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• Huge Thanks To The Captains Of Wicked Tuna- Dave Carraro and Dave Marciano – Who the Hell is Dave Carraro?!!!! LOL

  I’m not sure people around here outside of the restaurateurs and shop owners realize the impact that these guys have had on local business. These hard Read More »
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  A Fundraiser for Injured Crab Fisherman Sean Harvell’s Recovery Fund

  On November 26th 2018 while working on a commercial fishing boat, Sean suffered a blow to the head by a crab pot (large crabbing cage). He Read More »

• Commercial fishery for black sea bass ends after four months – Closed – Cape Hatteras to Key West, Fla.,

  The year-long commercial fishery for black sea bass closed earlier this month after being open for just four months, a preemptive measure designed to protect recovering Read More »

• Maine joins Alaska in quest for Arctic influence

  The move to start calling in the ice-free port of Portland twice a month builds upon Eimskip’s recent opening of services to northern Norway. The company’s Read More »

• Indoctrinated Youth: What young people are writing about Commercial Fishing.

  One problem that’s being hotly debated all over the world is the issues of commercial fishing. Some say that fishing is all for us and we Read More »

• International Pacific Halibut Commission looks at possible 30 percent reduction

  Halibut catch limits could be cut more than 30 percent under preliminary  numbers discussed at the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s interim  meeting Nov. 29. The commission Read More »

• Fish-stealing whales take bite out of black-cod harvest

  How do you keep a whale from grabbing the fish off your lines? Do you put out decoy buoys to try to trick them? Do you Read More »
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  F/V Scandies Rose: Family of missing fishermen mourn but pledge to keep fishing

  Fishing runs deep in the DNA of the Cobban family so they know as well as anyone how dangerous the profession can be.  Four generations of Read More »
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  New claim on founding of stern-trawler design

  A fishing vessel built in Aberdeen and launched in 1953 is at the heart of an international tug o’ war over who came up with the Read More »
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  New fishing vessel Orion completed by Macduff Shipyards

  Macduff Shipyards has recently signed over its latest new build fishing vessel Orion (BF 432) to owner Brian Harvey and his two sons Andrew and Simon. Read More »
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  Commercial vessel a ‘total loss’ after Monday morning fire at Westport Marina

  The commercial fishing vessel Mary Ann L was a total loss after it caught fire on Float 11 at the Westport Marina early Monday morning. South Read More »

• Prince Rupert Reacts to Job Losses at CANFISCO

  “A slap in the face” That’s what union executives are calling the cuts to the salmon canning industry in Prince Rupert. The union representing says it Read More »

• Commercial and recreational fishers call for overhaul of SA and Queensland permit system

  Some commercial fishers in South Australia are calling for an overhaul of the recreational fishing sector, including the introduction of a permit system and a phone Read More »

• Mind Boggling – Wild Salmon Harvests in Alaska Top 71 Million Fish

  Commercial seafood harvesters in Alaska delivered some 71,053,000 salmon to processors through July 21, and the catch keeps growing. Preliminary harvest figures from the Alaska Department Read More »

• Federal fisheries managers hold Bering Sea pollock quota steady

  The total amount of pollock allowed to be scooped up by trawlers in the Bering Sea will stay the stotal allowable catchame in 2024. In its Read More »
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  F/V New Age: How Coast Guard saved a Montauk fishing crew

  Mike Havens was asleep in the galley of Montauk fishing trawler, New Age, around 20 miles south of Fire Island Inlet when a mate woke him Read More »

• Researchers, shrimpers look for black gill shrimp in Georgia

  This wasn’t your typical cruise. For starters, the day-long journey around Chatham County waterways on the 92-foot R/V Savannah on Thursday was focused on a tiny Read More »
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  Many are injured on the job, most lack health insurance. Meet the cowboys of the sea.

  North Carolina fishermen work long hours, and many fish alone. When harvesting shrimp, they can stay out on the water four to five days at a Read More »

• Will Britain’s fishermen be better off after Brexit?

  Britain’s fishing industry accounts for only a tiny part of the UK economy, contributing less than half a per cent to annual GDP. But it is Read More »

• Bristol residents question offshore wind project – Fishermen voice concern

  BRISTOL, Maine — A committee appointed by the Bristol Board of Selectmen plans to determine whether the town has any say over a proposed offshore wind Read More »

• NOAA OLE Agents probe possible sea lion shootings in Astoria

  The Sea Lion Defense Brigade discovered bullet casings and bleeding sea lions at the East End Mooring Basin in Astoria. We can tell you that NOAA Read More »

• Christopher Bell takes the checkered flag on rain tires in the NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire

  Christopher Bell raised a broom over his head and clutched a 24-pound lobster in victory lane all because he earned his third Cup win of the Read More »

• Lake Okeechobee – More bad water? We hope not

  Here we go again. Large amounts of polluted water from Lake Okeechobee are beginning to flow into the Caloosahatchee. This is harmful fresh water and is the result Read More »

• Hiring seafood workers in Bristol Bay has been tough for years. This summer, it’s worse.

  Seafood processors in Alaska’s Bristol Bay this summer have had trouble finding enough workers to handle the fish that come through their plants. Those in the industry Read More »

• Santa Cruz teen brothers start Point Fish Co.

  Weekends usually mean sleeping in, but for not the Hofmann brothers of Santa Cruz. The teen entrepreneurs wake up while it’s still dark and head out Read More »