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  Gloucester whale protest

  Today about forty lobster boats went by my dock in Gloucester to protest against rope entanglement. They were headed to the Fisherman statue in town. They Read More »
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  Cordova receives first Tanner crab delivery in 30 years

  Deckhands Robert Bernard and Danny Delozier moved energetically around the F/V Ace as it docked at Trident Seafoods. Delozier stood on top of 15 or so Read More »

• and in Fisherynation Sports this morning, ‘All hell has broken loose right now’

  ‘All hell has broken loose right now’ — massive Portland Pirates hockey brawl leaves ‘yard sale of equipment to clean up’ LEWISTON, Maine — The Portland Read More »
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  Rhode Island: Squid Fishing is a Boon to the Local Economy

  Its high squid fishing season. Recreational anglers crowd the Calamari (Goat Island) Causeway at night, carrying floating water lights and special jigs to scoop them up Read More »
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  North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 22, 2017

  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here for older updates click here16:02 Read More »
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  Simple solution found to reduce number of whales getting caught in fishing gear

  A working group has come up with a simple solution to use heavier sinking rope connecting fishing creels, which will in turn reduce entanglements. At the Read More »

• Can Chinese customers cotton to Canadian claws? Nova Scotia’s Tangier Lobster looks East as U.S. sales slump

  Tangier needs buyers willing to pay a premium price. Before the recession, Nova Scotia lobster exporters could rely on the U.S. market to wolf down a Read More »
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  Governor Brown Calls for Tearing Out Snake River Dams. Washington Reps Are Outraged!

  Brown said removing the four lower Snake River dams in Washington state is the most certain way to boost salmon and steelhead recovery in the Columbia Read More »
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  Slim pickings for Nantucket scallopers on opening day

  Optimism was in short supply as commercial scalloping season opened this morning, but  the dock price, the price paid to fishermen for a pound of shucked Read More »
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  Doug Dixon, Pacific Fishermen Shipyard, Receives King Neptune Award

  To recognize his life-long contribution to the North Pacific Fishing Industry and his countless hours of community service, the Norwegian Commercial Club (NCC) presented John Douglas Read More »

• Greenpeace attacks University of Washington fishery scientist Ray Hilborn

  Ray Hilborn, a prominent University of Washington fishery scientist, is under attack from Greenpeace for sometimes leaving out mention of industry funding he receives in articles Read More »

• On This Day, July 4, 1776 – “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

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  President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as his commerce secretary

  The Biden transition team announced the president-elect’s choice of Raimondo for this key economic position Thursday night. The agency has a critical role in everything from Read More »

• Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 35′ Crow Point Lobster Boat (Duffy)

  To review specifications, information, and  25 photos’,>click here<, To see all the boats in this series, >click here< – 07:28 Read More »

• Coast Guard outlines F/V Osprey case response – “There is a Coast Guard policy of how and when we send helicopters,,

  He explained that statistics show a person undergoing chest compressions will typically survive for under an hour without access to a heart defibrillator. A Coast Guard Read More »
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  Seabed search in Loch Fyne for lost fishermen

  Fresh efforts have been made to locate the bodies of two fishermen lost in a sinking on Loch Fyne. Their vessel, the Nancy Glen, sank on Read More »
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  Fishermen, Foodies, Check out the Seafreeze Ltd. Ad! “The Only Thing We Treat Our Fish With Is Respect” TM Established in 1984 by fisherman Richard Goodwin Read More »

• B.C. farmed salmon operation ecologically sound

  And now for a completely different take on farmed salmon which has its share of critics: Go for it! Kuterra, the first large-scale, ecologically sound, cutting Read More »

• ‘Saved a big catastrophe’: Coast Guard and lifesavers come to aid of fishing trawler

  Holiday beachgoers were surprised to see a 20m fishing trawler stuck in the shallows at Mooloolaba Beach on Saturday. Coast Guard and lifesavers got to the Read More »
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  Lawsuit alleges sunken fishing boat was ‘unseaworthy’

  A lawsuit filed less than a month ago alleges the now-sunken fishing vessel “Misty Blue” was unseaworthy. The Coast Guard suspended the search for the missing Read More »
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  Beloved NJ Fisherman Dies Suddenly From ‘Massive’ Brain Bleed

  Beloved New Jersey native and local fisherman Eric Charles Kelly died from a “massive” brain bleed on Friday, March 11. He was 24. Kelly was passionate Read More »

• U.S. dollar surge boon to N.S. lobster

  When the value of the Canadian dollar plummets, cross-border shoppers feel a twinge of pain in their pocketbooks. But for people in the fishing industry, it’s Read More »
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  Controversial whale sanctuary to be voted on at the International Whaling Commission

  A whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic covering an area as big as India and Russia together: This is the proposal presented by Argentina, Gabon, South Africa, Read More »
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  American Seafoods screening 2 more crews after most on third vessel test positive for Coronavirus

  The new round of testing involves the crews of the American Triumph and the Northern Jaeger as they dock in Bellingham, according to a company statement. Read More »

• Bigelow Breakdown – Fish Survey at Risk of Skewed Data?

  Even before mechanics found deeply pitted bearings near crankshafts in its generators, problems that could have led to catastrophic engine failure, the Henry B. Bigelow was Read More »