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  U.S., Canadian coast guards rely on each other to save lives

  Snowy, dark and difficult to see from a few hundred feet in the air — U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue pilot Lieutenant Aaron Jones recalls Read More »

• 8 Arctic countries to sign historic coast guard deal

  All eight Arctic nations — including Canada and Russia — are to sign a historic deal next week for their coast guards to work together in Read More »

• Fishing boat worth £300,000 is scrapped after Britain’s youngest captain smashed it into rocks

  A ship skippered by Britain’s youngest fishing boat captain has been broken up for scrap after the teenager smashed the £300,000 vessel into rocks. Jake Bowman-Davies, Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 5, 2013

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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  Cormorant, Fisheries Act concerns need to be addressed

  Cormorant management and Canada’s Fisheries Act are just two of the issues that members of the Committee of Advisors to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission have Read More »
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  Underproduction? Offshore wind gets a warning from its biggest developer. Orsted

  The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms issued a reality check to the industry, saying it has overestimated the amount of time its turbines are Read More »

• Conn. lobster die-off: no link found to pesticides

  Connecticut researchers found no pesticides in lobsters collected in Long Island Sound in late 2014, a new study has found, boosting evidence that warming water temperatures Read More »

• Now THIS is a Sea Story – A Speck in the Sea

  Looking back, John Aldridge knew it was a stupid move. When you’re alone on the deck of a lobster boat in the middle of the night, 40 Read More »

• House Committee approves territorial waters protection

  A bill that includes an amendment by Congresswoman Aumua Amata for protection of territorial waters from federal regulations has been approved by the House Natural Resources Read More »

• Researchers have few options for going after lionfish at depths beyond scuba divers’ reach

  “They pretty much have been unprecedented in any marine invasion. It’s the largest, the quickest, the most extensive marine invasion we’ve ever seen,” said Nova Southeastern Read More »

• Digby lobster prices hold at $4.75/pound – Industry has high hopes for demand in Asia

  Lobster prices are hovering at about $4.75 per pound at the wharf in the Digby area after a short-lived upward spike last week, an industry observer Read More »

• The Fisheries Broadcast One Hour Phone in Special

  One hour phone-in special Host Jamie Baker is joined by Jim Wellman, the managing editor for Navigator magazine and former host of The Fisheries Broadcast – Read More »

• They Told Us – Joel Hovanesian F/V Excalibur RI. Fishermen’s Alliance

  They told us we were using twine that was too small and not allowing juvenile fish to escape. We accepted and went to the largest mesh Read More »
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  Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Sued Over Steelhead Farming in Puget Sound

  Environmental and conservation groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife over the agency’s recent decision to allow Cooke Aquaculture to Read More »
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  Stunned Still: Offshore Wind Farm Power Cables Leave Crabs Mesmerized & Motionless

  Seabirds, whales and dolphins aren’t offshore wind’s only victims – crabs are being mesmerized by the electromagnetic fields produced by the power cables that connect turbines Read More »

• Topless Shrimp Trawl project recommended for federal fisheries grant

  A UMass Dartmouth project to design and test a topless shrimp trawl to reduce finfish bycatch in Pamlico Sound, N.C. is among 22 from New England Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs fisherman suffering from seizures, 100 miles off Galveston

  A 38-year-old man was medevaced by a Coast Guard helicopter Sunday, after reports of seizures on a fishing vessel about 100 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. Read More »

• Cape Cod: Shark safety: How much is too much?

  capecodonline.com TRURO — On July 30, 2012, Denver businessman Christopher Myers had no clue he was about to swim into the history books as the first Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 10, 2019

  Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »

• Man gets harpooned on fishing trip

  A fisherman is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the head with a harpoon during a fishing trip in Brazil. The 27-year-old man — Read More »

• In Polley’s Wake, Downstream Alaska Fears BC’s Mining Boom

  Roaring at seven knots up the U.S. side of the Stikine River, a grizzly bear of a man named Mark Galla steers our jet boat through Read More »
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  Untold Stories of a Remote Village

  I have just finished my 11th season of commercial fishing in Bristol Bay. Specifically, in a little village within this bay called South Naknek. For context, Read More »

• Lobster — Smoke That!

  You may be familiar with smoked salmon and smoked trout. But Robert Young wants you to get to know smoked Maine lobster. His Vinalhaven Smoked Lobster Read More »

• The heartbreak of lost Shea Heights fishermen, for friends, families and reporters alike – Jonathan Crowe

  In 31 years at the CBC I’ve seen a lot. I’ve covered murders, sex assault trials and every permutation of accidental death, from fire to car Read More »

• Not all agree Chilean sea bass is OK to eat – controversy among environmentalists

  Chilean sea bass, once a forbidden fruit of the sea after illegal fishing threatened the species, can safely be eaten again, according to Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Read More »