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• Capping marine mammal harassment constrains offshore wind

  Prior to approving offshore wind development NOAA routinely authorized the loud noise harassment of large numbers of whales under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). New Read More »
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  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 »

• Environmentalists sue Navy – Earthjustice? Environmentalists??

  SAN DIEGO (AP) – Environmental organizations have added the Navy to their lawsuit against the federal government that seeks more measures to protect whales and other Read More »

• Family members upset over Newburyport fishermen monument

  A memorial located along the city’s waterfront honoring the lives of fishermen lost at sea has been temporarily moved and partly dismantled, and family members of Read More »

• Why offshore wind jobs may just be a lot of hot air

  Offshore wind developers in the U.S. have promised to create thousands of “million-dollar” jobs. But those dollars won’t flow into New York workers’ paychecks. Rather, they’re Read More »
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  Remembering 1919, one hundred years later, the Spanish flu hit Bristol Bay, and the salmon run collapsed.

  “The Spanish flu arrived to Alaska in 1918 and devastated the population.,, People thought it had run its course that winter, but when cannery ships arrived Read More »

• Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to consider capping shrimp licenses

  The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission restricts the impact of fishing on northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine by setting a cap on the total Read More »

• Fisheries Department looks to expand green crab fishery in Maritimes

  Known as the “cockroach of the sea,” the green crab is an invasive species from Europe and northern Africa known for its aggressive and territorial behaviour. Read More »
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  The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

  Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) complete an impressive feat. From the spawning grounds in the Sea of Japan where they were Read More »

• WOW BABY! Now THIS is Somethin’! factory-fishing trawler “American Dynasty” T-Bones docked Canadian navy frigate HMCS Winnipeg – video

  The STAR – VICTORIA, B.C.—A huge American factory-fishing trawler smashed into a docked navy frigate, sending a wall of waves over the bows of both vessels Read More »

• New England – Experts Say Wasteful Fishing Regulations Not Keeping Pace With Climate Change

  Hundreds of thousands of pounds of valuable fish caught off Connecticut’s coast are thrown overboard every year, and 80 percent of them are dead by the Read More »

• Boris Worm The Jellyfish Guy says New York turns into some kind of modern Venice with Sea Level Rise

  Coastal communities, including those in Newfoundland and Labrador, could be drowned by significant sea level rise before the end of the century according to a new report Read More »
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  Commercial Fisherman Timothy J. Moore of Homer, Alaska, has passed away

  Timothy J. Moore, age 65, of Homer, Alaska, passed peacefully from this world into the loving arms of Jesus, the Great Fisher of Men on Dec. Read More »
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  Bering Sea crab collapse spurs push for stronger conservation measures

  For Bering Sea crabber Gretar Gudmundsson, December is a month for preparing his two boats for the winter harvest season. But not this year. For the Read More »
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  Sanity! Federal judge blocks lobster fishing ban in the of Gulf of Maine

  A federal judge in Maine on Saturday blocked a seasonal ban on traditional lobster fishing in a stretch of offshore waters in the Gulf of Maine Read More »

• Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch – Exceeding the Bycatch Quota

  While salmon is still the main species that pollock fishermen are trying to avoid taking as bycatch this summer, there’s another creature that’s been causing problems Read More »

• Antarctic Crabs May Be Native, Evidence Suggests

  July 4, 2013 — A new study has cast doubt on the claim that crabs may have disappeared from Antarctica only to return due to warming Read More »
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  Tomorrow’s lobsterman, today: a look into the future from Eastport

  The dockyard in Eastport is quiet this morning. If we listen closely enough, we can hear the ocean less than a half mile from where we Read More »

• Food of the future: can ‘Frankenfish’ survive politics?

  “I have no doubt the FDA will approve a genetically modified animal at some point,” says Kakha Bendukidze, the largest shareholder in AquaBounty Technologies, continued@smartplanet Read More »
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  Boat caught fire May 21 in Naknek’s LMI boatyard

  The commercial fishing boat F/V Midnight Hour caught fire in Naknek’s LMI boatyard on May 21. No injuries were reported. Boatyard Manager Micaela Emory-Wilson said the Read More »

• Hooked Up!!! Catch Share Politics – ‘Sea Lords’ hook a congressional reformer

  Steve Southerland agrees: He was something of a threat to some commercial fishermen. The former Florida congressman led the effort to change a federal program (catch shares) –  unknown Read More »
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  A call for the price of shrimp to rise as St. Helena Island’s boats head to sea

  The future is uncertain for shrimpers in coastal South Carolina, but you wouldn’t know that from the bright, buoyant crowd that gathered Saturday at the Gay Read More »

• Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for December 3, 2014

  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273  Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. where The Only Read More »

• Bay of Fundy fishermen worried about fish stocks being destroyed by tidal turbine generators

  Four companies are planning on placing test turbines at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy. FORCE has a facility on land near Parrsboro that manages Read More »

• New restrictions pose threats for local lobstermen – “It will be disastrous for these guys all the way from Sandwich to Hull,”

  Since he set his first trap in 1963, Bill Adler’s life has revolved around commercial lobster fishing. But the future of the industry on which Adler Read More »