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  Broken Promise? – Thiele And Lavalle call on N.Y. State to keep Promise, File Legal Action Against Inequitable Federal Fishing Quotas

  Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. and State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle today called upon New York State to keep its promise to the state’s commercial fishermen Read More »
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  The Oysterman, the Pirate and Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands 

  Maurer was in a bind. Hurricane Ida had decimated the supply chain. The storm swept through the heart of Louisiana’s $2.4bn seafood industry, which supports one Read More »

• Third-Generation Provincetown Fisherman Kenneth Macara, has passed away

  Kenneth Roland Macara of Provincetown and Delray Beach, Fla. died at home on Aug. 16, 2023 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 91. Read More »

• Police don riot gear as Furey’s Liberals make 2nd attempt at budget amid protests

  It’s deja vu at Confederation Building in St. John’s on Thursday morning, as police and protesters have shown up in large numbers ahead of the Newfoundland Read More »
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  When F/V Scandies Rose sunk west of Kodiak, he survived. Now he’s grappling with losing his crewmates.

  Dean Gribble, one of the survivors, grew up in Washington. He began salmon tendering when he was 11, and he’s spent the past 21 years crab Read More »
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  ‘It’s a miracle I am here:’ Fisherman found clinging to buoy meets his rescuers

  When David Sigo was dragged off his fishing boat last month and spent an hour in the cold Puget Sound before being rescued,,, The 63-year-old from Suquamish Read More »

• HOOKED UP! PART II: Gulf Council chief talks about IFQ’s

  The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council manages the fishery resources in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It’s one of eight regional fishery management Read More »

• Judge orders DFO monitoring reports of rival fishing vessels to be disclosed to the court

  The Nunavut fishing company Masiliit Corp. has won a small victory in trying to prove it was following industry standards when fishing for turbot in Davis Read More »

• Wind Energy off Morro Bay Faces Fisher Lawsuit and Marine Sanctuary Issues

  Three new wind farms in the waters north of Santa Barbara County have run into a few obstacles in their attempts to bring offshore wind to Read More »

• NOAA/NMFS Considers Moving Trawl Surveys to Fishing Vessels

  NOAA Fisheries is initiating a planning process to support its intention to transition part or all of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s spring and fall bottom Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 14, 2020

  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<20:00 Read More »

• Lobstermen prepare for 3-month Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan fishing ban

  Come January, lobsterman Scott Leddin typically starts pulling some of his 800 traps out of the water to let them dry out and to make repairs. Read More »

• Fishermen clean up ‘ghost gear’ from Bay of Fundy

  The started dragging the waters off the coast of Saint John and Deer Island seven years ago. More than 500 abandoned traps were hauled up from Read More »

• Dredge opponents fear Penobscot River pollution

  For the opponents of the Searsport dredge project, mercury contamination is the big worry. Those concerns deepened in February when the Maine Department of Marine Resources Read More »
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  Modern Fish Act: boon to recreational fishing or risk to U.S. fishery?

  The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act sets strict, scientifically adjusted, annual catch limits on U.S. commercial, charter and recreational fisheries in order to sustain saltwater Read More »
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  Local fisherman outlines harbor concerns

  Randy Smith owns and captains the F/V MISTASEA, a fishing vessel moored in the Crescent City Harbor. As sometimes happens, Smith encountered a mechanical breakdown while Read More »

• Commercial Fisherman Arnold Herbert Benner of Friendship, Maine, has passed away

  Arnold Herbert Benner passed away at his home in Friendship on Thursday, October 5, 2023, with his family at his side. Recently celebrating his 80th birthday, Read More »
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  Michele Longo Eder of Newport, Oregon has passed away

  Michele Longo Eder was born on the Fourth of July, 1954 in Albany, N.Y., to Joseph and Betty Longo. She died at 68 in her oceanfront Read More »

• Legends of lure Demand soars for Andy Betnar’s Astoria-made Fatal Flash Lures

  A commercial fishermen and fishing guide, Andy Betnar considers his other business a part-time hobby. That’s how it started anyway. It all began in 2008 when Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 70′ Steel Shrimper, Cat 3408,

  To review specifications, information, and 26 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11:59 Read More »
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  Commercial fisherman Michael Foy free from British Virgin Islands jail after plea deal

  After a five-month ordeal in which he was imprisoned in British Virgin Islands, Stafford fisherman Michael Foy accepted a plea deal Friday and is free to Read More »

• Bristol Bay Fisheries Report June 2, 2015 with Molly Dischner

  KDLG’s Molly Dischner has June 2’s Bristol Bay Fisheries Report. Listen here for a conversation with ADFG Area Manager for the Naknek-Kvichak District Travis Elison, an Read More »
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  Why this super ship is making enemies in Alaska and on Capitol Hill

  A few weeks ago, Helena Park reluctantly repainted her brand new, $75-million, fishing boat to mask its name, “America’s Finest.” It no longer seemed appropriate since Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 78′ Steel Longliner, 400HP Twin Cat 3406 Diesels

  To review specifications, information, and 40 photos’, >click here<, A turn key vessel in excellent condition. To see all the boats in this series >click here< 12:30 Read More »
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  CLOSURE WITHOUT CAUSE: Unprecedented Levels of Mackerel Call into Question Minister’s Decision to Close Fishery

  Fish harvesters throughout the province are reporting observations of unprecedented levels of mackerel, calling into question the decision by Minister Joyce Murray and the Department of Read More »