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  DFO investigation into snow crab catch irregularities in P.E.I. leads to court sentences

  A Fisheries and Oceans Canada investigation into snow crab catch irregularities at the Souris wharf during the 2019 and 2020 seasons has concluded with several fishermen Read More »

• Fukushima Radiation: Govt Launches Web Site Noting Safety of Fishes Around Plant

  The site will also try to explain the process of test fishing. The federation had earlier said it conducts advance radiation checks to determine the safety Read More »
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  Are the whales leaving with the food? Gulf of Maine research raises questions about new lobstering rules

  As the Gulf of Maine’s waters warm, recent studies show the main food source of the endangered North Atlantic right whale is moving north, out of Read More »

• Maine lobstermen credited with saving lives of boaters following yacht fire

  Several lobstermen are credited with saving the lives of two boaters off the coast of Georgetown on Saturday. The 48-foot yacht Titan caught fire several miles Read More »

• Diversions, barrier islands discussed at coastal restoration meeting

  State officials heard concerns over fresh water diversions and future local development as the state presented its annual plan for coastal restoration for the 2014-15 fiscal Read More »

• Green crab pathogen research raises concern for Nova Scotia lobster industry

  New research is raising more concerns about the potential transfer of diseases from the invasive green crab to lobster in Nova Scotia waters. “Our worry is Read More »

• Study Finds There Are Literally More Fish in the Sea

  A new study from researchers with the Malaspina Expedition, managed by the Spanish National Research Council, found there could be 10 times more fish mass in the Read More »

• A silver lining in the humpback whale of a tale – DFO to change status from “threatened” to a “species of special concern.”

  According to the IUCN, the global population of humpbacks is approximately 80,000. That is broken down to 18,000-20,000 in the North Pacific, 50,000 in the Southern Read More »

• Transparency? Christian Putnum SLAMS The Obama Administration, Enviro Groups, and NOAA collusion

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Obama Administration are working closely with several environmental groups to “protect” vast areas of ocean off New England’s Read More »

• Questions raised about Coast Guard armed boarding

  Pago Pago – Some new information is emerging about the Coast Guard operation in which the purse seiner Jeanette was boarded by armed Coast Guard personnel Read More »
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  How valuable, and volatile, crabbing can be along the Oregon Coast

  On a calm morning last May, the three-person crew of the FV Misty dropped into the Pacific Ocean off of Port Orford, in Southern Oregon, to Read More »
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  Trial begins for fisherman and fish buyer accused of illegal halibut landings

  A trial is underway in Halifax for a Sambro fisherman, a fish buyer and two related companies accused of illegal halibut landings The case is centred Read More »
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  F/V Johanna C: Memorial lights up ports across a nation in remembrance

  Lights were shone into the sky and out to sea across the nation in remembrance of two fishermen who died when their boat sunk. The Joanna Read More »
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  Legal fight over Open Hydro continues

  Local businesses left holding the bag for millions of dollars worth of work installing a tidal turbine in the Minas Passage want the Irish parent company Read More »

• Experiment: Converting the American Samoa Longline fishery into the Science fishery – audio

  As part of the experiment, Carlos Sanchez of the Longline Association is conducting experimental fishing targeting species such as yellowfin and bigeye using non-longline gear and Read More »

• ‘Sea change:’ NOAA to shift fish surveys to Commercial Fishing Vessels

  In what one advocate called “a potential sea change” for the commercial fishing industry, NOAA Fisheries announced intentions Tuesday to shift all or part of long-controversial Read More »
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  ‘Eat on the Wild Side’: The nation’s first registered apprenticeship program for commercial fishing

  It’s called “Eat on the Wild Side.” It started as an idea by leaders of the Deep Sea Fisherman’s Union to recruit, train and retain a skilled Read More »

• Herring Wars: Quotas, Conflicts, and Climate Change in the North Atlantic

  A small collection of islands in the North Sea, a few hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle, is preparing for war. continued@southernfriedscience Read More »

• Fisherynation thanks Ray Lamont, Editor, Gloucester Daily Times

  Ray, thank you for keeping this obscene issue in the mainstream in the persuit of justice. October 13, 2012 Why Did My Newspaper Do That? Keeping Read More »

• 796 pound tuna largest bluefin landed in Wedgeport tournament

  One thing organizers say they like most about the Wedegport Tuna Tournament and Festival is it is a family affair. That proved to be the case Read More »

• Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers announces US-Russia pact on illegal fishing

  A Seattle-based crabbing industry association is announcing a bilateral agreement between the United States and Russia that targets illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. The Alaska Bering Read More »
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  Nova Scotia lobster dispute. New year, new dispute

  A Supreme Court ruling noted that Indigenous peoples have an inherent right to hunt and fish to earn a “moderate living” although what that phrase meant Read More »
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  To the Rescue! LI fishermen donate fish to feed hungry during the coronavirus crisis

  Montauk fishermen came to the rescue of its local residents when they gave away more than 1,000 pounds of freshly caught fish to help those in Read More »

• North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 4, 2016

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 14:59 Read More »

• The World’s Biggest Fishers Agree To Catch Less Tuna – Greenpeace immediately denounced the reduction

  Asia-Pacific fishing nations and territories agreed on Thursday to cut catches  of young bluefin tuna by 15 percent, with an agreement environmentalists said  would not stop Read More »