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  Further protection measures coming to protect North Atlantic right whales

  Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Ottawa will announce further measures in the coming weeks to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Speaking to a Read More »

• How to Sear Scallops

  I’d been cooking scallops for years in restaurant kitchens with no problems.  How different could it be at home? Quite different, apparently. The problem came down to Read More »
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  UPDATED: American fisherman detained entering British Virgin Islands – New Jersey delegation aware

  An American longline fishing boat captain has been in jail for a month after he was detained in the British Virgin Islands on June 8 for Read More »
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  Federal court rules fisheries officials didn’t do enough to protect right whales from lobster gear

  A federal court on Friday ruled in favor of environmental groups that had filed a lawsuit against the government and the Maine Lobstermen’s Association claiming federal Read More »
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  It’s the 100th anniversary! Let’s raise a glass to Prohibition

  On a foggy evening on April 23, 1927, the fishing schooner Etta M. Burns was sailing back to New Bedford when the helmsman fell asleep and Read More »

• Coast Guard assists fishing vessel taking on water near Fairweather Ground, Alaska

  A Coast Guard aircrew assisted a fishing vessel taking on water with four people aboard in the vicinity of Fairweather Ground approximately 49 miles southeast of Read More »

• Blue North to Build First-of-Its-Kind Low-Impact Sustainable Fishing Vessel – includes innovative feature called a “moon pool”.

  Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 – Blue North, a sustainable natural resource company crafted for the 21st century, today announced that it has signed a Read More »

• Alaska Department of Public Safety reaches out to fishermen in effort to combat opioid abuse

  Earlier this year, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration to combat opioid abuse in the state. Since then, more time and resources have been Read More »

• Council takes up crab issues – Crew provisions, active participation for quota holders

  The North Pacific Fishery Management Council took final action to increase some  community protections for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries today. The council discussed Read More »

• ASMFC Spring Meeting – May 2-5, 2016, Alexandria, Virginia

  The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in Alexandria, Virginia at The Westin Alexandria 400 Courthouse Square May 2-5, 2016. The agenda is subject to change. The Read More »

• Letter to the Editor – Oil sheiks must celebrate our offshore wind fixation – James H. Bodurtha, Cotuit, Ma.

  We have an opportunity to be energy independent in five to seven years, but instead of using our resources to further environmentally safe production of natural Read More »

• We’re not ‘sinister’: Menhaden fish processers want lawsuit dismissed

  As it said it would, Cooke Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in a federal district court that claims the seafood company Read More »
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  Labour slams government over ‘discredited theory’ for mysterious big crustacean die-off

  Shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon has written to his opposite number in government, Therese Coffey, to criticise her department’s theory that algal bloom caused the deaths. Thousands of dead Read More »
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  Coronavirus: Nova Scotia lobster industry gets creative during pandemic to sell their catch

  Lobster was Nova Scotia’s most valuable export in 2019, but this year, export markets have ground to a halt due to COVID-19. That has left the Read More »

• Economic relief needed for fishermen – US Senator Jeanne Shaheen

  In recent years, New Hampshire fishermen have seen their incomes decline as federal regulations designed to end overfishing have limited the amount of fish they can Read More »

• NCFA Weekly Update

  Weekly Update for 9.26.2014 as pdf   09:52 Read More »

• Cannery Row history: Western Flyer puzzle takes shape

  Revelations at the Cannery Row Symposium just keep getting better and better. Last year it was announced that the Western Flyer, the fishing boat leased by Read More »

• Court won’t overturn decision to cut quota from N.S., N.B. elver licence holders

  Three judges have delivered another blow to beleaguered commercial groups that fish for lucrative juvenile eels in the Maritimes, agreeing with a lower court ruling that Read More »
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  Supreme Court hears case in dispute over fisheries landings tax

  Millions of dollars of fish landing taxes are at stake in a lawsuit now being deliberated by the Alaska Supreme Court,,  The court heard oral arguments Read More »

• Where did global warming go? The deep ocean, experts say

  The deep oceans have recently been soaking up much of the excess heat trapped under the ever-thickening blanket of greenhouse gases that humans pump into the Read More »
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  Feds botched the review of Vineyard Wind, lawsuit alleges – Concern over right whales in lawsuit

  A group of Nantucket residents opposed to an offshore wind farm planned for waters south of the island filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop Read More »
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  Whole Foods to stop selling Gulf of Maine lobster

  The Marine Stewardship Council suspended the certification of sustainability for the fishery last week, citing a failure to comply with laws meant to protect the North Read More »

• Fish stocks rebound under federal plan

  Roughly two-thirds of depleted fish stocks across the country have rebounded significantly under federal rebuilding plans. But certain species within the South Atlantic region – which Read More »
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  Review of the Byline TV documentary – Betrayed: The Big Brexit Lie

  Up to 70% of voters in Grimsby supported Brexit because they believed it would usher in a return to the days when the docks effectively constituted Read More »

• Former NOAA Expert, High-Accuracy Hurricane Predictor Says “Natural Cycles” Major Driver

  A former NOAA meteorologist and 40-year veteran of hurricane predictions believes Irma will continue to move move west toward Florida and reach near the southern tip Read More »