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• Fisherman facing life in prison after finding 20 kilo’s of cocaine at sea, setting up a distribution ring

  The question is often light-heartedly posited among friends in coastal towns of what one would do if he were to discover a bail of washed-up narcotics. Read More »

• Pollution: Learning the Limits for Marine Species

  Work by biologists and marine scientists at various Norwegian research institutions over the past 10 years has covered such commercial resources as shrimp, scallops, herring and Read More »
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  F/V Pappy’s Pride: Unified command established for vessel collision in Galveston, Texas

  A unified command consisting of the Coast Guard, federal on-scene coordinator, Texas General Land Office, state on-scene coordinator, and Mr. Harry Stark, the fishing vessel Pappy’s Read More »
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  Whitehall’s eco-zealots are threatening the livelihoods of families who have fished off Holy Island for 1,000 years

  Defra, the Whitehall department responsible for fishing, proposes to create a Highly Protected Marine Area of 50 square miles covering the island and parts of the Read More »
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  Advanced Scalloper packed with technology

  The 19 metre automated scallopers Ròis Mhàiri OB-45 and Star of Jura OB-278, built by Parkol Marine Engineering in 2005 and 2006 respectively, have given years Read More »

• Alaska pushes back on Arctic plan with Canada

  Alaska’s leaders in Juneau and Congress had harsh words for a joint March 10 statement from the White House and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing Read More »
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  Massive losses predicted from Bering Sea crab closures

  While other crab stocks have been declining in the North Pacific for years, the snow crab fishery’s collapse is doubly shocking for the industry. Not only Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Northern Bay Lobster/Tuna, cruises 36-38 mph and 40 mph WOT

   To review specifications, information, and 21 photos, >click here< , To see all the boats in this series >click here< 11: 47 Read More »
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  No criminality found in fatal fishing boat sinking

  A criminal investigation into the sinking of a fishing boat in which two men died has been dropped, prosecutors have said. The Nancy Glen went down Read More »

• Maine offshore wind project faces 1st major hurdle –

  “We need to start reaping the benefits of offshore wind, both the economic benefits and renewable benefits,” said Sean Mahoney, executive vice president of the Conservation Read More »
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  Cornwall family put boat up for sale after 300 years at sea

  A family that has been fishing off the coast of Cornwall for 14 generations said they have quit the industry due to new government regulations. The Read More »

• The Long Haul, Part 5 – Combatting the Sea of Debris

  Marine debris is a big issue for fishermen – for environmental, monetary and practical reasons. Things like lost lobster pots, spools of microfilament and lengths of Read More »

• Study claims 2010 BP oil spill left ‘bathtub ring’ on sea floor

  The BP oil spill left an oily “bathub ring” on the sea floor that’s about the size of Rhode Island, new research shows. The study by Read More »
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  45th Annual blessing of the Bodega Bay fishing fleet marks a shorter and uncertain salmon season

  The Karen Jeanne rocks and sways as Dick Ogg steers out of Bodega Harbor, past the rocky breakwall where surf-casting fishermen wave from their perches.Behind him, Read More »
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  City Officials Announce Financial Relief Plan For Crabbers Impacted By Pier 45 Fire

  Mayor Breed, the San Francisco Port Commission and Supervisor Aaron Peskin said they hope the financial assistance will ensure that a crab season happens this year. Read More »
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  Commercial fishermen fear seismic blasting in the Otway Basin will impact business and marine life

  It’s understood Schlumberger Australia Pty Ltd have commenced a 100-day operation in a bid to find potential recoverable hydrocarbon – natural gas, oil and coal – Read More »

• Maine lobstermen’s group weighs in on death of entangled whale

  There are signs the ropes were from fishing gear not used for lobstering, an official says, as others discuss regulations that protect the endangered animal. The Read More »

• NEFMC sets groundfish fishery quota for upcoming fishing years

  The New England Fishery Management Council’s final action on specifications meant to guide the groundfish fishery in the coming fishing year offers increased catch limits for Read More »

• Blessing of the Fleet in Morehead City honors tradition, Joaquin be damned.

  Commercial fishing trawlers cruise around the N.C. State Port of Morehead City as bands a rain and wind zip across the Intracoastal Waterway during the annual Read More »
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  Feds consider opening New England Closed fishing areas. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would still have to approve.

  BOSTON (AP) — There are five zones off the New England coast drawn in varying angles and shapes, all rich with fish, or at least they Read More »

• Trident to sell Kodiak plant to Pacific Seafood

  Kodiak’s largest seafood processing plant has a new owner. Trident Seafoods announced on Oct. 14 that it reached a deal with Pacific Seafood for the downtown Read More »

• In rural Alaska, the spoils of the sea set village against village

  A generation ago, organizers envisioned federally guaranteed shares of the pollock catch that would create a rising tide of funds to lift up poor, isolated villages Read More »
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  Long IIsland: Effort to salvage juvenile scallops called off for lack of candidates

  An unprecedented effort by conservationists, baymen and the state to save a vulnerable population of juvenile scallops by transferring them to deeper waters has been called Read More »
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  Peter Cook Tells Stories to Remember

  Fishing hundreds of miles off the coast of Provincetown in1979, the F/V Little Infant was caught in a raging tempest. Peter Cook, a crewman on the 90-foot scalloper, Read More »

• Closure fresh in memory, setnetters innovate for season

   KENAI — Gary Hollier has a king salmon problem.The commercial setnetter has had it for a few years and he’s far from the  only one. Most of the east Read More »