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• Catch Shares – Fishing Family Devastated by NSW Government Fishery Reforms

  Tears come to Donna Cook’s eyes as she describes the sale of her and her husband’s family fishing business; forced, they say, by the impact of the Read More »

• This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – The expanded observer program’s first annual report is revealed this week.

  The category with the most new coverage and information was the catcher vessel hook and line in the Gulf of Alaska   —  in that fishery we Read More »

• Nine Mile Creek fishermen say harbour needs deeper dredging

  Fishermen in a small harbour on the south shore of P.E.I. say they’re worried about their boats getting damaged and possibly even running aground. Giles Clinton has Read More »

• Old men on their sea: Experienced fishermen tell their tales on Chatham Fish Pier

  Now semi-retired, Bennett is one of the old salts who greet visitors as part of the Pier Host program sponsored by the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Read More »

• Hatching a plan for lobster farming – new approach to sea based rearing systems for European Lobster

  AQUACULTURE equipment specialist, Fusion Marine, is participating in a multi-partnership project to develop a sea based lobster rearing system that could ultimately benefit coastal communities.   Read Read More »

• Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update March 16, 2014

  “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Read More »
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  The online market in China is huge! The Province wants Nova Scotia’s lobster industry to get its share

  Lobsters from Nova Scotia are already selling on China’s Alibaba massive e-commerce website but now the province is stepping in with a pilot project to ensure Read More »
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  The Mi’kmaq fishing dispute: What the treaties said and how the wording could affect a future fishery

  “We have a treaty right,” said Chief Mike Sack, wearing a hat emblazoned with Honour Treaties, when asked why the band had renamed their effort from Read More »
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  Move over Fishermen, Alberta company to try to harness Bay of Fundy’s powerful tides

  An Alberta-based company has been granted permission to try to harness electricity from the powerful tides of the Bay of Fundy. Nova Scotia has issued two Read More »

• Judge rules against Oceana, Greenpeace in Stellar sea lion lawsuit over increased Aleutians fishing

  A US judge ruled against the US arms of Oceana and Greenpeace in a lawsuit in which the NGOs sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the Read More »

• URGENT WARNING: If Labour give fish stocks to EU – UK fishing fleet will die

  I don’t want to state the bleeding’ obvious, but Britain is an Island and our coastal communities have been fishing for millennia. Indeed, the sea and Read More »
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  “A privilege to grow old”: Trawler survivor writes book

  Ten years after the Sea Rogue prawn trawler sunk, survivor Michael Williams said it is a privilege to get to grow old. Mr Williams has announced Read More »

• Dozens of fishermen killed, attacked by Islamic extremists in the northeastern Nigerian village of Doron Baga

  Fisherman Usman Abubakar said that the suspected Islamic militants of Boko Haram drove into the town of Doron Baga and shot people on sight. He said Read More »

• Santa Cruz crabbers face a slow start to the season

  Three weeks into commercial crab season, Santa Cruz harbor fishermen are having a tough time finding crabs. “The season in Santa Cruz has been pretty slow,” Read More »

• A Maine lobsterman rescues a very lucky dog off North Haven

  Corey Beverage, of North Haven, was on the water when he saw Maddie, a dog, in the water, officials with the Maine Marine Patrol said. Maddie’s Read More »

• Canada Expands Seal Harvest Licences in NB, PEI

  Seal harvesting is an important and valuable activity for many Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. In Canada, it is managed in a sustainable, well-regulated, and humane way Read More »

• It seems not everyone cares for Farmed Salmon! – Farmed salmon not fit for consumption

  After reading the June 2 letter on farmed salmon by Jon Grant, NSERC-Cooke Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture at Dalhousie University, I had the feeling of being Read More »

• Management of Pacific fisheries at WESPAC’s committee meeting

  Pacific scientists will meet in Lihue, Kauai, from Oct. 10 to 12 to provide recommendations on managing fisheries in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the CNMI, and Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Fibreglass Stern Trawler, 425HP Volvo, Northern Lights 12 kw Generator

  Specifications, information and 7 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 13:57 Read More »
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  1 dead, 1 survived overturned shrimp boat near Warsaw Island in Chatham County

  Georgia DNR Wardens responded to a call from the Chatham County Marine Patrol Monday around 2 p.m. about a shrimp boat that overturned with two people Read More »
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  Vineyard Wind Appoints Fisheries Liaison For CT

  Offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind has appointed Caela Howard its fisheries liaison for Connecticut. Howard has spent the last decade working closely with fisheries in Connecticut Read More »
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  Zone B waits to present recommendation

  Even though a deadline to present a state plan designed to minimize potential harm to right whales is fast approaching, members of the Zone B Lobster Read More »

• Financially troubled American Seafoods debt deal underway amid Rokke return talk

  The majority of payment-in-kind (PIK) noteholders in troubled US fishing company American Seafoods Group has agreed a restructuring agreement with an unnamed investor, according to a Read More »
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  As It Was in 1928: Coastal Newspaper Editor Opposes Killing Sea Lions

  On July 24, 1928, the editor of Port Orford News, George Sorenson, called for the end to wanton hunting of sea lions. The misguided carnage had Read More »

• Port Richey prepares to address problems with commercial, unregistered boats

  Although the City Council on Tuesday asked the city staff to look at ways to toughen Port Richey’s code concerning the mooring of boats in residential Read More »