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• The outdated 1972 federal law protecting the seals has worked well — too well, in fact. Time to stop tagging and start bagging seals – Chris Yerkes, Brewster

  June 25, 2013 While it’s great to see that a few of us are capitalizing on the recent influx of great white sharks by hawking T-shirts Read More »

• Provincial Fisheries Minister “Not on the Ball” Ahead of 2024 Snow Crab Fishery: Cleary

  A long-time advocate for inshore enterprise owners is accusing the provincial fisheries minister of not being on the ball ahead of the 2024 snow crab fishery, Read More »
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  For first time in 60 years, spring-run Chinook salmon reproduce in San Joaquin River

  As work to restore the San Joaquin River continues, scientists are seeing promising signs that salmon can thrive in the river as hatchery fish reach new Read More »

• Pew/NatGeo Column Oversimplifies Ecosystem-Based Management of “Forage Fish”

  WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) May 7, 2014 — In a recent article, “The ABCs of Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management-Part II,” the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Director of Federal Fisheries Policy Read More »
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  Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman 131 miles west of Venice

  The Coast Guard medevaced a man with a reported moray eel bite from a fishing vessel 131 miles west of Venice, Florida Sunday. A Coast Guard Read More »
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  ‘Amazing’ heritage tall ship built in 1892 arrives in Co Down

  A 130-year-old heritage tall ship named ‘Leader’ has docked in Newry where it will be used for the benefit of the local community. The Brixham trawler Read More »
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  ‘Tis the Season, Mullet Season that is!

  Thanksgiving has come and gone, and with its passing marks the beginning of the most anticipated season of the year, Mullet Season. The fall run of Read More »
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  Eastport boatbuilder required to auction boat molds

  A settlement agreement between the boatbuilding firm Millennium Marine USA and the Washington County government includes auctioning off four boat molds used by the company. The Quoddy Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 38′ Young Bros. Tuna Boat, 440HP Yanmar 6LY3/STP Diesel

  Specifications, information and 9 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:00 Read More »

• Thousands of illegal lobster condos called casitas still line seafloor off the Florida Keys

  keysnews.com – The removal of illegal lobster condos called casitas from the waters off the Florida Keys has come after extensive criminal investigations and at the cost Read More »

• fleet rationalization, a big part of the catch shares scam

  The following direct quotes are from “Assessing the Potential for LAPPs in US Fisheries.doc “. This document proves that the big green mafia and their puppets Read More »
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  Canastra’s drive helping keep groundfishing alive

  Among the grizzled lifelong fishermen sat six-year-old Cassie Canastra. She staked claim to the seat toward the right side of the second table in the small Read More »
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  Chignik fishermen slay record six million humpies

  The unexpected banner pink year filled a gap after the sockeye run came in well below expectations, and helped push the Chignik salmon fishery past and Read More »

• Pew: Flooky’s got all the answers on Marine reserves and running the Bermudan government.

  Marine reserve: Why don’t we just use current legislation to fine illegal fishing operations? The 1972 Fisheries Act already states that $1 million fines can be handed Read More »
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  Morro Bay: Local fishermen, businesses impacted by delay of Dungeness crab fishing season

  It’s a season that has already been cut by two-and-a-half months and for some fishermen, it’s becoming harder to keep their businesses afloat. “Could you go Read More »

• Reactions to Northern Shrimp quota cut- ‘Mixed emotions’ and a ‘devastating effect’

  FFAW Union President Keith Sullivan and Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Steve Crocker spoke out Friday on the federal fisheries department’s decision to cut 42 per cent of the shrimp Read More »
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  Plan would protect 21 coral hot spots in Gulf of Mexico

  The plan would create 21 protected areas off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Thirteen of the areas would carry new commercial fishing Read More »

• No Catch Shares! Gulf rationalization dies a quiet death

  Gulf of Alaska groundfish will remain an open access fishery indefinitely after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council tabled a policy package that has enraged fishermen Read More »
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  Yvonne Blenkinsop, Hull Headscarf Revolutionary, dies aged 83

  Yvonne Blenkinsop, the last remaining member of Hull’s famed Headscarf Revolutionaries, has died at the age of 83. Yvonne was a true hero of the city Read More »
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  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 44′ Wedgeport Novi Longliner/Federal Permits, Kubota – 10 KW Genset

  Specifications, information and 8 photo’s >click here<. To see all the boats in this series, >click here< 12:20 Read More »

• Even the Deadliest Catch Stars Couldn’t Pull The Crowd In – Astoria: 2014 Commercial Fishermen’s Festival canceled

  While the heart, soul and minds are willing, the Commercial Fishermen’s Festival board has made the hard decision to cancel the festival this year.  <Read more Read More »

• North Carolina DMF treading water on JEA, waiting for approval from top government officials

  The state budget, echoing a directive from the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission, gave Dr. Louis Daniel, NCDMF’s executive director, the authority to enter into an Joint Read More »

• The next generation of commercial fishing in New England

  Commercial fishing has been part of New England’s economy and culture for centuries, but it now faces challenging headwinds. The average age of a commercial fishing Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for October 13, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here for older updates listed as NCFA click here17:21 Read More »

• Offshore Wind Spin in Morro Bay – trawling and netting would be off limits

  At a public forum Thursday in Morro Bay, residents grilled officials from a Seattle-based wind-energy company on how their proposal to install 100 windmills off the Read More »