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• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 56′ Steel Lobster/Gillnetter

  Specifications, information, and 16 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:59 Read More »

• Canada Plan to cull 70,000 grey seals gets Senate panel’s approval.

  The Senate’s fisheries committee has endorsed a contentious cull of 70,000 grey seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence over a four-year period, in a bid Read More »
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  Commercial fishing boat catches fire in Wanchese Harbor

  No injuries were reported following a fire early Sunday morning aboard an (unidentified) commercial fishing vessel docked in Wanchese. Crews from Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department Read More »
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  Coast Guard suspends search for the Master of a 32-foot sunken fishing vessel off Florence

  The Coast Guard suspended search efforts at 12:30 a.m. Sunday for the master of a 32-foot fishing vessel that sank approximately 35 miles offshore Florence late Read More »
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  Overboard California Fisherman Swims Five Hours to Safety

  After being thrown overboard, and as he watched his boat drift away from him, a fisherman knew that his only chance of survival was to swim Read More »

• Deadline is Feb. 5 to nominate to Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association board

  Officials of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association have issued a reminder of the Feb. 5 deadline for members interested in nominating themselves or someone Read More »

• Dungeness Bay: Cleaning up the bay: Divers dig deep for derelict crab pots [ *** PHOTO GALLERY *** ]

  SEQUIM – The group pulled 103 pots — 99 crab pots and four shrimp pots — out of 17 square kilometers of the bay over 3½ Read More »

• Commerce head seeks ‘more info’ on NOAA probe

  Acting Commerce Secretary Roberta Blank has asked her staff “to gather more information regarding issues identified” in the 554-page report on 66 case studies into alleged Read More »
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  Coast Guard rescues 2 people from fishing vessel taking on water

  The Coast Guard rescued two people from their vessel near Venice, Louisiana, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a notification at 7:25 p.m. of Read More »

• “We mean business.” Virginia Marine Police target poachers as oyster season opens

  NEWPORT NEWS – Oyster season opens Oct. 1, and the Virginia Marine Police will combat oyster theft by air, land and sea in an intensive effort to Read More »

• Grand jury looking into questions around NH Ports head Marconi

  Prosecutors from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office have convened a grand jury and are subpoenaing witnesses as part of an investigation into Geno Marconi, director Read More »

• Coast Guard aircrew assists sinking Honolulu F/V Sea Moon, dump the pump, saves crew, vessel

  HONOLULU — Six mariners are safe after their vessel began sinking approximately 173 miles north of Oahu Monday. At 11:15 a.m., a Good Samaritan notified watchstanders at Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Provincial Fiberglass Lobster/Tuna, 400HP, 6 Cylinder Volvo

  Specifications, information and 3 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:19 Read More »

• Nova Scotia: High winds and rough seas hampers fishing in first weeks of lobster season

  High winds and rough seas hampered fishing efforts during the opening three weeks of the commercial lobster along the south shore, negatively impacting landings and driving Read More »

• Queensland’s trawling industry under threat over low scallop numbers

  Scallop fishers have been told the Federal Government may step in and restrict fishing and exports for the entire trawling industry in Queensland if stock numbers Read More »

• Search for El Faro Crew Continues, Hopes Fading

  Responders continue the hunt for possible survivors from the missing cargo ship El Faro, which is believed to have sunk during Hurricane Joaquin. As of Tuesday Read More »

• Senator Cantwell casts a net for fishing advice

  This is the culture of our state, this is about a way of life,” U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell told a packed house of about 30 Pacific Read More »
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  Two Maine Lobstermen Have Licenses Suspended for Violating Marine Resource Laws

  Two Maine lobstermen have had their licenses suspended by the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) for violating laws intended to protect harvesters’ property and to sustain Read More »
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  F/V Bald Eagle II: Shrimp trawler hauled off the beach, now under tow

  After sitting on the edge of the surf off Southern Shores for the last eight days, F/V Bald Eagle II returned to the sea thanks to Read More »

• Fox News Reporting: Behind Obama’s Green Agenda Sunday, October 7 at 9 p.m. ET

  Hosted by Bret Baier A Fox News investigation exposes rogue regulators at the EPA and a United  Nations-inspired ‘sustainability’ program that some say aims to dismantle  Read More »
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  Last haul? As Georgetown eyes redevelopment, shrimpers brace for end of working waterfront

  Timmy Jordan has spent most of his 49 years on the water. No wife. No kids. Just days and nights of dragging coastal waterway bottoms for Read More »
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  Canada: Federal election night upsets

  Two incumbent Liberal ministers along with two party leaders suffered defeat in the federal election on Monday. Liberal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan was defeated Read More »

• Greenland telecom goes after Fisheries and Oceans Canada to get Trawler location information

  The company wants to know which fishing trawler’s gear broke one of its underwater internet and phone cables. Subsea cables crisscross the ocean so people can make Read More »
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  American eel turns up in southwestern Minnesota lake

  An American eel — far, far away from its natural home in the North Atlantic Ocean — was found in a southwestern Minnesota lake late last Read More »
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  Federal fish policy a flop, study finds

  Canada has one of the world’s most robust wild-salmon conservation policies, but has largely failed to execute its plan even as many B.C. salmon populations have Read More »