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• Negotiations for new US tuna deal fail

  South Pacific Tuna Company executives have reported that parties failed to agree on a long-term renewal of the 1987 South Pacific Tuna Treaty, which provides US Read More »

• Maine’s Elver harvest tops $13 million as the season winds down

  As of 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26, elver fishermen throughout Maine had caught and sold nearly 9,270 pounds of the baby American eels for an estimated Read More »

• Proposal targets herring trawlers

  Herring trawlers will have to stop fishing and end the fishing trip if they lower their nets and dump bycatch, such as a haddock and alewife, Read More »

• $1.6 million in disaster aid split among 50 Maine fishermen

  “The fishermen have been regulated so tightly they can’t earn a livelihood anymore,” he said. Maine fishermen have stayed within their catch limits for years but Read More »

• East Hampton Fisheries Advisory Committee Urge Study on Importance of Fisheries

  Representatives of East Hampton Town’s Fisheries Advisory Committee this week again asked the town to help fund a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic importance of fisheries Read More »

• 4 rescued after fishing boat runs aground off Fort Lauderdale

  The U.S. Coast Guard rushed to the rescue of four fishermen late Friday night after their 63-foot boat crashed ran aground off Fort Lauderdale Beach. Saturday Read More »

• Gloomy in Looe as fishermen reflect on Labour coup

  Richard Chapman mends his nets in a gloomy Looe harbour and considers whether his new MP will bring Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s promised “sunlight of Read More »
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  Hundreds of thousands of pounds of herring dumped last week due to backward DFO policy

  Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador condemns the Department of Fisheries and Oceans policy that allowed for the dumping of hundreds of thousands of pounds Read More »
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  The story of a boy, a boat, and love at first bite

  Kara Berlin was living the aspirational life of any young urbanite. She was raised in Washington by parents who took her outside to play. She went Read More »
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  Veteran fisherman Tom Lindberg tried to save his deckhands

  The daughter of the veteran Cobble Hill fisherman who died when the Arctic Fox II capsized in the waters off Washington state said her father put Read More »

• Resources for All Alaskans – New fisheries group plots strategy

  Resources for All Alaskans was formed by several local and statewide commercial fishing representatives including Jim Butler, a longtime Cook Inlet setnetter and lawyer, Jim Garner, Read More »
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  All eyes on Bristol Bay after state predicts a record season, but fishery’s economics still in flux

  The summer salmon season is due to ramp up in Alaska over the next few months, and the main focus of this year’s salmon fishery statewide Read More »

• ROCKLAND, Maine: Linda Bean fires back at PETA, claims animal rights group has launched ‘full-scale attack’ onlaunched ‘full-scale attack’

  Maine lobster industry leader Linda Bean said the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is waging a full-scale attack on the lobster industry. “In no Read More »

• Proposal to Protect Deepwater Habitat and Cashes Ledge, Divides Room

  The commercial fishing industry noted that the area under consideration isn’t even entirely clear. The meeting’s agenda listed three canyons — Oceanographer, Gilbert and Lydonia — Read More »
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  Charlie Pierce: Poorly managed bycatch is an Alaska tragedy

  During my visits with communities throughout Alaska a number of concerns are discussed.  One major concern, common to many communities is the effect of lax and dismissed Read More »

• North Carolina: State’s shrimping industry needs Cooper’s support

  As the state’s shrimping industry faces a perfect storm of challenges that may result in the demise of hundreds of family owned fishing businesses, it is Read More »

• Alaska’s ‘graying of the fleet,’ – Some determined young fishermen are bucking the trend

  It takes about half a million dollars to get set up as a full-time fisherman — a heftier price tag than for a plush house. Today, Read More »
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  California water debate heads to court after Trump joins discussion

  After years on the sidelines, the Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman says new federal plans to divert water from the delta region in Northern California Read More »
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  A whale of a tale – revisited

  Yes, a whale. The carcass of a 30-foot-long juvenile humpback whale washed ashore on Farnham Point. According to Kellee Joost, secretary, Farnham Point Association, on Dec. Read More »
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  FISH-NL: Shrimp quota cut in Gulf of St. Lawrence. Divide between science/fisherman never greater

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) condemns a 15 per cent cut to the 2019 northern shrimp quota in the Gulf Read More »
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  U.S. lobster set to feed another Chinese New Year as demand booms

  The week-long holiday, commonly known as the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is typically one of the busiest times for the U.S. lobster business. Read More »

• After falling to historic lows, Alaska commercial fishing deaths on the rise

  After a recent historic year of no recorded deaths in Alaska’s commercial fishing industry, fatalities in the sector known for its dangers have once again spiked. Read More »

• Another View: Sardine population isn’t crashing by D.B. Pleschner

  Environmental groups such as Oceana complain that the sardine population is collapsing just as it did in the mid-1940s. They blame “overfishing” as the reason and Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues 3 from sinking boat near Sanibel – Video

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard rescued three people Monday after their 68-foot fishing boat started to sink, 36 miles southwest of Sanibel Island. [email protected] 14:45 Read More »
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  Coast Guard medevacs fisherman near Grand Isle, La.

  The Coast Guard medevaced a fisherman Tuesday from a vessel 4 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report Read More »