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  Chance remark leads to movie role. “You guys with the movies or something?” Then something happened. Something always happens.

  It happens to commercial fishermen of a certain age. Fishermen of a certain pedigree. After a lifetime on the water, they begin to view their world Read More »

• Chesapeake Bay Foundation Continually Misrepresents Status of Menhaden – using biased phrasing in their articles

  In reference to menhaden, both articles uses the phrase “the most important fish in the sea,” which is frequently used without proper explanation. Originating from Rutgers Read More »

• Lobster fishing starts Monday – Miminegash Fishermen hopeful of price increase

  Fall lobster fishermen are not appearing too pressed for time this week. Next week will be a different story, though. The fall lobster fishery is set Read More »
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  Porter family fights for safe passage of fish in the Minas Basin

  When Darren Porter knows the tide and water temperature are right for the gaspereau to make their run, he calls the Department of Agriculture staff person Read More »

• Cape Cod scallop fleet cries foul

  Much of the best fishing terrain lies in and around the Great South Channel that separates Georges Bank from the mainland, and north in the Gulf Read More »

• Seal Meat: Veal of the Ocean

  “The meat is pretty much not like much else you’ve ever eaten,” says Perrin, chef/owner of The Mallard Cottage, a restaurant on the forefront of the Read More »

• Shrimp: a Little Creature’s Big Impact by Matt Rhoney

  Shrimp has had a wide-ranging set of influences on the United States. This buggy little sea-creature has brought cash flow into our economy, nutrients into our Read More »

• New documentary reveals Scottish Government believe Rockall dispute over fishing rights could be resolved

  The sovereignty of the rock has been the source of a long running dispute between Ireland and the UK. The UK authorities claim Rockall is part Read More »

• PEI Lobster fishermen block $200K lobster shipment

  Protests continue across the Maritimes as many lobster fishermen refuse to fish until lobster brokers agree to pay a higher price, which they say they deserve. Read More »

• NTSB Assesses U.S. Coast Guard’s Vessel Traffic Service System

  A safety study released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board details 14 conclusions and 21 recommendations aimed at further reducing the risk of collisions, allisions, Read More »

• The Fisheries Broadcast with John Furlong

  Kurtis Rumble speaks DFO’s Tony Blanchard about the  Crab Management Plan, Crab quota’s and QSA’s. Also,  one of the most popular places to go on Good Friday to Read More »

• La. and Texas Fisheries Agencies File Joint Lawsuit challenging National Marine Fisheries Service Red Snapper Emergency Rule

  As published in the federal register on March 25, the emergency rule would authorize the National Marine Fisheries Service southeast regional administrator to reduce the red Read More »

• Alaska’s Senators push Trump nominees to guard fisheries, rural areas while cutting regulations

  Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan pressed Cabinet nominees to consider Alaska’s uniqueness, the difficulties of rural areas and the nation’s largest fisheries at a spate of Read More »

• Commerce secretary declares Alaska salmon disaster

  Read more   http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-09-14/commerce-secretary-declares-alaska-salmon-disaster#.UFM4lBjC1Ac Read More »
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  Namibia’s ‘firstborn’ fishing vessel christened

  NAMIBIA’S first brand new purpose-built fishing vessel, the ‘Oshiveli’ (which means ‘firstborn’ in Oshiwambo), was officially named by fisheries minister Bernhard Esau at Walvis Bay yesterday. Read More »
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  Dead right whale had survived ship strike, entanglements, is first death in Canadian waters in 2019

  The dead north Atlantic right whale drifting off Quebec’s Gaspé coast had a history of entanglements and was struck by a ship, said officials with the Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 36′ Crowly Beal Lobster Boat, 375HP Volvo, Video

  To review specifications, information, and 14 photos’, >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 21:00 Read More »
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  Oysterman’s thread is a must read – ‘Brexit deal is almost the same as a no deal’

  The introduction of new checks and paperwork since the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31 has caused disruption to exports of fresh fish Read More »
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  Mediterranean Fishing Fleet Stops In Protest Of EU Quotas

  The regulation threatens the activity of 600 Spanish ships and more than 17,000 jobs, between direct and indirect. Fishermen reject Brussels limiting trawling to 120 days Read More »
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  ‘Playing with fire’: Fishing’s cruel seas and even crueler economics

  On Feb. 12, 2013, an unseasonably warm evening, five young fishermen departed the West Head wharf on Cape Sable Island, N.S. aboard the Miss Ally, a Read More »

• Study shows new signs of sea change By Richard Gaines Staff Writer Gloucester Daily Times

  Sea surface temperatures along the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem — the waters off the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts — were the highest ever recorded Read More »
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  SEA-NL relaunches Pot to Plate; public encouraged to buy snow crab from inshore boats at the wharf

  SEA-NL has relaunched its Pot to Plate program to connect inshore boats directly with the public interested in buying snow crab for personal consumption.  “Pot to Read More »
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  Alaska Board of Fish gets earful on herring, salmon proposals

  More than 200 people turned out in Sitka to testify about herring and salmon fisheries in front of the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Tuesday. And Read More »

• King: Offended by cooking show

  On Jan 16, Saturday eve, we were watching a cooking show on WACA-TV (cable TV in Ashland) where the top item on the menu was a Read More »
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  DMR extends search for shrimp boat for 2018 Northern Shrimp Cooperative Winter Sampling program

  The Department of Marine Resources extended the deadline and sweetened the deal in the hope of attracting applications to participate in its 2018 Northern Shrimp Cooperative Read More »