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• Sea lions back in Port of Astoria’s sights

   The smelt are back in the Columbia River — and so are the sea lions trying to eat them. And the Port of Astoria is once Read More »
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  Chinook catch falls short in first Southeast troll opening. Fleet gets a another shot.

  Southeast’s commercial troll catch of king salmon fell short of its target in the first summer opening in July. The fleet gets another shot at those Read More »

• A nostalgic memoir recounts a fishing life, from Southeast Alaska to Bristol Bay

  As a teenager in 1964, the adventurous Upton lighted out from his east coast home to Iquique, “a small dusty town on the desert north coast Read More »

• On Bluefin, Let’s Take The Best We Can Get – Charter Captain John McMurray

  So I’m reading another press release about how anglers are getting screwed on bluefin with HMS Amendment 7 (which seeks to address bluefin bycatch in the Read More »

• A group of commercial fishermen have ended up before the Supreme Court

  An unforgiving southeast wind cut across Cape May, New Jersey, on a recent Tuesday morning; the 50-mile-per-hour gusts were so strong they created white caps on Read More »
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  Gear to Go Fishing Supply opens in New Bedford’s Kilburn Mill

  Kilburn Mill has added an experienced fisherman to its roster of knowledgeable vendors with the opening of Gear to Go Fishing Supply on the first floor. “I Read More »

• Robert E. Beal Named ASMFC Executive Director

  In accepting the position, Mr. Beal stated, “I am honored and privileged to serve as the Commission’s Executive Director and work for people I admire and Read More »
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  Record NSW Coke Bust? Police find tonne of suspected cocaine on a commercial fishing boat

  An unusual-looking route bought the Coralynne to the attention of authorities and, as investigators boarded the fishing vessel, it didn’t take long to confirm their suspicions Read More »

• State official eyes impact of big boats inshore GDT

  David Pierce said his concern is that, in the unregulated commodity trading system now in its third year, the big boats have the ability to acquire Read More »

• Fishermen Join Lawsuit Against Vineyard Wind After Blade Failure

  The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) has called for the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Read More »
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  Maine’s Lobster Ladies Officially Kick Ass

  Early mornings, heavy traps, rough seas, and scary lobsters. These are just a few of the things that don’t intimidate the women working in Maine’s lobster Read More »

• 20 Years Ago: Commercial-Fishing Halt Is Urged for Georges Bank

  While some fishing could continue, the council, the New England Fishery Management Council, directed its staff to come up with measures that would reduce the catch Read More »
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  More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial

  Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges Read More »

• Your View: Electronic at-sea monitoring and the ‘observer dilemma’ – Frank Mirarchi, Jim Ford

  The human monitoring program is outdated, expensive, and in need of an overhaul, but not eradication. Without an effective monitoring program, managers have no idea whether Read More »

• Green crabs as lobster bait working in Nova Scotia

  It’s a fishing version of the old “If life gives you lemons…” adage. Instead of passively watching invasive green crabs devour native species, fishermen and scientists Read More »

• Few native fishing complaints valid: MNRF

  It’s too early to say much about an allegation that commercial fishermen may be responsible for the presence of 14 fish found on shore,,,  Chief Vern Read More »

• The Cohen Report, One Year Later – Advocates wonder if pricy probe into 2009 Fraser River salmon collapse has been washed out.

  On Oct. 31, 2012, Mr. Justice Bruce Cohen issued his long-awaited report on the disastrous Fraser sockeye run of 2009. It runs to three extensive volumes, Read More »
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  Post-Brexit trade: Fish prices ‘collapsing’ in Scotland as red tape hits UK exports to EU

  Post-Brexit red tape is causing some UK exports to the EU to grind to a halt, industry bodies have warned, as the new rules that came Read More »

• Gov. McAuliffe Celebrates Signing of New Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

  The Agreement, developed over the last two years, lays out clear goals and outcomes for sustainable fisheries, vital habitats, water quality, toxic contaminants, healthy watersheds, stewardship, Read More »
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  Middletown crabber’s family gets $2.75M settlement after deadly dock fall

  The estate of Patrick Shopp, a commercial crabber who died from injuries related to a fall at the Belford Seafood Cooperative dock, won a $2.75 million settlement Read More »
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  The ‘grace of God’ -La Scie fishing crew survives harrowing journey after losing steering during storm

  Crew members on the Ocean Surfer II are lucky to be alive after a harrowing weekend on the open seas. Five people were on the boat, Read More »

• How the sacrifices of fishermen in WWII hit British trawling

  In September 1939 a programme was introduced through which fishing fleets of four to eight vessels were created, with two vessels armed with twelve-pound guns. In Read More »

• GOP bills aid NOAA, not fishing – $261 million for two highly controversial programs

  One line item in the two amendment package calls for spending $150 million for “Regional Ocean Partnership grants,” which fund non-government organization involvement in the National Read More »
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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 »
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  Cemre delivers Norwegian LNG-powered fishing vessel

  Turkish shipbuilder Cemre has handed over an LNG-powered vessel to Norwegian fishing company Teige Rederi. Cemre said in a statement on Friday it had delivered the Read More »