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  Who is Canada’s newest fisheries minister and what tasks lie ahead for Diane Lebouthillier?

  With a marine coastline that measures 243,042 kilometers—the most of any country in the world—Canada’s fishing grounds and Coast Guard service areas touch the Atlantic, Pacific Read More »
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  Falling overboard is the second biggest killer of U.S. fishermen, second only to vessel sinkings.

  From 2000 through 2016, 204 fishermen died after falling overboard. Nearly 60 percent were not witnessed and nearly 90 percent were never found. In every case, Read More »

• October/November 2014 issue of ASMFC Fisheries Focus

  All the ASMFC news you can use! Fisheries Management Actions, Proposed Management Actions, and much more. Read ASMFC Fisheries Focus here 11:03 Read More »

• Study links changing winds to warming in Pacific – ocean warming period from 1920 to 1940 predates the big increases in greenhouse gases

  A new study released Monday found that warming temperatures in Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of North America over the past century closely followed natural Read More »
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  On the fishing docks of Point Judith: Sales are down, but they still work hard in the heat

  She was surrounded by 450-pound barrels of the bottom fish, brought in by draggers. Despite wholesale lobster prices being down from the pandemic, boats are still Read More »

• Twitter users upset with the Cuomo brothers, saying the two fished a threatened species and should be ashamed of their actions.

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faced quite a bit of Twitter backlash after posing with the more than 150-pound thresher shark he caught off the coast of Long Read More »

• Canada lifts 30-year cod fishing ban off Newfoundland and Labrador to mixed reactions

  The Canadian federal government has lifted the 30-year fishing ban for Northern cod off the north and east coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador – a “historic Read More »
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  Ninety Foot Crab and Demersal Fish Trawler Delivered

  Shipbuilding Asia and Macduff Ship Design are pleased to announce the completion and handover of a new 90 foot fishing vessel for the Piercy family of Read More »

• Fishermen victory in NEFSA v Raimondo case

  A federal court gave hardworking fishermen a partial victory against rogue bureaucrats last week, declaring that a key regulatory body is unconstitutional in critical respects. The Read More »

• Tim Bradner: Studies mine some intriguing data concerning Pebble

  The fur is flying again over the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine near Iliamna. Sunday is the deadline for comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Read More »

• Fishing industry welcomes move as WA government puts proposed legislation on ice

  New fishing laws a decade in the making have been put on hold by the Western Australian government just months before they are due to come Read More »
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  Cantwell’s legislation provides regulatory relief for smaller vessels like crab and salmon boats

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced the Fishing and Small Vessel Relief Act (S.2194) to extend protections for fishermen and small vessel owners Read More »

• Maine Lobsterman Charged with ‘Egregious’ Harvest

  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The Maine Marine Patrol is charging a 34-year-old Stonington lobsterman with what it calls the most egregious case of harvesting undersized and Read More »
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  The Whale slaughter continues, but is this just the beginning? By Jim Lovgren

  Another Humpback Whale washed ashore on a New Jersey beach on March 1st , the 12th known Whale to die since the start of December, along Read More »

• BOSTON: Fisheries summit a rallying cry

  The fishermen, scientists, fishery regulators and environmentalists who slogged through slushy streets and half-cleared sidewalks below could only wish that the summit they were attending Monday Read More »
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  Experts Suck at Predicting the Future

  SPOTLIGHT: 50 years ago, Paul Ehrlich made predictions about the future that weren’t slightly wrong – they were off by a country mile. BIG PICTURE: Experts Read More »

• Feds say “damn the whales” in the Gulf of Maine

  Biden’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposes to build a huge amount of floating offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine. As required by law, Read More »

• Review and Comments on “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act”.

  in 2014, Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives  To read CSF’s comments, please click here  08:01 Read More »
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  Common property

  Almost four decades ago, a Juneau salmon seiner by the name of Wayne Alex filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the state of Alaska from taxing Read More »
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  Blue Harvest doubles down on groundfish, after selling off scallop fleet

  Blue Harvest Fisheries announced this week that it has purchased a new trawler, expanding its groundfish operations as the company sells off the last of its Read More »

• Hundreds of Scots fisherman face losing jobs as new rules brand them too fat to fish

  UK Government regulations which are about to come into force will mean seafarers must have a medical certificate showing a body mass index (BMI) of under 35 – Read More »

• Statement by Ministers Garneau and LeBlanc on actions taken to address the deaths of whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

  “In our efforts to do everything possible to prevent further whale deaths, our government is today implementing a temporary mandatory slow down for vessels of 20 Read More »

• P.E.I. lobster fishermen, who started the fall season last weekend, are dreading a replay of a familiar story

  While they have been fishing almost a week, processors have not yet announced a price for what they have been collecting at the wharf. Prices in Read More »
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  Extreme makeover!

  It’s been a 10-month grind, but Captain Justin Johnson and the crew of the Toledo trawl vessel Pegasus have a formidable machine for taking on not Read More »
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  FISH-NL repeats call for FFAW-Unifor to disclose money paid by oil industry; potential union conflict ‘taints’ seismic research

  “The question of conflict of interest taints everything the FFAW touches — including DFO’s recent research into the impact of seismic blasting on snow crab — Read More »