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• To the Greatest Generation, Thank you for your unselfish sacrifices.

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  Down Memory Lane: From side trawlers to stern trawlers

  The introduction of stern trawlers to the Burin Peninsula deep-sea fishery in the 1960s was a real game changer. Bonavista Cold Storage Company of Grand Bank Read More »

• Great urgency in debate over Great Bay – reduce the level of nitrogen and other pollutants discharged

  This is a point in the regulatory process where all citizens have the ability to affect the final outcome and language of a critical regulatory process. Read More »

• Commercial fishing on the Yukon River will be open until Friday.

  Commercial fishing on the Yukon River was opened up near Dawson City at Noon today. Fishing will be allowed until Noon on Friday. But officials say Read More »

• Filed on behalf of Fishermen, Pacific Legal Foundation Sea Otter Lawsuit Dismissed

  “Obviously, we think the judge’s decision is wrong,” said PLF attorney Jonathan Wood, whose sole option, as detailed by the judge, is to pursue an Administrative Read More »
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  NSW fisheries officers demand stab-proof vests and capsicum spray in order to do their job safely

  Fisheries officers are calling for the right to use capsicum spray and wear stab-proof vests after run-ins with illegal poachers and criminal gangs. They are also Read More »
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  Fisherman who vowed to dump shrimp if no buyer stepped forward has found one,,, in Nova Scotia

  The La Scie inshore fisherman who vowed to dump his first load of northern shrimp for the season if he couldn’t sell the catch has found Read More »

• Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Addresses Misinformation Regarding Fisheries Issues

  CANADA – Recent news releases issued by MHA Christopher Mitchelmore regarding fishery sustainability and the lobster industry contain inaccuracies that require correction, said Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Read More »

• Board of Fisheries hears nearly eight hours of public testimony – ADF&G website crashes.

  The board heard from fishermen from nearly every UCI fishery who didn’t want to loose opportunity – and many who were concerned about declining king runs Read More »

• Alaska Gov. Dunleavy names ad consultant, talk show host Porcaro to commercial fisheries agency

  Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed a GOP advertising consultant and talk show host to a highly paid state government job: a position overseeing commercial Read More »

• Pacific Fishery Management Council votes to halt this seasons West Coast sardine fishery as soon as possible

  Meeting outside Santa Rosa, California, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to halt the current season as early as possible, affecting about 100 fishing boats. The Read More »
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  Pushing Propaganda: Underwater video shows marine life growing at wind farm

  Offshore wind proponents are touting new undersea footage that suggests a vibrant marine habitat is growing around the nation’s first offshore wind farm — a five-turbine Read More »
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  On This Day: January 8, 1999, Fishing boat Cape Fear sinks in Buzzards Bay

  On this day in 1999, the 112-foot fishing boat Cape Fear sank a quarter mile from the light tower at the mouth of Buzzards Bay. Its Read More »

• Hurricane Sandy Emergency Supplemental Funding U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Facilities To Be Repaired

  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will receive $68.2 million to make repairs to 25 national wildlife refuges and three national fish hatcheries from Florida to Read More »
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  We’re eating less lobster, just as fall fishing season begins

  After reaching record high prices in the spring, the shore price for a pound of Atlantic lobster has dropped dramatically, from around $18 to $5. Low Read More »

• Gulf Coast snook populations finally recover from devastating 2010 cold snap

  The number of snook along Florida’s Gulf Coast finally is where it was before a devastating freeze in January 2010 decimated the population, forcing the state Read More »
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  Underwater cables linked to deformities and poor swimming ability in lobsters

  Marine scientists used a specialist aquarium laboratory at St Abbs Marine Station in the Borders to expose more than 4,000 lobster and crab eggs to a Read More »
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  First a hurricane, then an algae bloom. Now Keys fishermen try to weather the coronavirus pandemic

  This day’s haul was a good catch — hundreds of claws ranging in size from large to “colossal.” But this was among the last trips the Read More »

• The International Joint Commission seeks tough rules to reduce Lake Erie algae

  The U.S. and Canada should crack down on sources of phosphorus runoff blamed for a rash of harmful algae blooms on Lake Erie, an advisory agency Read More »

• Bill to remove St. Croix alewife barriers clears committee hurdle

  AUGUSTA, Maine — Emergency legislation calling for removal of barriers that block sea-run alewives from full access to the St. Croix River watershed won unanimous endorsement Read More »

• Scituate Ma.fishermen pin hopes of cod-tagging project

  The project is still in the beginning stages. Receivers were put in the water midway through mating season. As many as 130 fish have been tagged Read More »

• NEIFCA lobster fine reduced by £30k on appeal

  Bridlington fisherman Sam Laws has successfully appealed parts of his conviction, and a huge fine imposed by the Magistrates’ Court in Scarborough, after proceedings brought by Read More »

• Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans Medevacs Diver from Fishing Vessel

  A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 60-year-old-man suffering from signs of decompression sickness from a fishing vessel Friday evening. Jimmy Richard, 60, was aboard the Heavy Metal approximately Read More »

• King salmon disaster relief gets caught in political net – handy-dandy bona-fide official fishery disaster declaration

  Remember how last summer, Alaska’s king fisheries collapsed due to low runs? And then in September, the state got its handy-dandy bona-fide official fishery disaster declaration Read More »

• Scallop boats remain the same after change to open access

  Despite a new management structure, Alaska’s commercial scallop fisheries will look much the same as they have in prior years when they open July 1. Read Read More »