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  Scott Kenneally, the halibut man of Harbourville, reflects on his seafaring life in the waters of Nova Scotia

  Scott Kenneally is a hit among the seniors living in Harbourville who want reasonably priced halibut, and want it from the waters they can see from Read More »

• Canada’s new Liberal government says it is currently developing priorities for the lobster industry

  Canada’s new Liberal government is in no rush to implement Stephen Harper’s promise aimed at wooing voters in Atlantic Canada during the recent federal election of $20 million in Read More »
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  9 missing after fishing boat capsizes in South Korea

  South Korean coast guard vessels and aircraft on Sunday were searching for nine fishermen who disappeared after their boat capsized off the country’s southwestern coast. The Read More »
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  Canadian fishermen catch record-breaking 320-lbs shrimp

  Rene Kirouac and his brother-in-law, Raymond Bergeron, were sailing aboard their trawl when they noticed some unusual movement along the rocks located near the coast. Upon approaching, they noticed that the movement was Read More »

• Coast Guard suspends search for 5 missing fishermen in Southeast Alaska

  The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday morning suspended the search for survivors from a Sitka-based commercial fishing boat that capsized early Sunday morning with five people Read More »
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  Maine: Scallop license lottery moves forward

  More scalloping or more scallopers? That’s the question the Department of Marine Resources is facing with a proposed rule that would establish a lottery system for Read More »

• Lobster poacher jumps into the water, challenges game wardens to come and get him. They waited!

  One defendant in a lobster-poaching case Saturday reportedly threw his cell phone into the ocean at Bahia Honda, jumped into the ocean and challenged state officers Read More »

• Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Quota Numbers Fall for 2013

  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced its Chinook salmon harvest quota for Southeast Alaska. The department says the all-gear harvest for 2013 is Read More »

• Maine groundfishermen hurt by quota cuts to receive $640,000 in disaster relief

  The funds will be distributed in the form of rebates to fishermen for the fees they pay at the Portland Fish Exchange. About 40 fishing boats Read More »

• Cape Wind opponents sue Coast Guard saying the agency failed to respond to a request for public records as required by law.

  Mark Rodgers, spokesman for Cape Wind, called the alliance’s most recent lawsuit a “desperate publicity stunt.” continued@southcoasttoday Read More »

• California representatives: Federal reports confirm Bay Delta plan not based on sound science

  On Friday, several U.S. Representatives from Northern California called on the Brown Administration to withdraw and fully revise their proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) in 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 »

• Dungeness Bay: Cleaning up the bay: Divers dig deep for derelict crab pots [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

  SEQUIM – The group pulled 103 pots — 99 crab pots and four shrimp pots — out of 17 square kilometers of the bay over 3½ Read More »

• Gloucesterman haunted by urge to go to sea, loss of vessel

  Joe Orlando still wakes up in the night, when the wind is whistling, and wonders if he should go down to the Gloucester House and make Read More »

• Net-free zones mean ‘more fish for recreation’

  THERE are too many commercial fishermen in the state, according to recreational fisherman and central Queensland spokesman for the Queensland Recreational Fishing Network, Kim Martin. For Read More »

• 52-year-old Fisherman medevaced from F/V Katie Ann in Bering Sea – reportedly suffering from symptoms of intestinal bleeding

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced a fisherman reportedly suffering from symptoms of intestinal bleeding more than 110 miles Read More »
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  Despite mother’s pleas, search efforts are over for missing St. Lawrence fisherman

  After the deaths of three fishermen at sea, the southern Newfoundland town of St. Lawrence is in shock, while the mother of a missing fourth man Read More »

• Western rock lobster price falls due to a drop in China demand, cheaper American exports

  The value of premium species of lobster sourced from Western Australia has plummeted, causing the lucrative industry to grind to a near halt. The western rock Read More »
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  Developing … Peter Pan Seafoods Port Moller plant devastated in overnight fire

  The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller has been devastated by a massive fire that burned through the night and into Wednesday morning. So Read More »
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  After six years of tracking mackerel in the North Atlantic, scientists have uncovered a few fishy secrets.

  Do mackerel outcompete herring? And does the fact that mackerel are so widespread in the Nordics mean that their populations are booming? Researchers have spent six Read More »
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  NCFA – Storm Damage Info Needed – Need Cold Storage Due To Power Outage? More Info For You!!!

  Wanchese Fish Co. has offered the use of their cold storage facility in Suffolk VA for anyone that needs it. If you have a fish house Read More »
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  For the last two years, the most dramatic moments of the White Marlin Open have been on dry land

  Phil Heasley caught the fish of his life, but the $2.8 million in tournament prize money got away. Heasley reeled in a 6-foot (1.8 meter) white Read More »

• The EDF Fish Tale of Bubba and Miguel

  An article written by some former  WWF stooge that never caught a fish for a living about a guy named Bubba that didn’t like being a fisherman. Read More »

• SAFMC BULLETIN: Federal Waters Off South Carolina Closed to All Fishing for Brown, White, and Pink Shrimp Through May 31, 2014

  Effective February 13, 2014, at 12:01am Federal waters off South Carolina are closed to the harvest of brown, pink, and white shrimp through May 31, 2014. Read More »

• Bi Partisan Amendment to Support Monitoring of New England Fisheries

  United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bipartisan budget amendment to support at-sea and Read More »