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  Shipwrecked in storm, retired fisherman gets unexpected rescue in Southeast Alaska

  When a retired Southeast Alaska fisherman found himself adrift after his boat suddenly sank in a storm, he didn’t expect to be rescued. But a gadget Read More »

• Headed home to Gloucester – Coast Guard helps fishermen dewater, make repairs to flooding boat

  Four people are safely making their way back to port Friday following a multi-asset response to a fishing boat taking on water Friday morning about 60 Read More »

• St. John’s hopes to salvage coast guard radio station

  Officials in St. John’s are calling on Ottawa to reconsider removing more coast guard resources from the city. The marine rescue sub-centre was shut down last Read More »
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  DFO ‘complacent’ on fish kills at Nova Scotia’s turbines, biologist says

  A former Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist is accusing his former employer of skewing research to allow for the continued operation of Nova Scotia Power’s Annapolis Read More »

• Alaska House bycatch resolution a casualty of Cook Inlet divisions

  The Cook Inlet fish wars killed an effort in the Alaska House to ask the North  Pacific Fishery Management Council to address king salmon bycatch in Read More »

• Dogfish ‘everywhere’ (not just) in Gulf of Maine, but sales go nowhere

  Regulators may raise catch limits on the voracious little shark, which competes with more valuable ocean species for food. And here’s the problem: Scientists say there Read More »
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  Multi-organization effort believes Cashes Ledge deserves to be permanently protected

  The team’s efforts of four years ago, including holding roundtables and giving talks across the region, were undertaken in hopes Cashes Ledge would be awarded a Read More »

• US Navy has rejected recommendations by the California Coastal Commission for its use of sonar and underwater explosives

  In a letter July 31, the Navy said it disagreed with the commission’s determination that naval training plans did not include enough information to conclude the Read More »
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  If we don’t protect Alaska halibut, there will be no fish to fight over

  The halibut wars are on, folks, and I don’t mean the Domino’s Pizza ad slam from last year. There are a few silly voices trying to Read More »

• Rodney Mercer’s “sealfie” of Ellen DeGeneres has found a home at Gitanos’ Supper Club and Tapas Bar

  The seal fur creation can now be seen at Gitanos’ Supper Club and Tapas Bar in the Millbrook Mall, hanging near the entrance of the Donna Read More »
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  Tributes to Dorset’s sustainable fisherman David Sales who was honoured by the Queen

  Tributes have been paid to a West Bay fisherman who was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to commercial fishing and the environment. Read More »
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  76-year-old stays young building shrimp boat from scratch

  Looking over the steel frame, William “Buddy” Davis explained his vision for his made-from-scratch boat. Pointing, he showed where the deck will be installed, the engine Read More »
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  A seismic shock – Dominion May End $10B Offshore Wind Project Over Performance Clause

  The giant utility Dominion Energy has found itself in a disagreement with state regulators over a proposed performance guarantee for its $10 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Read More »
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  NO SUCH THING AS FREE LOBSTER

  EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström last week rejected a request from her U.S. counterpart Robert Lighthizer for a mini trade deal. The agreement, which was to Read More »

• City of Gloucester lands fish processing plant, 225 jobs

  An Illinois-based seafood processor and wholesaler is moving into Gloucester to operate a processing plant in the Blackburn Industrial Park — a move that is expected Read More »

• NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard

  The cardboard gravestones read “RIP Local fisherman,” “RIP Wild Fish,” and “RIP Humpback Whales.” Assembled in response to new aquaculture sites planned off the coast of Read More »

• ‘Wicked Tuna’ and Tequila’

  The fishermen of Gloucester, Massachusetts are in the hunt once again to catch the biggest and largest quantity of their prize bluefin tuna. Often they have Read More »

• Networks of Researchers and Fishermen Working Together to Reduce Bycatch, Maximize Fishing Opportunities, and Advance Real-Time Technology

  In the fall of 2010, the NOAA Fisheries Northeast Cooperative Research Program (NCRP) awarded more than $3 million to network groups designed to tackle difficult challenges Read More »

• National Marine Fisheries Service plans new environmental compliance policy

  New procedures are being proposed to deal with environmental regulations for fisheries. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is Read More »

• University of British Columbia study – Insurance industry unknowingly supports illegal fishing

  Many boats involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are able to get insurance, suggesting that the insurance industry is inadvertently supporting illegal fishing, according Read More »

• A fishy situation at the top of the world – With climate change opening up the Arctic, a pact regulating commercial fishing in the region is urgently needed

  The Arctic Ocean is now threatened by the “tragedy of the commons”, a phenomenon in which self-interested behaviour by multiple actors results in the exhaustion of Read More »
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  Tasmanian mayor heckled, ‘no confidence’ in minister, over fish farm pollution fears

  The sometimes-heated community meeting was called to discuss Tassal’s plan for a fish farm in Okehampton Bay. A petition was also circulated calling on Glamorgan Spring Read More »

• BURT PARKER, CHRIS PETERSON, AND DENNIS RYDMAN: NOAA must change Pacific whiting quotas to benefit small fishermen

  The first inconvenient truth is that the allocation was purely political and was made primarily to gain support of those who wanted to retire from the fishery Read More »
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  Coronavirus: With China’s Borders Closed to Imported Live Seafood, Local Fishermen Feel the Pinch

  As the number of the sick and the dead continue to rise alarmingly in China, the economic effects of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak were felt Read More »
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  Maine’s politicians seek delay on whale protection rules

  In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Riamondo, Gov. Mills and other officials urge federal fisheries regulators to extend the May 1 deadline to comply with Read More »