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• Has the Trump administration already made fluke fishing great again?

  On Friday, January 20, just hours after the official transition of presidential power, the White House ordered an immediate freeze of pending regulations until they can Read More »

• Mount Pleasant invests in improved safety, functionality of shrimp boat docks

  Much needed upgrades are coming to an important part of Mount Pleasant’s legacy. Town leaders are allocating money to renovate its shrimp boat docks in preparation Read More »
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  International Whaling Commission meets this week, will they discuss the US whale slaughter? By Jim Lovgren

  The International Whaling Commission [IWC] meets this week from September 23 rd to the 27 th , in Lima Peru. The commission was established in 1946 Read More »
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  U.S. puts restrictions on Mexican boats over illegal fishing

  The U.S. government is putting restrictions on Mexican fishing boats entering U.S. ports over allegations that the Mexican government has failed to prevent illegal fishing in Read More »
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  Cold, storms, whales and seals ‘playing havoc’ with gulf lobster season, fisherman says

  A New Brunswick fisherman is calling this year’s lobster season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence one of the worst he’s ever seen. Ernest Robichaud of Read More »

• Massachusetts: At Large Seat on NEFMC- Needs to be filled – Applications due Dcember 1

  Interested in serving on the New England Fishery Management Council? Applications are due 12/1: http://ow.ly/EMVk6 09:34 Read More »

• Fishermen concerned about loss of fishing grounds: Deepwater holds hearing on planned wind farm off Rhode Island

  Developers of LIPA’s planned offshore wind farm gave the first glimpse Thursday of the project’s proposed undersea cable route and connecting point in the Hamptons, drawing Read More »

• PEI, NB fishermen demanding better prices – They argue questions require an immediate response:

  The Sou’Wester – While they have been locked in a word of words for the last several months over carapace size, lobster fishermen in PEI and Read More »

• New hope for the fishery

  Nowhere in Canada has the devastation of a fishery and the decimation of a fisherpeople been greater than on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Federal Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Rhode Island Marine 55′ Steel Lobster/Scalloper/ Scallop-LAGC-IFQ permit

  Detroit 8-V-71 Twin Disc All USCG Required Safety Equipment Including Satellite 406 EPIRB and Givens (4) Person Life Raft (4) Pipe Bunks in Foc’sle Stainless Steel Read More »

• LDWF reopens fishing in coastal waters adjacent to Elmer’s Island

  BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently announced the reopening of commercial and recreational fishing within a portion of coastal waters adjacent to Read More »

• Crabbers receiving record prices for low catch

  The year’s first red king crab fishery at Norton Sound has yielded 17,000 pounds Alaska crabbers are hauling back pots from the Panhandle to the Bering Read More »
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  Obituary: Rocky Winston Ross

  Richmond – Rocky Winston Ross, 31, of 291 Front St., Richmond, Formerly Bath, passed away suddenly on October 31, 2020.  He was born in Bath on Read More »

• Marine Policy 40 Securing Ocean Benefits for Society In the Face of Climate Change

  Benefits humans rely on from the ocean-marine ecosystem services-are increasingly vulnerable under future climate. This paper reviews how three valued services have, and will continue to, Read More »

• Kent Island fishing boat captains charged

  Tyrone Antone Meredith, 53, of Stevensville, and Herlen Vernon Lynch, 63, of Dover, Delaware, were charged Sept. 4 with operating as an unlicensed commercial fishing guide, Read More »

• Activists, NMFS face off in federal court over ahi quotas “This is allowing them to fish without limits,” ??

  Environmentalists on Friday asked a federal judge to stop the National Marine Fisheries Service from allowing Hawaii-based fishermen to attribute some of the bigeye tuna they Read More »

• NOAA: Successful conservation efforts pay off for humpback whales

  Endangered humpback whales in nine of 14 newly identified distinct population segments have recovered enough that they don’t warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Read More »
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  Moss Landing Fisherman arrested in weapons and narcotics bust

  Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies seized 11 guns, cocaine, methamphetamine and $100,000 in cash in a Central Coast bust involving a Moss Landing Fisherman. The Sheriff’s Office Read More »
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  Fisheries Omnibus Bill of 2018 – California Lawmakers Act to Protect Whales, Turtles From Entanglement

  The California Senate yesterday sent legislation to Gov. Jerry Brown to sign that requires the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to adopt regulations to prevent Read More »

• Fishermen’s Federation chief says lessons will be learned from Beryl tragedy

  Trawlermen who failed to rescue their crewmate after he plunged into the freezing water will be “going through hell”, according to the chief executive of the Read More »

• ‘American Greed’ to Depict Fraud Victims, Local Retired Commercial Clammer

  Jack and Dolly Patterson will be watching the Aug.11 episode of “American Greed” with particular disdain. The well-liked and respected residents of High Bar Harbor are Read More »
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  Crew safe after fire onboard Ocean Choice vessel

  A fire broke out and was contained onboard a fishing vessel Wednesday afternoon, with all crew safe and accounted for, according to Canadian seafood company Ocean Read More »
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  Coast Guard Medevacs 67-year-old fishing vessel Captain from Matagorda Bay, Texas

  The Coast Guard medevaced an injured man from Matagorda Bay, Texas, Thursday. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received notification at 4:17 p.m. Read More »
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  Stone crabbers get ready for Saturday’s first pull of season

  It might not be ideal stone crabbing weather, but the Meschelles are pulling their traps on Saturday no matter what. “My son said, ‘We’re going out Read More »

• Here’a a PEW/ Oceana Puff Piece! – The Bait and Switch of Seafood Fraud, Yes. Bait and Switch!!

  That red snapper you bought at the market: Is it actually rockfish? How about the pricey local halibut you ordered for dinner: Is it really a Read More »