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• Rescue at sea

  On Monday 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron was involved in a rescue mission on the west side of Vancouver Island. 442 Squadron was tasked by Joint Read More »
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  Charlotte Goes To Sea

  Martial Olivier admits it, and they both laugh, recalling when he saw her on the quay in Camaret, at the end of August. ‘When I saw Read More »

• Ocean City continues with lawsuit following US Wind receiving final approval

  US Wind, Inc. announced Tuesday that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has granted final approval for the company’s Construction and Operations Plan, completing the federal Read More »
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  From Captain Jack Molan – Book Launch! We have lift off!

  My book of short stories, “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!” is available on Amazon, both paperback and E-Book (click here) This covers thirty years in Read More »

• Next round of federal fishery disaster funds to start going out in early March

  The approximately $8.3 million in the second round of federal fishery disaster aid should begin going out to eligible Massachusetts beneficiaries around the first week of Read More »

• Coast Guard rescue 2 from sinking fishing vessel near Bodega Bay, Calif.

  Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay received a mayday call at 3:32 p.m. from the 30-foot fishing vessel Yardbird stating the vessel was rapidly taking on water Read More »

• An Interview with Captain Dave Marciano: Gloucester fishing comes into focus on new season of ‘Wicked Tuna’

  The captains of Wicked Tuna, Nat Geo’s top-rated reality series, return for a sixth season Sunday, March 12 at 9 p.m. The cutthroat show about angling off Read More »

• The Nova Scotia Jobs Fund lends Blue Wave Seafood $500,000 to help them restructure.

  Blue Wave Seafoods Inc., a fish processor and exporter, employs nearly 70 full and part-time staff at its facility in Port Mouton. The province is lending Blue Read More »
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  Sardine fisherman hopes changing consumer attitudes will get his catch on dinner plates

  David Gray wants his fish on dinner plates. The Esperance commercial angler has spent years catching and selling sardines nationwide for bait. But a growing interest Read More »

• Geoduck Getdown? Chinese premier admits ‘friction’ with the United States

  China is in the midst of a sovereignty dispute with U.S.-ally Japan over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. China also has Read More »

• New Brunswick: Brian Gallant vows to expand international lobster markets

  New Brunswick’s Liberal leader is promising to introduce a lobster levy and work to expand international lobster markets if elected later this month. Brian Gallant said Read More »

• Greenpeace has accused the 24 nations responsible for managing the world’s biggest tuna fishery of failing to ensure the industry fishes legally.

  China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, Europe and the Philippines are all big players in the Pacific tuna fishery. The countries have just finished five Read More »
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  ‘Britain ruled the waves. It was took off us by the EU . . . the dogs’

  Leslie Garvan, a trawler owner from Kilkeel in Co Down who has done well out of fishing, wants to take back what he views as rightfully Read More »

• Unalaska – America’s Top Port Sees Streak Tweaked

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just issued its fisheries report card for 2011, and Alaska is on the honor roll. Last year, 2.3 billion pounds Read More »

• The PEI Fishermen’s Association Snow crab registration

  The PEI Fishermen’s Association will be holding a Registration and Draw for independent core fishers wishing to participate in the Snow Crab Fishery for 2013. Registration Read More »

• Massachusetts man pleads guilty to making hoax distress calls to Coast Guard

  A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to making hoax radio distress calls to the Coast Guard that prompted fruitless searches that wasted time and resources. Prosecutors Read More »

• Trident Seafoods announces plan to streamline, modernize operations

  Trident Seafoods, a corporate giant among North American seafood processors, is looking for potential buyers for four of its shoreside plants in Alaska as part of Read More »

• Hake: A Guide to Handling and Quality

  The aim of this guide from the Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) is to provide practical and contemporary guidelines on the handling and quality of hake, Read More »
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  Gloves Come Off In Fight Over Commercial Fishing In Michigan

  The few commercial fishing businesses that remain in Michigan are suing the state’s Department of Natural Resources over changes to industry rules.  They say the new Read More »

• Illegal oyster harvest, drugs lead to 2 arrests in St. Bernard

  Louisiana wildlife and fisheries agents arrested 33-year-old Oliver Rudesill Jr. and 23-year-old Tracy Gallardo Jr. for several oyster, boating safety and drug violations after a boating Read More »

• New Jonah crab rules for East Coast fishermen

  Fishing regulators say there will be a new limit on how many Jonah crabs fishermen will be allowed to harvest. East Coast fishermen’s catch of Jonah Read More »
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  Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting in Philadelphia, June 5 – 7, 2018

  The public is invited to attend the June 5 – 7 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s meeting at DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City 237 South Broad Read More »

• NIOSH’s commercial fishing safety arm was slated for the chopping block in a proposed fiscal year 2013 budget

  Ultimately, NIOSH must wait for a budget to pass to know what the funding level will be, said Public Affairs Officer Christy Spring. The Alaska Pacific Read More »
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  Seafood Day 2023 to celebrate Bay State’s fishing industry

  In a building on Beacon Hill where a carved wooden effigy of an Atlantic cod known as the “Sacred Cod” hangs in the House of Representatives’ Read More »
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  Higher Snow Crab Quota in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2022

  DFO’s management practices in recent years, supported by evidence-based science advice, favourable ocean conditions, and the stewardship of local harvesters, have rejuvenated the snow crab stock Read More »