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  SURVEY: Please Help Extreme Gloucester Fishing: Restructure, Retool, Retrain, Revive and Reunite the U.S. Commercial Fisheries

  Extreme Gloucester Fishing Commercial Industry Training Center is doing a U.S. Commercial Fisheries Survey – Please help Extreme Gloucester Fishing with our efforts to Restructure, Retool, Read More »
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  Atlantic Herring: Council Votes to Send Draft Amendment 8 Out to Public Hearing With No Preferred Alternatives

  The New England Fishery Management Council today voted to send Draft Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan out to public hearing without selecting Read More »

• Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Vessel Monitoring Systems – HMS Webinar – Monday, September 23, 2013 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  NMFS proposes to modify the declaration requirements for vessels required to use Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) units in Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) fisheries. This proposed Read More »

• Fishermen urged to wear lifejackets in new safety campaign

  Whelk fisherman David Massey knew he was wearing no ordinary lifejacket when he hit the water unexpectedly about 11km off the coast of Wicklow in April Read More »
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  FFAW asks for quota increases, full northern cod assessment following 2023 stewardship fishery closure

  The FFAW-Unifor is calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to prioritize the province’s northern cod fishery. Jason Spingle, FFAW secretary-treasurer, said the catch rates Read More »

• Legislature eyeing another layer of fishing enforcement – would allow NOAA OLE in North Carolina waters.

  The state House and Gov. Pat McCrory want to enter a “joint enforcement agreement” with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and task the North Carolina Read More »

• In Hawaii, National Marine Fisheries Service relaxes bycatch limits on endangered sea turtles

  The National Marine Fisheries Service has relaxed its limitson the number of endangered sea turtles that can be captured and possibly killed by Hawaiian swordfish fishermen Read More »

• Large vessel owners accuse FFAW of ‘double standard’ – Fishing industry divided on how to handle northern shrimp

  A union call to shut down the lucrative shrimp fishery off the northeast coast of Newfoundland and the south coast of Labrador because of declining stocks has Read More »
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  What Happens When Humans Fall In Love With An Invasive Species

  Some people miss the glory days of Lester River fishing even when evidence suggests that Lake Superior and the people who rely on it are better Read More »

• Pot cod season not as good as in past years

  Alaska Department of Fish and Game Homer area management biologist Jan Rumble confirmed last week what fishermen have been saying all season: It has been a Read More »
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  “Scallop Fishing on the Mister G” – Photographer Markham Starr captures a day in the life

  “I should have been born 150 years ago,” said Markham Starr, a man who actively documents the present so it can be preserved for the future. Read More »
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  Snowsuits, bits of destroyed homes being scooped out of sea post-Fiona

  Shawn Bath says his team has pulled an estimated 80,000 pounds of debris from Newfoundland’s waters in the month since storm Fiona’s destruction, mostly parts of Read More »

• Waterman cleared of illegal clamming due to lack of notice

  There was nothing fishy about a waterman digging for clams in a protected zone  of the Chesapeake Bay because the state natural resources department failed to  Read More »
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  Puget Sound report tells the environmental story that took place in 2016

  The year 2016 may be regarded as a transition year for Puget Sound, coming between the extreme warm-water conditions of 2014 and 2015 and the more Read More »

• Eastern Fisheries forms Eastern Fisheries Europe, opens plant in Staphorst, Netherlands

  Eastern Fisheries, headquartered in New Bedford, announced on Monday the opening of a sixth wholly owned in Staphorst, Netherlands and the official formation of a new corporation, Read More »
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  Coast Guard reminds icing dangers, vessel stability for winter fishing season in Alaska

  The Coast Guard reminds commercial fishing vessel operators to be aware of the dangers of icing and vessel stability as the winter fishing season gets underway Read More »
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  CDFW Director calls for statewide closure to mediocre crab season on June 1, due to presence of Whales

  This decision was not what the California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group recommended, said Del Norte County District 4 Supervisor Gerry Hemmingsen, a crab fisherman Read More »
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  Fisherman finds huge megalodon tooth in oysters pulled from Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay

  Another ancient shark tooth has been found along Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, only this time it’s even bigger. The 5.5-inch megalodon tooth came out of the bay Read More »

• Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, June 29

  The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, June 29 includes an update on how things are faring for the ongoing Port Moller Test Fishery and the Read More »
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  Annapolis Royal mayor says tidal turbine shutdown won’t hurt town’s coffers

  Last week the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans ordered NSP to shut down the iconic electrical power generating station after a review of data, especially Read More »

• Catch Shares: Commercial fishers on Far South Coast want action on restructure

  The restructure of the NSW commercial fishing industry is reaching an important milestone with companies and individuals having until tomorrow to decide on whether they take a Read More »

• A three-member independent panel tasked with looking at factors affecting lobster prices will begin meetings in July.

  Panel members John Hanlon, Gilles Theriault and Lewie Creed will meet with organizations representing fishermen, brokers, buyers and shippers, and processors in Prince Edward Island on July 8, Read More »
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  From the “Where the Rubber Meets the Road” Department: Automobile Tires Are Killing West Coast Salmon, Not Climate Change

  Just last year, PBS and Popular Science were screaming about “climate change” being the cause of salmon deaths with headlines like “Climate Change is Killing Salmon in the Pacific Read More »

• If you want to help shape Columbia fishing, here’s your chance

  The Oregon and Washington departments of Fish and Wildlife are taking nominations for people to serve on either the Columbia River Recreational Fishery Advisory Group or Read More »

• Grand Bank council to discuss new Arctic surf clam licence with LeBlanc

  Last week’s announcement by federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc a new Arctic surf clam licence will be issued for next year is concerning news for the Read More »