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• Coast Guard, F/V Sao Paulo respond to disabled fishing boat 30 miles south of Block Island

  The Coast Guard assisted two people aboard the 50-foot fishing boat Lois Virginia Thursday after the boat became disabled 31 miles south of Block Island. The Read More »

• Fishermen say communities will ‘die’ if new regulations come into force

  Fishermen have warned their industry could be ruined and communities will die if planned regulation goes ahead. The Clyde Fishermen’s Association has said the viability of Read More »

• Cuomo threatens to sue if fluke quotas aren’t reallocated

  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo threatened Tuesday to sue the federal government if two interstate fishery-management agencies meeting in December fail to reach an “equitable” redistribution of Read More »

• Carla Samson’s charges dropped in Phillip Boudreau ‘murder for lobster’ case

  The Crown has dropped charges against a Cape Breton woman charged in the death of a fisherman whose body has never been found. Carla Samson had been facing Read More »
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  Vyborg Shipyard is building trawlers under investment quotas programme

  Vyborg Shipyard will build three trawlers of KMT02 design for the companies of FOR Group. The Dmitry Kozharsky trawler is the first large factory freezer trawler Read More »

• Broadcasting Live: F/V Scandies Rose Marine Board of Investigation Hearing

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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Hutt Bros. Lobster boat, 500HP, 6 Cylinder Lugger

  Specifications, information and 26 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:24 Read More »

• Crew of the 73-foot F/V Carolina Girl 3 rescued after running aground in the St. Johns river entrance, Jacksonville, Fla.

  Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville command center were notified of the incident via a “Mayday” call coming from the crew of the 73-foot fishing Read More »
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  Fisheries Act – Prince Rupert council calls for parity with East Coast fisheries

  With changes coming to the Fisheries Act, Prince Rupert city council wants to make sure independent B.C. fishers are included. “All we’re asking for is parity Read More »

• FISH-NL recommends DFO immediately suspend extra cod to south coast inshore harvesters 

  “The priority must be to ensure all inshore harvesters have the opportunity to at least catch their basic IQs (Individual Quotas),” says Ryan Cleary, President of Read More »
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  Sunken fishing vessel raised, fuel offloaded at Henry island

  The 48-foot commercial fishing boat, called Chief Joseph, went down on May 3 after taking on water west of Henry Island, just over the U.S. border Read More »
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  Lifejackets for Lobstermen Project works to get PFDs on every fisherman

  From 2000-2016, the Centers for Disease Control charted 204 commercial fishing fatalities from falls overboard. None of the fishermen recovered were wearing a lifejacket, and 108 Read More »
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  Local organization set to help fish harvesters switch to whalesafe gear

  A Halifax-based organization has received $4.4 million from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund to establish a program aimed at Read More »
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  “Sea Otters To End West Coast Fishing” Huh! fishermen need to suck it up and “find another job?

  For decades, Julie Packard has spearheaded a campaign to curtail fishing under the guise of “conservation.” As this campaign has evolved, it has become a tale Read More »

• Listen to the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Friday, July 5

  The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for July 5 includes a story about the closure in the Nushagak District due to fuel leaking from the sunken tender Read More »
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  MAFMC/ASMFC Public Hearings on Summer Flounder Commercial Issues Amendment

  The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission are seeking public input on a draft amendment to address several potential changes to the Read More »
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  Maine’s 2017 commercial fishing landings are fourth highest ever

  Maine commercial fishermen once again landed more than a half-billion dollars worth of marine resources in 2017. At $569,173,089, the total value stands as the fourth Read More »
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  Overwhelming support for extending length of inshore fishing boats – SEA-NL

  The province’s inshore owner-operator fish harvesters overwhelmingly support extending the maximum length of fishing boats in their fleet for safety reasons, and to fall in line Read More »
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  New Brunswick Crab fishermen to test ropeless fishing

  New Brunswick snow crab fishermen will test two ropeless trap methods this spring to reduce the use of the fishing rope blamed in the deaths of Read More »

• Still Stuck! State, Coast Guard still trying to move fishing vessel

  A fishing boat that ran onto a reef close to Kaimana Beach in Waikiki nearly two weeks ago is sticking around a little longer. The Coast Guard Read More »
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  DFO closes more fishing zones after right whale sighting

  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has closed portions of four fishery grids after right whales were spotted in the area. The affected grids are in Read More »

• Lower Columbia select-area gillnetting delayed a week

  Oregon and Washington fishery managers this week delayed commercial gillnet fishing in select areas by one week until more is known about the size of this Read More »

• All options to protect right whales ‘on the table,’ says Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc

  The federal government will bring “absolutely every protection possible to bear” to prevent any further deaths of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Read More »
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  A Forage Fish War – Canadian company targets critical forage fish in Atlantic and Gulf

  The two U.S. menhaden fisheries are in the Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf,,, Omega Proteins, headquartered in Canada, has sought certification that the fishery is sustainable.,, Now Read More »

• This is happening now. Click to listen 13-15 June 2017 | WASHINGTON, DC Capitol Hill Ocean Week Live Streaming

  https://www.marinesanctuary.org/oceanslive/   Read More »