach agreement on quota for shared haddock stock in 2023

  Canada and the United States have, for the first time, failed to agree on a shared quota for the transboundary haddock stock on the Georges Bank Read More »

• Meanwhile, over in Scotland, Fish farms are ‘wiping out Scotland’s wild salmon’

  NEW research has raised fresh claims that fish farms are wiping out Scotland’s iconic wild salmon. Read more Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, April 5, 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 »

• Is NOAA About to Crack? ‘Pausebuster’ study under intense scrutiny

  According to House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), who is leading a Congressional investigation into the infamous Karl et al 2015 “Pausebuster” study, NOAA whistleblowers Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 1, 2019

  >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<16:16 Read More »
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  Sipekne’katik First Nation receives proposed moderate livelihood fishery memorandum of understanding from feds

  Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan has sent a proposed memorandum of understanding to the Sipekne’katik First Nation regarding its moderate livelihood fishery. The band says the Read More »
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  Fishing Fuel Costs at Tipping Point

  Many fishing vessels are facing a cruel choice between tying-up or going to sea to make a loss. NFFO members are providing landings information that illustrate Read More »

• Explaining Hypocrisy – Conservationists like me can condemn one cull while supporting another – it all depends on what WE think is best for wildlife diversity

  Culling wildlife has a bad name right now. The government’s badger cull has been a disaster on its own terms and a catastrophe by any sensible Read More »

• “simply the best fish in the world.” Royalty. Copper River salmon shall arrive in Seattle on Friday

  The  will open for the season Thursday morning and the first fish is expected to arrive at Sea-Tac at 6 a.m. Friday. But the demand will be Read More »
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  Experts say Canada-China spat could sink seafood exports

  Atlantic Canadian seafood exports could be the next target in growing trade tensions between Canada and China, something experts say would deal a huge blow to Read More »

• FISH-NL: Labour Board status

  FISH-NL received an update Tuesday afternoon from the Labour Relations Board regarding the status of our certification application. On March 10, the Board ordered the Salt-Water Read More »

• Friends and loved ones to gather, celebrate the life of Fisherman Douglas William Thomas in Port Alberni September 26th

  Doug passed away suddenly as a result of a marine accident off the coast of Vancouver Island. He was a fisherman, gardener, and cook. His hands Read More »
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  Shellfish industry accuses conservation group of ‘smear campaign’ against scallop fishery

  Shetlands inshore shellfish industry and local marine scientists have strongly condemned what they describe as a “series of false allegations” from a conservation organisation about the Read More »
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  Japan fails to win approval to increase tuna catch quotas

  Japan failed to win approval at an international fisheries meeting for its proposals to increase overall catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna. The proposals were supported Read More »
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  Whidbey Island Seafood Company. They sell seafood that’s “dock to doorstep”.

  Brothers Andrew and Adam Hosmer practically grew up on the water, with a dad who captained the Baranof fishing boat through the icy waters of Alaska. Read More »
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  A new push to deregulate America’s oceans and backcountry

  Recent decisions at the Interior and Commerce departments are opening the doors for more commercial exploitation of US fisheries and land resources. Advocates say the changes Read More »
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  Still a lot of crab to be caught in Newfoundland and Labrador

  A 2022 report by consultant David Conway, who was commissioned by the province to review the fish price setting system, recommended the industry begin discussions in Read More »

• Maine Voices: A catch share system would be better than canceling the shrimp season

  The recent cancellation of the 2014 shrimp fishing season has been a devastating blow to Maine fishermen, many of whom rely heavily on the short yet Read More »
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  State of Alaska plans distribution of 2016 pink salmon season disaster relief funds

  The state is working on distributing roughly $56 million in relief funds to those affected by the 2016 Gulf of Alaska pink salmon season disaster.,,, Julie Read More »

• Two injured in lobster boat collision near Owls Head

  Two people were injured when lobster boats collided Monday morning off the Muscle Ridge Islands near Owls Head and South Thomaston. The two were taken Pen Read More »