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• Commercial Fisherman Scott Allan Fulford of Peabody, MA, has passed away

  Scott Allan Fulford, 69, of Peabody, MA, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2023 at the Kaplan House with his family lovingly by his side. Scott Read More »
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  “This is the stupidest thing I ever did,” ‘Codfather’ is sentenced to 46 months for skirting tax and fishing regulations

  Carlos Rafael, the New Bedford, Mass. fishing magnate whose brash business style earned him the nickname “The Codfather,” was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Read More »

• Some lobstermen dislike proposal to ease long waits for Maine lobstering licenses

  It can take years for someone to move off a waiting list to become a commercial lobsterman in Maine, and for years fishermen have been trying Read More »

• Fish win another water fight round in South San Joaquin Irrigation District

  “Today’s federal court of appeals ruling upholds protections for salmon, steelhead trout, killer whales and other wildlife that rely on natural river flows in California’s Central Read More »

• Crescent City Harbor – Plump crab off the F/V Dynamik

  The frenzy may have died down at the Crescent City Harbor, but Derrick Horn and other dock workers for Caito Fisheries were still pulling Dungeness crab Read More »

• Bonneville Power Administration: Making Senses of Salmon Runs

  Portland, OR – While the vast majority of ESA-listed stocks have shown significant increases in abundance since their listings in the 1990s, the return numbers for Read More »

• A fishing-permit buyback program has had an as-yet-undetermined effect on the health of California’s fisheries.

  This month, Congress announced it would work to reduce the financial strain on commercial fishermen who participated in a federal buyback of permits and fishing boats, Read More »

• EPA approves “vertebrate pheromone biopesticide” to battle dreaded Great Lakes Sea Lamprey

  After decades of development and testing, an effort to use pheromones to fool the sex drive of lampreys in the Great Lakes has been deemed “good Read More »

• DFO raid facility, seize 3 tonnes of lobster as part of probe into unlicenced fishing

  Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has intercepted 3 metric tonnes of Nova Scotia lobsters on Monday, shortly before they were reportedly scheduled to be Read More »
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  Fisherman from N.S. witnesses heavy damage as he delivers aid in Ukraine

  A Nova Scotia fisherman has arrived in Ukraine to help deliver aid to his homeland during the Russian assault on the country. Lex Brukovskiy has a Read More »
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  July 27, 1981: Oil drilling begins off Cape Cod: ”It’s only a matter of time before the fishermen get used to having us out here.

  After six years of bitter legal wrangles between fishermen and oil companies, exploration began today on Georges Bank – one of America’s richest fisheries. At the Read More »

• Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear

  The North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Martha’s Vineyard in January. The whales are declining in population and are at the center of efforts Read More »
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  Killybegs welcomes first of three sister ship

  The Atlantic Dawn Group based in Killybegs has welcomed their new 64.65 metre pelagic trawler, ‘Leila’ to the local fishing fleet. “We took delivery of the Read More »

• NE Fishery Management Council SSC Meeting, Boston Jan. 20, 2016 SSC – Listen by webinar

  The public is invited to listen in to the January 20, 2016 Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting (SSC). It is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. at Read More »

• Cyr Couturier, executive director, Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association Blames Federal Policy in Gray Aqua woes

  Cyr Couturier, executive director of the Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association, said that under Canadian Food Inspection Agency rules Gray Aqua Group had to destroy fish infected Read More »

• ‘Codfather’ fraud plea hearing pushed back to end of the month

  The hearing where a New Bedford fishing magnate is expected to plead guilty to federal fraud charges has been pushed back. The U.S. Attorney’s Office had Read More »

• Hidden crisis: Louisiana’s shrimping industry is quickly disappearing

  In and around Southeast Louisiana, many of us like to think we know what shrimp that is wild caught and comes from the Gulf of Mexico Read More »

• North Carolina: Area lawmakers seek to protect, improve industry

  Commercial fishing is a huge industry in coastal North Carolina, and easy access to and from the Atlantic Ocean, Pamlico Sound and Albemarle Sound are key Read More »
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  Seafood Expo North America 2019 gets underway in Boston

  It was a weekend of hard work for global seafood product suppliers and processing vendors, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in anticipation of this year’s Seafood Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna: North vs. South’s’ Dave Marciano: ‘Sailing down from Gloucester was a nightmare’

  Q, How would you compare the fish in the Outer Banks to the ones in Gloucester? A: Historically, we get bigger fish back home. But [last summer], Read More »

• New Website Bridges Gap Between Local Seafood, Consumers

  Coastal Enterprises Inc., or CEI — which works to spur small business development — says the idea is to do for seafood what the locavore and Read More »

• Northern cod plan kept from harvesters, FISH-NL’s Ryan Cleary says, FFAW Fires Back

  Almost six months after the FFAW and a number of seafood processors pitched it to the federal government, the breakaway group says it has obtained a Read More »

• Can impact investing successfully cross from land to sea? Or better yet – Can Hedge Fund Powered ENGO’s Weasel Your Fishery Away from You?

  As impact investors savvy about food and agriculture ventures seek their first ocean deals, here’s what they need to know. “We see tremendous opportunity because of Read More »

• From Dick Grachek: CLF and The Right to the Judicial System

   From a Savingseafood.org post: Conservation Law Foundation & Earthjustice Make Unfounded Claims in Lawsuit Filing The day after the Mass. AG announced a lawsuit against NOAA, Read More »
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  No kings

  Snow and ice still cover the tributaries of the Susitna River basin, but already the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is talking about closing the Read More »