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  Salmon researchers seek funds for expanded expedition in 2020

  Organizer Richard Beamish, emeritus scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, is seeking $1.5 million from governments, the private sector and non-profit Read More »
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  For the first time in almost two decades, a fisherman sold fish straight from his boat at Fisherman’s Wharf.

  Giuseppe “Joe” Pennisi sold about 230 pounds of rockfish, petrale sole and other fish from his boat on Saturday and Sunday, making him the first to Read More »
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  20-Pound Lobster Found In Luggage At Logan

  In a classic case of “only in New England,” one traveler apparently wanted to leave Boston with more than just some memories and a Wicked Pissah Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 14, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 12:17 Read More »
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  All-female lobster crew making waves

  The Nellie Row looks just like any other boat slicing through the waves and darkness of the North Atlantic on the first day of Canada’s most Read More »
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  Halifax company pilots new technology to track lobster traps, locate and retrieve lost equipment

  The company, Marine Thinking, has launched a pilot project that involves tagging the traps with high-tech devices. The tags send signals to specially designed consoles on Read More »
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  Hook, line and sinking: What’s the future of NC’s commercial fishing industry?

  With a well-trained hook of the line by one of the founders and co-owners of Wilmington’s Seaview Crab Company, a few loops around the puller and a Read More »

• Something different: The Vampire Squid Strikes Again: The Mega Banks’ Most Devious Scam Yet

  Call it the loophole that destroyed the world. It’s 1999, the tail end of the Clinton years. While the rest of America obsesses over Monica Lewinsky, Read More »
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  Fish-NL: Competition Bureau closes investigation into collusion involving fish processors; harvesters wouldn’t name names

  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is disappointed to learn that the federal Competition Bureau has closed its investigation into recent Read More »

• Critical Report into the sinking of the Fishing Vessel Majestic off Shetland

  The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has found that the crew of Majestic did nothing to stop the flooding in the engine room prior to abandoning Read More »
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  Seismic surveying off Newfoundland and Labrador could bring lasting effects to fish

  Seismic surveying happening in Newfoundland and Labrador this year is leaving researchers and fish harvesters concerned over the health of fish and catch rates in the Read More »
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  Fishing boat sinks after collision with cargo ship off Tynemouth coast

  At 3.40pm on Sunday, the skipper of a 9.9m North Shields -based trawler made a distress call after a collision with a 1,700-tonne 81m cargo ship that had Read More »
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  The Yemeni fishermen risking everything to feed their families

  Catching fish for a living in Yemen isn’t only about jumping in a boat and throwing a net into the sea. You need to also say goodbye Read More »

• Your Input Needed! Presidential Initiative on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud

  To fight seafood fraud and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the Administration is seeking public input, now through June 8, on the principles to be Read More »
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  Eastern Cape Breton lobster season looking good despite rough start

  Rough weather delayed the opening of the lobster fishing season off eastern Cape Breton and a nasty spring storm three days later destroyed hundreds of traps Read More »

• Europeans Bank Accounts Finally Give A Big Fail On Green Energy Scam – The Guest Commentary of Ec Newellman

  It’s a “green energy train wreck” playing out in socialist governments across Europe who bought into global warming scam….with the main problem being that green energy is Read More »

• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Approves Omnibus Recreational Accountability Measure Amendment

  During a meeting last week in Eatontown, New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted on a suite of alternatives that would change the way the Read More »

• INFORMATION UPDATE: New Webinar Informatio​n for SBA/USDA Presentati​on today at 3pm

  As a reminder, due to the high level of interest for the webinar presentation at 3:00 PM today by the SBA and USDA, we had to switch Read More »
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  Virginia Regulators to Consider Changes to Menhaden Fishing Regulations

  Virginia regulators will consider changes to commercial menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay following requests from recreational anglers to put an end to the fishery. The Read More »

• Four fishermen rescued off New Brunswick

  The Summerside-based Canadian Coast Guard Vessel, Cap Nord, was dispatched Tuesday evening after a New Brunswick fishing vessel reported it was taking on water.  Sub. Lt. Read More »

• Lobster fraud: No lobster found in lobster rolls at local sushi restaurants

  The operators of eight sushi restaurants in San Diego were convicted of seafood fraud for serving “lobster rolls” that didn’t have any lobster in them, the Read More »

• Alaska asks US Supreme Court to overturn decision giving Cook Inlet salmon management to feds

  The state is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision putting the federal government in charge of the salmon fishery in Cook Inlet Read More »

• South Carolina’s first jellyfish operation raises environmental concerns

  The prospect of a new fishery is tantalizing to struggling shrimpers and entrepreneurs, including a Mount Pleasant man who’s spearheading the first South Carolina foray into Read More »

• Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds California ban on legal shark fins

  “The purpose of the shark fin law is to conserve state resources, prevent animal cruelty, and protect wildlife and public health,” said Judge Andrew Hurwitz in Read More »
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  Southlander to restore 106-year-old boat for history

  Brian Railton beams from ear-to-ear at the thought of restoring a 106-year-old fishing boat in his backyard.,,, Railton bought the hand line fishing boat just before Read More »