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  Alaska tribal groups sue federal fisheries managers, seeking action on salmon crisis

  Two of Alaska’s largest tribal groups have sued the federal government, alleging federal regulators are mismanaging Alaska’s billion-dollar pollock and cod fishery amid an ongoing salmon Read More »

• Lobstermen relieved at routine pace of harvest – After last year’s glut sank prices, they call this season’s normalcy ‘a good thing.’

  Lobster season appears to be back to normal this year. And normal is good. continued@portlandpressherald Read More »
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  Systemic racism: another view

  A recent column by Dr. Jim Guy on the lobster fishery question (“Systemic racism plagues Nova Scotia’s fishery,”) is most thought provoking. Dr. Guy posits that Read More »
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  Ribbon Cut on Aurora Facility for Asian Carp Processing

  New England faces a 70 million pound lobster bait shortage this year and the bait problem isn’t going away – neither are the invasive Asian Carp Read More »

• Could fish markets suffer when customers start buying from the wharf?

  The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced this week it is relaxing rules for people buying fresh local seafood right from the wharf, to give individuals and restaurants Read More »

• Pricey reds rank Cook Inlet salmon value third-best in 10 years

  If measured in sheer volume of fish, the Upper Cook Inlet commercial harvest of salmon was low: preliminary Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates show Read More »

• Fishing boat capsizes spilling oil into Fraser River near Richmond (with video)

  Oil spilled into the Fraser River after a 26-metre fishing boat capsized at a Richmond marina, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. No one Read More »
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  UPDATED: Coast Guard, good Samaritans assist rescue of 4 from capsized vessel near Raspberry Island, Alaska

  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk crew and good Samaritans assisted with the rescue of the captain and three crew members Monday from a capsized fishing vessel Read More »
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  Marine Stewardship Council not convinced a single season with no whale deaths means fishery is sustainable

  Despite a year when no North Atlantic right whales died in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the snow crab fishery has not won back its certification Read More »
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  How offshore wind developers are working around the Jones Act

  The U.S. is going to need between four and six gigantic wind turbine installation vessels to support President Joe Biden’s 30 gigawatt-by-2030 offshore wind goal, according Read More »

• Happy Easter to All

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  Industry funded, peer reviewed study says lobsters unharmed by Atlantic Canada salmon farm

  The study looked at an N.B. fish farm that uses pesticides to control sea lice. An eight-year study of lobsters living below a salmon farm off New Read More »

• Line item needed to restore crab – Lu Dochtermann, FV North Point, Kodiak

  I got many endorsements of my recent letter (Hiring choice questioned) on Kodiak’s besotted advisor selection and the demise of the King Crab Capital of the Read More »

• South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Jekyll Island, GA March 6-10, 2017

  The public is invited to attend the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council to be held at The Westin Jekyll Island, 110 Ocean Way, Jekyll Island, GA 31527, USA. Read More »

• Commercial fishers ‘gutted’ by govt reforms

  Commercial fishers gathered in Coffs Harbour from across the state in protest against fisheries reforms. More than 80 fishermen from Hawkesbury River to as far north Read More »
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  F/V Coastal Reign: At least one has been declared dead after fishing boat capsized along Oregon Coast

  At least one of four crew members pulled from a capsized fishing boat on Saturday has died, according to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). A 38-foot fishing boat Read More »

• Snow Crab season opens Friday for Area 12, Fishermen expect a strong price.

  ALBERTON — Carter Hutt anticipates there will be a drive on Wednesday morning to get crab boats ready for a season which is scheduled to get Read More »

• Sixteen year old skipper’s heart-break over lost trawler

  THE PEMBROKESHIRE HERALD has spoken exclusively to the skipper of the a Milford-registered fishing boat, who was dramatically rescued along with the rest of his crew last Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ Bruno Trawler-Scalloper-Gillnetter Detroit 12-V-71 (Fresh Rebuild)

  To see specifications, information and 22 photos Click here. To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:54 Read More »

• Loss of shrimp season hits the pocketbook hardest

  NOBLEBORO — Behind Tim Simmons’ house, down a hill past piles of coiled rope and brightly painted bundles of lobster buoys, sit 100 shrimp traps.The traps Read More »
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  Body of 2nd fisherman in Kyla Anne capsizing found, says family member

  A body has been found on the shore in western P.E.I., on the Northumberland Strait, and a family member has confirmed to CBC News it is Read More »

• My Turn: Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization moves forward – Rep Don Young

  Almost 40 years ago, without regard for the conservation of our fisheries or the needs of the Alaskan people, foreign fishing fleets dominated the waters off Read More »

• video: NEW: Hinckley Says Over-Regulation Hurting RI Fishing Jobs

  “I think what was most striking to me was that while we had Senators and Congressman from both parties, from Massachusetts to Florida, our Senator, Sheldon Read More »

• Secretary of Commerce adopts halibut bycatch cuts

  The Secretary of Commerce adopted Amendment 111 to the Magnuson-Stevens Act on Wednesday, which cuts halibut bycatch limits for groundfish trawlers. The amendment aims to reduce Read More »

• Kodiak gives thanks for the fish …

  This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Thankful are we to Alaska’s fisheries,,,“I am most thankful for the people I got to know on the boat Read More »