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• Alaska’s Board of Fisheries votes not to authorize purse seine fishing on Yukon River

  Alaska’s Board of Fisheries voted 5-2 Saturday to not approve a new type of commercial chum salmon fishing gear in the lower Yukon River. In one Read More »

• The Mercury-Laden Fish Floated for School Lunches – Dogfish

  From the article: Cussed Dogfish – New England fishermen have hated dogfish for a long time, and there has never been a significant domestic market for Read More »
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  Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defense Force seize more than 12,000 lbs. of IUU Fishing catch off Bahamas

  Watchstanders from the Coast Guard’s Operation Bahamas and Turks and Caicos operation center coordinated with RBDF crews to board two commercial fishing vessels, El Ship and Read More »
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  30 years after N.L. cod moratorium – the wins are few and losses are many

  John Williams wishes he could say the cod moratorium of 1992 feels like it was yesterday. But after losing his livelihood and reinventing himself a few Read More »

• Two From Alaska Fish Radio

  Apply now for wide range of good paying internships at ADF&G – This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Your career in the Last Frontier Read More »
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  Nations 1st Urban Sanctuary Designation Sought For Popular Offshore Fishing area, Baltimore Canyon

  The National Aquarium on Monday announced it is seeking the public’s support in its effort to nominate the Baltimore Canyon off the coast of Ocean City Read More »

• Alaska State Troopers: 6 boats seized for fishing outside permitted area in Southwest

  Six fishing vessels were seized this month after their operators were discovered drifting gillnets one to two nautical miles outside an open fishing area in Kulukak Read More »
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  RESCHEDULED: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Charleston, September 30 – October 5, 2018

  The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will postpone its quarterly meeting originally scheduled for September 16 – 21, 2018 in Charleston, SC due to the threat Read More »
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  Fisherman who died going overboard from F/V Lady Brittany on Jan. 21 has been identified

  Paul Sayward, 36, of Wareham, was identified as the fisherman who went into the water on Jan. 21 some 50 miles off the coast of Nantucket Read More »
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  Follow your dreams – Little Bro teaches this family some life lessons

  Let me introduce you to Little Bro. We all know that person struggling to find their passion, right? It’s a common trope, “Office Space,” the lost Read More »
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  Instead of fighting global competition, Alaska’s salmon industry is (reluctantly) embracing it

  Forty years ago, Alaska had a near monopoly on supplying the world with salmon. But then Norwegian fishermen began experimenting with salmon farming — raising fish Read More »
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  Vineyard Haven’s Vital Working Waterfront

  Stretching from the Steamship Authority terminal at the north end of Water street in Vineyard Haven, to the R.M. Packer Co. on the far edge of Read More »

• Trudeau offers support to Newfoundland over disputed fisheries fund

  Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he supports Newfoundland and Labrador’s bid to get the federal government to spell out its financial commitment for a special Read More »

• Both sides in Scotland’s escalating seal-shooting wars could face charges after a series of dramatic confrontations

  For the second year running, is running a summer-long campaign to defend seals in northeast Scotland. It has mobilised three boats and around 80 volunteers from Read More »

• Connecticut fishermen are upset (pissed off) with restrictions

  Connecticut fishermen are afraid the industry their grandfathers and great grandfathers started may come to an end. The crew of the Regulus just returned to Stonington Read More »
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  ‘They need to come to the table’, Lennox Island chief rejects PEIFA’s calls for July lobster fishery ban

  The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is requesting a ban be implemented by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on lobster fishing for part of the summer. The Read More »

• Pacific Fishery Management Council has good news for both Oregon sport anglers and commercial troll salmon fishermen

  Recreational and commercial troll Chinook salmon fishing this year looks to vary from good to great based on forecasted adult returns destined for key river basins Read More »
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  From injury to impact: a timeline of the eight critical moments that led up to R116 crash

  Shortly after 9.15pm on March 13, 2017, the F/V King’s Cross trawler was on the northern edge of Porcupine Bank when Captain William Buchan told his Read More »
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  Jonathan Robinson, commercial fishing advocate, Carteret County Commissioner and former N.C. House member

  The county announced Carteret County Commissioner and former N.C. House member Jonathan Robinson, 68, of Atlantic, died late Thursday. In a brief Friday morning release, the Read More »

• DFO crackdown in northern B.C. – “They’re screwing us.”

  Commercial fishermen on B.C.’s North Coast are upset by what they’re calling an unprecedented and unfair Fisheries and Oceans Canada crackdown. Chris Peterson, a skipper who Read More »

• Shediac, N.B., marks diamond anniversary celebration with annual Lobster Festival

  The event schedule has been posted for weeks, the sound-checks are done and now all that’s left to do is wait for 7 p.m. – the Read More »
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  Proposed Fisheries Regulation Amendments Target Fish Processors & Buyers

  The Fall 2019 re-election of the Liberal government means the proposed amendments to federal fisheries regulations remain a concern for industry participants.,, However, the government has, Read More »
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  Ronald R. Fatulli, Lobsterman/Businessman of Middletown, RI, has passed away – Worked seven days a week.

  Ronnie was born and raised in New Bedford, MA to the late Raymond and Jennie (Salvati) Fatulli. He served in the United States Army, stationed in Read More »
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  Susquehanna River Debris Has Crabbers Concerned After Heavy Rains

  The slew of debris from as far as upstate New York is now hitting our region after officials were forced to open gates on the Conowingo Read More »
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  Mayor Mitchell brags about New Bedford’s port status, but endorses projects that hurt fishing industry

  “This was a really sad day for us. After 24 years of docking our lobster/fishing boats at Marine Hydraulics, the City of New Bedford has decided Read More »