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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Februay 27, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 17:32 Read More »

• The Will of Wanchese by Susan West

  Wanchese, North Carolina, wears its heart on its sleeve. Located on the southern tip of Roanoke Island, where the Roanoke and the Croatan sounds spill into the Read More »

• Coast Guard medevacs man 35 miles northeast of Oregon Inlet, NC from the 51-foot F/V Bite Me

  PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 44-year-old man from the 51-foot fishing vessel Bite Me Thursday, approximately 35 miles northeast of Oregon Inlet, N.C. more@uscgnews  07:25 Read More »
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  Lessons from cod collapse

  By the end of World War II about 320,000 people lived spread out over 1,000 small “outports”, small fishing villages many of which dating back as Read More »
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  Fishing plan can rebuild long lost cod stock by 2033

  Most of the cod now sold in the U.S. comes from overseas because many American fishermen avoid the fish-and-chips staple altogether. But the regulatory New England Read More »

• Fishermen’s petition: Pull all local NOAA funds

  More than 150 members or allies of the fishing industry governed by the Northeast Regional Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have petitioned the Read More »
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  Watermen: Open Anne Arundel oyster sanctuaries to harvesting

  Herring Bay near Deale has eight historic oyster bars, all of them protected from harvesting because the area is an oyster sanctuary. But some commercial watermen Read More »

• Three face shrimping-related charges in Terrebonne

  Three Chauvin residents face charges after complaints over the past two weeks about fishermen illegally catching shrimp in Bayou Little Caillou, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife Read More »

• A tale of Herring at Digby Neck – No weirs on Digby Neck this year ‘No one gives a damn for these herring’

  Herring swim in the Bay of Fundy every spring with one thing on their mind –getting to the various spawning grounds and laying their eggs – Read More »

• Canadian, U.S. fisheries managers wait anxiously for summer sockeye returns

  Four years after disastrous sockeye runs on the Fraser River spurred the federal Cohen Commission, fisheries managers in both Canada and the U.S. are waiting anxiously Read More »

• Lobster fishermen optimistic about catch, worried about price as season begins

  As lobster fishing season begins in parts of the Maritimes, many fishermen are expressing both optimism and worry.The season is now open in lobster fishing areas Read More »

• The Downeast Salmon Federation hopes ‘planting’ salmon eggs in rivers will restore population

  The technique simulates natural activities of salmon reproduction. A female salmon creates a nest, called a redd, in the gravel of a streambed or riverbed in Read More »

• Huffman introduces bill to refinance decade-old fishing industry loan – “Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act”

  Legislation aimed at alleviating the financial hardship of a federal loan that has been weighing on Pacific Coast groundfish fisherman for nearly a decade has moved Read More »

• Fishermen’s Fund benefits now at $10,000

  Alaska’s Fishermen’s Fund, an emergency medical fund for commercial fishermen now has a benefit limit of $10,000, up from the old maximum of $2,500, program director Read More »

• Time to protect cod habitat

  The decline of cod is the result of bad decisions by federal fisheries managers (under pressure from powerful fishing interests?) that encouraged overfishing for decades and Read More »

• Op-Ed: How You Can Prevent 130,000 Marine Mammals From Going Deaf

  In the coming months, the Obama Administration will make a decision that will profoundly impact the health of the Atlantic Ocean. It will decide whether to Read More »
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  Back on the Bayou: Local shrimp boat blessings return after a year lost to COVID

  In a decades-old tradition, Catholic churches in fishing communities throughout south Louisiana lead the blessings in hopes of a safe and prosperous shrimp season. This year, Read More »

• Salmon in NY waters have complex natural instincts

  Chinook, or king, salmon are stocked in New York waters. These fish actually are Pacific salmon that are raised in state hatcheries, said Matt Sanderson, a Read More »
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  Hurricane Ian remains lingering threat to SWFL’s commercial fishing industry

  Florida’s Gulf Coast has experienced many hurricanes, but Ian wasn’t like anything local commercial fishermen had seen before. “I don’t think any of these storms in Read More »

• Maine Lawmakers ask NOAA about trouble in scallop fishing industry

  Two lawmakers from Maine want to know what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is doing to address trouble in the Atlantic scallop fishing industry. U.S. Read More »

• NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicks off annual seafood summit in New Orleans

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Kathryn Sullivan kicked off the annual  in New Orleans on Monday (Feb. 9), highlighting the importance of improving seafood sustainability by focusing on Read More »
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  ‘Friend of the Fleet’ Jim Moore reflects on 50 years of trolling in Southeast

  Jim Moore grew up in the state of California, but he says he didn’t really grow up until he came to Alaska. He says he moved Read More »

• The 10 Best Deadliest Catch Boats Ranked

  Deadliest Catch showcases real, massive crab fishing vessels battling the freezing Bering Sea, adding nostalgia and drama to the series. Fishing vessels like F/V Southern Wind, Read More »
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  The fishermen

  Jose Quezon’s hands moved like the parts of a well-oiled machine. It was April 1 2021, and the Northern Osprey, a 20m fishing trawler that sails Read More »
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  April 8 – 1950: Eight fishermen drown in sight of Lightship Pollock Rip

  On this day in 1950, a fishing boat with eight men aboard sank with no survivors off Chatham after its crew struggled for hours to remain Read More »