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• National Marine Fisheries Service whale protection rules will snare lobstermen

  Earlier this month, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed amendments to the federal Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Read More »
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  Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Michael John Porper Jr.,

  Michael John Porper Jr., was born Feb. 12, 1982, in Gloucester, Mass., and was living with his fianceé and daughter, Grace, in North Berwick when Mike Read More »

• Rep. Antonio F.D. Cabral-Fishing industry needs research money as well as disaster relief

  The elections may be over, but the current Congress still has work to do…..We need reliable, independent science.  And Massachusetts is best equipped to provide it….That’s Read More »
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  Steinbeck’s famous Western Flyer sails back to Monterey after years of restoration: Photos, inside and out!

  The original captain’s desk sits in the wheelhouse, where legendary author John Steinbeck may have jotted notes for his Log from the Sea of Cortez. A guy Read More »

• US Pacific fisheries treaty negotiations under time pressure

  MAJURO — Time is running out for the United States tuna industry to complete an agreement that will keep its boats fishing in the lucrative waters of Read More »

• Awesome Underwater Footage of a White Shark Eating a Grey Seal

  Researchers at the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy snagged video this week of a white shark swimming with her meal. That’s right, the shark is a she. Read More »
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  Retired tuna boat skipper Terry Aldenhoven reflects on six decades of fishing and why he loves the sea

  Port Lincoln’s old salt Terry Aldenhoven will spend his first summer on land after more than six decades heading out to sea for the fishing season. Read More »

• Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council Recommend Reducing 2017 Catch Limits for Three Species

  HONOLULU (21 June 2017) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today concluded the second of its three-day meeting  in Honolulu with a recommendation that the Read More »

• Overspreading Since the Seventies

  NOAA Fisheries has been overspreading their nets since they changed from a side trawler to stern trawler back in the 1970s! On the Delaware side trawler, Read More »
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  Maine lobstermen tap into union network for retail sales

  A few months after buying a lobster pound and processing plant, Maine’s lobstering union is now tapping its connection to unions across the country to rack Read More »

• Six Terrebonne oystermen arrested

  Six Terrebonne Parish oystermen were arrested late last week for taking oysters during a closed season, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Read More »
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  Enterprise III Joins the Fraserburgh Fleet

  Enterprise III has been delivered to James Lovie and his partners, and is a Vestværftet design, outfitted and completed at the yard in Hvide Sande on Read More »

• NMFS give go-ahead to new Steller sea lion management – Oceana “We cannot and will not,,,

  The National Marine Fisheries Service announced April 2 that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s preferred management measures to protect the western distinct population segment of Read More »

• Agreement reached in fishermen’s suit against Golden Ray

  Federal lawsuits filed by commercial fishermen and charter fishing captains against the owners and operators of the Golden Ray were dismissed after an agreement was reached Read More »

• Senate and House Bills to reauthorize Magnuson to be Published side by side in Atlantic Coast Fishery News

  Senate and House Bills to reauthorize Magnuson to be Published side by side in Atlantic Coast Fishery News.  As a commercial fisherman, or shore side industry, Read More »

• Let’s take control of our future – why the industry must take centre-stage in implementing the discard ban.

  Newlyn skipper of the Crystal Sea (SH118), David Stevens – I have been fishing now for nearly 25 years and in all of that time, the Read More »
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  Should Massachusetts ban commercial striped bass fishing?

  YES – Rip Cunningham: Dover resident who fishes in the Plymouth area; active member, Stripers Forever; former editor, Salt Water Sportsman; former chairman, Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Read More »

• YEAR IN REVIEW: Federal agenda dominated by halibut bycatch concerns

  Halibut dominated the federal fisheries process in 2015, with each sector fighting over reduced allocations. Directed halibut fishermen in the North Pacific have watched their quotas Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 56′ Duffy Stern Trawler, Cat 3408

  Built by Webbers Cove, Blue Hill, Maine. 402HP, CAT 3408 Diesel, Auxiliary, Northern Lights 12KW Electric & Power, and more. To review specifications, information, and 10 Read More »
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  Nils Stolpe: While it’s called fishery management, it’s not even close – Managing fishing, not fish

  “At the global scale, probably the one thing currently having the most impact (on the oceans) is overfishing and destructive fishing gear.” (former National Oceanic and Read More »

• Feds: Seafood company owner failed to pay taxes on $2 million

  The head of a major seafood processing company based in Gloucester was indicted Friday on charges he failed to pay taxes on more than $2 million Read More »

• New Crabber for Bridlington Family

  Genesis has been built by Parkol Marine Engineering to an Ian Paton design for Neil Robson and his sons, who between them run Genesis Fishing. The Read More »

• Lots of salmon out in the ocean pasture means good fishing likely in months ahead

  The commercial troll fishery off the southern coast at Ilwaco has been on fire in recent days, and that should bode well when the hatchery-marked selective Read More »
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  GARFO AA Pentony taking on whale crisis – Lobstermen wary of more environmental regulations

  South Shore Lobstermen wary – Traps dropped to the bottom of the ocean by lobstermen are currently connected to a buoy at the surface by a Read More »
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  Nova Scotia MP questions Chinese ‘control’ over lobster industry – Exporter calls claims ‘kind of racist’

  “My concern overall is the growing influence of China and the control of our lobster industry itself and that’s throughout the supply chain,” said Rick Perkins, Read More »