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  Ban on Trawling Inside Six Nautical Miles Declared Invalid by Court of Appeal

  Two fishermen have won an appeal over a ban on trawling inside the Irish six-mile limit.  A judgment issued by the Court of Appeal has ruled that Read More »

• I urge the People of Massachusetts to Get That Vote to Scott Brown.

  Scott Brown has been a fighter for all US Fishermen, not just Massachusetts Fishermen. We are losing the roar of Barney Frank. We CANNOT lose Brown. Read More »

• From maple syrup fraudsters to The Codfather – 5 of the Worst Criminals in Food History!

  Like precious gem heists and exotic animal snatching, food crimes come with their fair share of high drama. The details of one seafood kingpin’s story are Read More »

• Statement by Ministers Garneau and LeBlanc on actions taken to address the deaths of whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

  “In our efforts to do everything possible to prevent further whale deaths, our government is today implementing a temporary mandatory slow down for vessels of 20 Read More »

• Ireland’s Regulator in Eye of Storm Over Weighing System

  An Irish parliamentary committee may summon the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) before it to explain its weighing system, reports Lorna Siggins. This follows a recent parliamentary (Oireachtas) agriculture, Read More »
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  Fishing industry warns against “trading away” rights in Brexit negotiations

  The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says there must be “no trading away” of UK fishing rights amid the Brexit process. It comes after yesterday’s white paper on Read More »

• More than 400 call for new rules on fish farming in Nova Scotia

  More than 400 people from community organizations across Nova Scotia turned out for a rally in Halifax on Thursday to issue a joint call for aquaculture Read More »

• On-board accident claims fisherman

  A 60-year-old fisherman from Rowley died Thursday after an accident aboard a fishing vessel off the town’s shores, local harbormasters confirmed. Harbormasters Rosemary Lesch and Scott Read More »

• Prowler Fisheries, aka Alaska Longline Company will move offices to Seattle – Site the high cost of Affordable Care Act in Alaska

  The Petersburg offices of  will be moved to Seattle by April 1. Larry Cotter—CEO of APICDA, of which Alaska Longline is a subsidiary—said that juggling two Read More »
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  Blue crab stock healthy with above average abundance

  Results from the latest Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey — conducted annually by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources — Read More »

• Traditional Knowledge in the “Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment”

  The final version of the EPA’a “Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment” will likely be released in the next couple of months. One part of the assessment looks Read More »
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  Dan Webster’s Sustainable Shark and Fisheries Trade Act Championed in Senate by Marco Rubio, Lisa Murkowski

  At the end of last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced they would champion in the Senate U.S. Rep. Read More »

• Cape Wind’s unlucky 13 years

  But Cape Wind’s impacts extend far beyond the environment. The controversial project would also jeopardize public safety, put fishermen’s livelihoods at risk and desecrate sacred tribal Read More »
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  Can scientists build a blueprint for bluefin tuna?

  For several years, biotech companies have been promising “clean” meat, “cell-based” meat, “cultured” meat – whatever you want to call it – as a way to Read More »

• Ketchikan man sentenced for Coast Guardsman assault

  A 55-year-old Ketchikan man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Jon William Munhoven, who also spells his Read More »
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  Video-Coast Guard medevacs ill fisherman from 115 miles off Provincetown

  A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod medevaced a 24-year-old-man Sunday afternoon from the fishing vessel Athena, which was located approximately 115 miles east Read More »

• Yellowtail Snapper harvest might increase – Allocation for the commercial segment would rise by nearly 460,000 pounds

  keysnet.com – After it took an emergency rule to keep Florida’s commercial harvest of yellowtail snapper open through all of 2012, federal managers want to boost the Read More »
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  Stonington scallop boat crewman remembered for devotion to his daughter

  When Charlie Lathrop was just 15, he quit school and began a 35-year career as a commercial fisherman, working out of ports from the Town Dock Read More »
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  The drug-smuggling fishermen vowing to clear their name – Why was there no trace of cocaine?

  On 29 May 2010, a small fishing boat left the Isle of Wight on what its crew claim was a routine trip to catch lobster and Read More »
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  Occupation: Gender wage gap is part reality, part myth

  The gender wage gap is real. But inequality does not equal inequity, and the steady drumbeat from agenda-pushers and propaganda-purveyors suggests the nation’s 18-cent disparity is due Read More »

• Grieg Aquaculture in Placentia Bay: Letter: Please rethink salmon aquaculture project, Scott Roloson

  The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is among the last wild Atlantic salmon frontiers in North America. Newfoundland and Labrador possesses over 60 per cent of Read More »
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  Waterman charged with 600+ fishing, boating violations in Delaware City area

  DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police arrested a commercial waterman from Sussex County on Thursday for more than 600 shellfish and boating violations near Delaware Read More »

• U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego medically evacuated 68-year-old passenger from F/V Tribute

  The Coast Guard received a call from the crew of the 80-foot fishing vessel Tribute at 12:30 p.m., requesting assistance for the ailing 68-year-old passenger. The helicopter Read More »

• We have recieved word of the passing of Gloucesterman Joe Brancaleone, former Chair of the New England Fishery Management Council

  This article, written in 1994, could be posted today, and you’d never know the difference. Consider the involvement of all the ENGO activity since then, and Read More »

• Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester files bi partisan Seafood Marketing Program bill

  The bill, which calls for the establishment of a Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program within the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), has drawn the support of 23 Read More »