FISHERYNATION.COM

Recent Posts

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 45′ Fiberglass Lobster Boat, 750HP John Deere

  To review specifications, information, and 24 photos’, >click here<, To see all the boats in this series >click here< 12:00 Read More »

• MEDIA ADVISORY: UNITED FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES – Standing up for adjacency

  FFAW-Unifor is hosting a rally at Hotel Gander on Wednesday, March 4 at 10:30 am to bring awareness to the significant impacts unfair cuts to the Read More »
• 

  Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 49ft. 11in. Lobster/Longliner, 6 Cylinder Volvo

  Specifications, information and 33 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >Click here<12:44 Read More »
• 

  Lobstermen gather for foggy farewell to Andrew Gove

  Dozens of lobster boats gathered off Greenhead on foggy Deer Island Thorofare Sunday morning to remember and pay tribute to “Uncle” Andrew Gove. A fisherman for Read More »
• 

  European Offshore Wind Takes Shape at Providence Innovation Hub

  A new glass-and-steel office space is less about the number jobs or the company that will occupy it and more about the industry taking root there. Read More »
• 

  Halibut bycatch increases as council considers cod options

  Data released preceding the International Pacific Halibut Commission’s upcoming interim meeting shows that almost all the regulatory areas of Alaska from Southeast to the Bering Sea Read More »

• Wastewater Treatment Plants: Pharmaceutical fish – SCSU experiments

  An experiment that started last week in St. Cloud State University’s Aquatic Toxicology Lab expands upon 2012 studies that determined fish might be affected by pharmaceuticals Read More »
• 

  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for 11/21/2022 – NCMFC Votes More Apples for Me!

  Last week I attended the November 2022 business meeting of the NC Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) and below are my thoughts on a couple of key Read More »
• 

  RIMPAC battle lines forming – “They bomb right where we fish,”

  It’s the 26th exercise since RIMPAC began in 1971 and the third iteration of the Oceans4Peace Coalition, which works to turn the heads of the public Read More »
• 

  Commercial fishermen seek intervenor status in First Nation’s lawsuit

  A group representing commercial fishermen in Atlantic Canada wants to be part of the lawsuit the Sipekne’katik First Nation has launched against the provincial government. The Read More »
• 

  Veterinarian Uses Fish Skin To Help Treat Severely Burned Dog

  Back in January, Archer, a dog living in Alaska, was severely burned when his home caught fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found Archer Read More »
• 

  San Mateo County Harbor Commission approves a much-contested hoist on pier

  After Three Captains owner Larry Fortado won nearly $300,000 in arbitration from the San Mateo County Harbor District, the harbor commission agreed to permit the fish Read More »

• F/V Miss Ally – Updated – Family holds out hope as Nova Scotia boat search resumes – Private vessels trying their own recovery

  Family members of the fishermen have been pleading their case to have the boat searched before it sinks to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Several Read More »
• 

  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for Aug 30 , 2019

  Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click Read More »
• 

  Maritime industry leaders discuss challenges at symposium

  Skagit County’s maritime economy includes everything from boat building and manufacturing, to commercial fishing and recreational boating, to the businesses that support them. A group of Read More »

• DENIAL, DELUSION AND NMFS STILL DOESN’T KNOW ITS NAME

  “Fishlink Sublegals.”-  The third “Managing  Our Nation’s Fisheries” conference was held on 6-9 May, 2013 in Washington,  DC.  Titled, “Advancing  Sustainability,” the national event, sponsored this Read More »

• Competitors ask court to undo Pacific Seafood expansion

  In the two weeks since Pacific Seafood announced it would consolidate its dominant position on Newport’s Bayfront with the acquisition of two additional fish processing plants, Read More »
• 

  Year in Review: Alaska Fisheries – Board shakeup, drifters win, sockeyes up as pinks, crab crash

  After a hectic fisheries year in 2015 involving felony charges, forced retirements and resignations, the 2016 Board of Fisheries confirmation cycle was mild, with few of Read More »

• The Mouth of The Kenai – The Redoubt Reporter: This is a two part story about the history of clamming on the Kenai Peninsula.

  This is part one – Almanac: Clamoring for clams — Cook Inlet clam popularity spans history. link  Part two -Almanac: Razors’ edge — Cook Inlet clams boom, bust throughout Read More »

• NMFS Seeks Public Comment for Proposed Rule to Require Turtle Excluder Device Use for Skimmer Trawls, Pusher-Head Trawls, and Wing Nets (Butterfly Trawls)

  In an effort to strengthen sea turtle conservation efforts, NOAA Fisheries NMFS is seeking comments on a newly proposed rule.  The rule, if implemented, would require Read More »
• 

  DFO: ‘tubbing’ can continue for the commercial prawn fishery 2021 season

  “Our goal is, and always has been, to see our Pacific prawn fishery continue to thrive. Working in partnership with the Pacific Prawn Fishermen’s Association, we Read More »

• Ocean food chains remain elusive

  The marine biologist’s cod-food web looks more like the architecture of an acid-tripping spider than a depiction of what cod eat, and get eaten by, on Read More »
• 

  Choppy Weather and Fishing Limits gets California salmon season off to slow, expensive start

  Commercial fishing boats may only fish south from Pigeon Point on the San Mateo coast, instead of in the typical area open all the way to Read More »

• Global Fishing Watch: Google’s Big Data Overfishing Project Flounders

  Last month at the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, Google unveiled a project it bills as a groundbreaking leap Read More »
• 

  View to a Kill: Galápagos Sea Lions Team Up to Capture Huge Tuna

  In the Pacific, off the Galápagos Islands’ coast, a clever ploy leads to a hearty feast. Sea lions cannot typically catch massive yellowfin tuna—which can swim Read More »