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  ‘Nothing will be safe’: Fears after 20,000 ‘ravenous’ fish escape fish farm in Australia

  There are fears thousands of “ravenous” kingfish that escaped a government jointly run fish farm in Australia will devastate a marine park’s wild fish population. Up Read More »

• Cork Fisherman Calls For Seal Cull – YoughalOnline.com

  Published on May 25, 2014 – Fisherman Barry Clohessy from Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland is outraged with the Department of Marine for ignoring the seal damage Read More »
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  Sure, let’s protect the oceans, but we still need to fish – Jim Meek

  Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are getting as common as hipster sightings along the south end of Agricola Street. Just last week, the world’s largest MPA (600,000 Read More »

• Seals gobble half a million fish – commercial fisheries report almost 500K in losses

  Professional fishermen in Finland are up in arms about damages to their catch and equipment from grey seals. Recent figures from the Finnish Game and Fisheries Read More »
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  Four crew rescued as fire consumes F/V Skadi

  A salmon seiner homeported in Cordova engulfed in flames in Orca Inlet, roughly one nautical mile north of Cordova, on the afternoon of Monday, July 1. Read More »

• DFO scientist amazed by ‘extreme’ ocean temperatures

  A federal scientist based in Nova Scotia says ocean temperatures off the East Coast of Canada were about two to four degrees above normal in 2012, Read More »
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  Lobster’s underbelly is as tough as industrial rubber

  Flip a lobster on its back, and you’ll see that the underside of its tail is split in segments connected by a translucent membrane that appears Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for January 26, 2018

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates Click here, for older updates listed as NCFA click here 19:44 Read More »

• Ross Sea marine park announced, but concerns linger over expiry date

  The world’s largest marine protected area will be created in Antarctica’s waters in an global agreement made in Hobart. “It has been clearly established that fully Read More »
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  A mighty wind, by Kevin Gray – The more you read, the dirtier it gets.

  Jeff Grybowksi likes to tell the story about the whale.,,, For Grybowksi and his surrogates, as well as for the powerful environmental groups blowing wind into his Read More »

• NCFA Weekly Update for – September 30, 2024: URGENT! Assistance for Storm Victims in Western North Carolina

  Some issues in need of special attention this week. Our Family and Friends in Western NC – The devastation of Hurricane Helene is unreal and unimaginable. Read More »
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  From Oregon to Massachusetts, fishermen’s wives associations are the backbones of their communities

  In spring 2020, the fishing community of Newport, Oregon, shuttered along with the rest of the country. A coronavirus outbreak at a local Pacific Seafood processing Read More »
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  Cape Cod Is In CRISIS!

  Because of our menacing great white shark and the seal overpopulation dilemma, Cape Cod is in the middle of an ecological, public safety, and economic crisis. Read More »

• NOAA Drones find a home at MacDill hangar for their new toys

  TAMPA – Inside Hangar 5 at MacDill Air Force Base may be the future for missions flown by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA operates the storied Read More »

• Great urgency in debate over Great Bay – reduce the level of nitrogen and other pollutants discharged

  This is a point in the regulatory process where all citizens have the ability to affect the final outcome and language of a critical regulatory process. Read More »

• Sanctuary Idea Flawed – Renee Kelly

  I write in response to the recent story headlined, “Fishing Industry Voices Concern With Possible Offshore Sanctuary Idea; Official Provisions Sought Before Designation Considered.” My husband Read More »
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  Canadian Coast Guard struggling

  Reduced search-and-rescue coverage, ferry-service disruptions, cancelled resupply runs to Arctic and coastal communities and nearly $2 million in lost navigational buoys. Those are among the real Read More »

• Marine feedlots and the tide against wild fish

  In a time of eclipse, for the People of the Salmon the moment was catastrophic. At the height of their season for the most prized of Read More »
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  NY Dems’ Anti-Energy Policies Forced New Yorkers To Pay 46 Times More For Power

  Natural gas prices in the New York City region skyrocketed in January, costing New Yorkers roughly 46 times more than the 2017 average for the area, Read More »

• Nova Scotia tuna fishermen say Shea, MacAulay pandering to locals

  Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea says the fear of longliners entering the Gulf of St. Lawrence to fish tuna this year is a non-issue being fanned Read More »
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  Ireland: Future of fish industry is very ‘bleak’ – ‘We ask for no more than equal rights,,,

  The future of the fishing industry remains very bleak, with scientific advice not matching the reality of what fishers are witnessing, an abundance of fish in Read More »

• Past, present, future discussed at the first-ever Maryland Watermen’s Symposium

  WYE MILLS – The first-ever Maryland Watermen’s Symposium on Thursday was a time to share treasured stories of the past, concerns about the present and hope Read More »

• Not good. Shell to start exploratory drilling in N.S. in 2 years

  Shell Canada has completed 3D seismic imaging off Nova Scotia’s southwestern shore, but the energy giant says it will be at least two years before exploratory Read More »

• Will Suffolk County Fight for Fair Fishing Quotas?

  (Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman (I-Montauk) announced today that he has filed legislation asking the County Attorney to explore legal action against the Read More »

• Public weighs in at Board of Fisheries meeting in Soldotna

  Fishermen and the fisheries-inclined turned out by the dozens Tuesday for an open hearing before the Board of Fisheries to air their concerns on a host Read More »