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• Lobster levy to get review after Lobster Council of Canada criticism

  Provincial governments in the Maritimes want a review of the publicly funded industry group pushing for a lobster levy to help promote the industry. The review Read More »
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  Russians jet in to save New Zealand’s beleaguered deep-sea fishing industry

  Hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian seamen will fly into Christchurch in the coming weeks to save the country’s beleaguered deep-sea fishing industry, which has been haemorrhaging Read More »
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  Farmers protest California water plan aimed to save salmon

  Hundreds of California farmers rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest state water officials’ proposal to increase water flows in a major California river, a Read More »

• Crew members found safe on stranded fishing vessel located in St Francis Bay

  With help from various role players, the National Sea Rescue Institute in Kouga were able to rescue 24 crew members of a fishing vessel which ran Read More »
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  Mississippi: Shrimp industry leader Richard Gollott has passed away

  Richard Gollott, a longtime commissioner with the Commission on Marine Resources and seafood industry leader, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 77. Read More »
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  Lobster fishery propels boatbuilding boom, could see resurgence in Liverpool

  Speaking at the Mersey Forum on June 8 at Lane’s Privateer Inn in Liverpool, the executive director of the Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association said companies from Read More »

• Many young fish moving north with adults as climate changes

  Researchers found that larval stages of 43 percent of the species studied changed distribution, while adult stages of 50 percent of the species shifted distribution over Read More »
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  Second Maine lobstering group rejects state’s plan for protecting whales

  The Maine Lobstermen’s Association staked out its position on the Maine Department of Marine Resources’ proposal with a board vote Thursday night. Director Patrice McCarron would Read More »

• FFAW and WWF sign agreement to ensure sustainable future cod fishery

  An agreement signed Tuesday by Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest fisheries workers union and the World Wildlife Fund of Canada is expected to breathe new life into Newfoundland and Labrador’s moribund northern cod fishery.  Read More »
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  SEA-NL supports province issuing new snow crab processing licenses

  Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador supports the issuance of new snow crab processing licenses as the quickest way to increase industry capacity and reduce Read More »

• Podcast: The Fishmonger Tommy Gomes Returns With Dry-Aged Fish

  These days, Gomes runs TunaVille, a seafood shop at Driscoll’s Wharf in San Diego Harbor that serves local, only. It opened last May. The fish is caught by residents Read More »

• Central Northumberland lobstermen have high hopes after downturn

  1906, 1932, 1959 and 1987. “Those were the really good years for lobster fishing in the central Northumberland Strait,” Eben Elliott said Wednesday. “There’s lots of Read More »
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  Lobstermen, environmentalists weigh in on right whale rules

  Some of the largest and most powerful animal and environmental groups – including the Pew Charitable Trust, the U.S. Humane Society, the Conservation Law Foundation and Read More »
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  Crew abandons ship safely to Survitec Liferaft when vessel erupts in flames

  Two fishermen whose boat caught fire off the coast of Land’s End, UK, successfully evacuated into a Survitec liferaft and from there were taken ashore by Read More »

• Canneries coping with shipping delays

  With the stalemate in negotiations between the union representing dock workers and the Port Maritime Association, and notice of a lockout within a week, there are Read More »

• FISH-NL challenges FFAW to public debate

  FISH-NL’s Ryan Cleary is challenging the leadership of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) to a public debate, in the latest salvo between the Read More »

• Florida Key’s Illegal fish case continued

  A Key West charter boat captain’s change of plea will be heard on April 21 in Plantation Key after a scheduling conflict continued the matter last Read More »

• Alaska Senator Murkowski unveils blueprint for energy policy

  Murkowski’s “Energy 20/20” proposal is sweeping in scope. Murkowski wants oil leasing off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. She wants an increase Read More »

• Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for MARCH 1, 2015 – Includes Fishermen Wanted Contact Info

  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273  Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More »

• Friends recall Billy Jack Tom Hatfield, eldest of the five fishermen aboard the Miss Ally

  Another bittersweet memorial service Thursday recalled the life of another of the five young men lost at sea Feb. 17 in a raging winter storm off Read More »

• Alaska fish fight over community development riches turns nasty – Alaska Dispatch

  Divvying up the fish,,,,A case for change,,,,,$54 million in pollock,,,,A positive face,,,,,On the attack,,,,,Profitable halibut fishing,,,,,http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaska-fish-fight-over-community-development-riches-turns-nasty?page=full Read More »
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  The historic ups and downs of the Acadian-Mi’kmaq relationship

  Mi’kmaq fishermen, emboldened by a decades-old Supreme Court of Canada ruling affirming their treaty right to hunt, fish and gather in pursuit of a moderate livelihood, Read More »

• Congress wants to ban the shark fin trade. These scientists think that’s a bad idea.

  Florida has a few more days until increased shark fin penalties kick in, and Congress is considering a ban that would prohibit fin sales for the Read More »

• Bulger trial Agent details Gloucester gun run to IRA

  Bulger is accused of shooting John McIntyre, a crewman on the Gloucester-based swordfishing vessel Valhalla after learning that he was talking to authorities. continued@GDT Read More »
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  Here you go, Fishermen. Feds see 2,000 East Coast turbines over 10 years

  The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) this week issued a supplement to its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 800-megawatt Read More »