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  This is ugly. Coronavirus Makes Lobsters So Cheap That Sellers Face a Fatal Blow

  U.S. lobster prices have plummeted to the lowest in at least four years after the spread of the virus halted charter flights to Asia at a Read More »
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  Getting a jump start on a lobstering career with the Maine student apprenticeship program, getting started as young as 8!

  Zac has always been attracted to the open water and salty air and last year he started apprenticing under commercial lobsterman Eddie Foye, who is a Read More »

• WPRO’s “Fishing for Answers” – a conversation about the Rhode Island fishing industry and where it’s headed

  Published on Jul 26, 2013 – WPRO continued our Debate Series with “Fishing for Answers,” a conversation about the local fishing industry and where it’s headed. Hosted by Read More »
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  Nova Scotia shrimp trawler returning to port after ice encounter in Labrador Sea

  A Mersey Seafoods shrimp trawler headed back toward its Nova Scotia base Thursday after suffering ice damage while fishing off the coast of Labrador earlier this Read More »
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  On This Day April 8,1950: Eight fishermen drown in sight of Lightship Pollock Rip

  On this day in 1950, a fishing boat with eight men aboard sank with no survivors off Chatham after its crew struggled for hours to remain Read More »
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  Bristol Bay sockeye a high point in the state’s unpredictable salmon season

  More than 58 million sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay this summer. It’s another in a series of enormous runs to the fishery. The commercial harvest Read More »
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  Maine fishing regulators are closing the state’s richest scallop fishing grounds

  The state is closing Cobscook, Whiting and Dennys bays for the rest of the fishing season starting Sunday to help conserve the scallop population, the Maine Read More »

• Reducing bycatch has been a hot topic in the pollock trawl industry.

  Scientists are working with the commercial fishermen to find a solution to the problem. And, at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium this week in Anchorage, they Read More »
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  Hero skipper who saved his crew when their boat was blown up killed himself after his rescue left him suffering with PTSD

  A heroic fisherman who saved his crew when his boat was blown up by an unexploded Second World War bomb killed himself after suffering from PTSD, an Read More »
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  Coast Guard rescues 2 fishermen near Port Aransas, Texas

  The Coast Guard rescued two fishermen after their fishing vessel began taking on water approximately 35 miles east of Port Aransas, Texas, Monday morning. At 11:52 Read More »
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  Bertie, lobsterman to The Queen, dies aged 80

  A former Cardigan Bay fisherman who made world news when the Royal Yacht Britannia stopped and The Queen purchased lobsters from him, has died at his Read More »
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  Where have the stone crabs gone? Shortage of Florida delicacy drives up prices

  Less than halfway through Florida’s lucrative stone crab season, traps are drying up, dealing another blow to a fishing industry still recovering from a beating delivered Read More »

• It’s all about the habitat – River-herring restoration booming

  Millions of dollars in federal, state and private money have created a small boom in state-of-the-art, fishway construction projects on many Rhode Island rivers and streams. Read More »
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  Japan: Bluefin tuna goes for $145,000 as pandemic dampens New Year auction

  The top price paid for a tuna at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market fell for the third year running, with Read More »
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  Lake Michigan Commercial Fisherman Robert E. Strege has passed away

  Robert E. Strege, age 90, passed away on January 1, 2021. He was born on November 8, 1930 to parents Richard and Amelia (nee. Schultz) Strege Read More »

• Coastal Conservation Association Mississippi spokesman attacks Gulf Menhaden Fishery

  The menhaden fishery is a bit of an enigma to the public, but the activity of the purse seine boats is well-known to many recreational anglers, Read More »
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  Vessel Review: F/V Arctic Fjord – Alaska Pollock Trawler to be Deployed in Bering Sea

  Seattle-based seafood company the Arctic Storm Management Group has taken delivery of a new trawler-processor optimised for catching Alaska pollock in the Bering Sea. The newer Read More »

• Lobster industry claws out levy to promote Canadian crustaceans – $2.5-million annually

  About 200 fishermen, processors, industry officials and politicians from the three Maritime provinces agreed at the two-day summit to introduce a two-cent levy – one cent Read More »
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  Drilling fluid spills from Suncor’s Transocean Barents rig Friday

  Suncor Energy’s Transocean Barents accidentally discharged 28,000 litres of synthetic based mud (SBM) on Friday. The mobile offshore drilling unit is in the Terra Nova field, Read More »

• Pro-Brexit Scots fishermen fear Westminster ‘power grab’

  The pro-Brexit Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has warned the UK Government’s legislation to leave the EU must be amended if Holyrood’s powers are to be respected. Read More »

• Florida FWC requests public feedback at workshops around the state

  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting several workshops across the state, including the two in the Florida Keys, to gather input and develop Read More »

• Fisherman William “Billy Mac” McIntire, lost at sea, remembered as local legend, had friend’s around the world

  “Billy Mac was like a rock star, everybody loved him,” said Dwight Raymond of Kennebunk’s Performance Marine and The Pilot House. “He was the real deal Read More »

• Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting November 12-19, 2014, Costa Mesa, California – Listen Live!

  The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory bodies will meet November 12-19, 2014 in Costa Mesa, California to address issues related to coastal pelagic Read More »

• Appeal filed asking the court to overturn U.S. District Court Judge Joseph LaPlante’s July 29 at-sea monitor decision

  A fisherman is appealing a federal judge’s decision to allow the government to continue forcing fishermen to pay for at-sea monitors. Hampton fisherman, David Goethel, filed Read More »

• Rare deep-sea fish washes ashore in Gustavus

  A ragfish, measuring 65 inches long, was spotted near the dock in , the town that serves as the headquarters for Glacier Bay National Park and Read More »