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• Commercial Dungeness crab season to open throughout most of the Southern Fishery; one area will remain closed

  On Tuesday, Nov. 15, commercial Dungeness crab season will open from Point Reyes in Marin County south, the (CDFW) announced. But at the recommendation of state Read More »
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  Eastern Fisheries cuts temp agency, laying off New Bedford workers amid labor probe

  Eastern Fisheries is cutting ties with its main staffing agency, potentially laying off as many as 200 fish processors amid an ongoing federal investigation into unfair Read More »

• Can I repossess a boat without a recorded preferred ship mortgage?

  Q: I loaned $62,000 to a boat owner and required him to sign a security agreement in the form of a Preferred Ship Mortgage. The collateral Read More »

• Lobster prices high as catch drops and China imports climb

  Lobster lovers are used to adjusting to high prices, but this winter, they’re shelling out even more for the cherished crustaceans because of a lack of Read More »
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  Canadian lobster to China hits another roadblock, demand a signed declaration live lobster is Coronavirus free

  Canadian businesses that export lobster to China have run into another border roadblock. On Friday, Chinese importers started demanding a signed declaration that Canadian live and Read More »

• BREAKING: F/V Captain Gavin runs aground of Point Pleasant Beach

  The Coast Guard responded to a call for help from the 77-foot Captain Gavin about a mile south of the Manasquan Inlet at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday. Read More »

• Presidential race radar never hit fishing crises

  The crisis threatening the survival of Gloucester and other East Coast fishing communities — which have declined into officially declared disaster during the last four years Read More »

• Fish Wars Heat Up – Scott Christiansen, Anchorage Press Lay’s it All Out

  There’s an established fishery war on the Kenai Peninsula that heated up in recent weeks on two battlefronts: politics and news media. The feud is yet Read More »

• Coast Guard rescues 3 from sunken fishing vessel

  MORGAN CITY, La. – The Coast Guard rescued three individuals from a 75-foot fishing vessel that sank approximately 12 miles southwest of Point Au Fer in Read More »
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  Newfoundland and Labrador Fishermen don’t agree that crab, shrimp stocks are as bad as scientists say

  The province’s fishery appears to be on the brink of a sea change. News over the past couple of months of continually declining snow crab and Read More »
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  Fisheries Survival Fund: HabCam Failure Threatens 2019 Atlantic Sea Scallop Survey

  The loss, recovery, and now electrical failure of the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center “HabCam” habitat mapping camera means that the all-important 2019 Northeast sea scallop Read More »

• Cod 017 telling amazing story

  Of the millions of cod caught in Newfoundland and Labrador waters in the past 500 years, few have stood out in any special way from all Read More »

• How does Nova Scotia compare with their haddock and cod fishery? – Struggles in the sea urchin fishery

  The Fisheries Broadcast with Jamie Baker –  How does Nova Scotia compare with their haddock and cod fishery?  Click to listen – Struggles in the sea urchin Read More »

• Breaking – Ex-AG asked to probe fishing permit bank gloucesterdailytimes.com

  Former state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger is under contract and has begun an assessment of the “governance, policies and operations” of the Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund, Read More »

• Richard Gaines – December 22, 2011 – Fish appeal claims feds misled, (and did they ever!)

  An alliance of fishing interests led by the port cities of Gloucester and New Bedford filed briefs Wednesday arguing that the First U.S. District Court of Read More »

• Search and rescue operation ended after fisherman found deceased in capsized vessel

  Search and rescue efforts are underway for a missing fisherman in Mobile Bay after a storm early Saturday morning. Authorities say he and another man set Read More »
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  Dale Lisi launches his book “Good & Evil”, real life account of his life after losing his arm

  Captain Dale Lisi recently announced the release of his breakout literary debut, Good & Evil. Lisi was inspired to write after reflecting on the incredible events of his Read More »

• Fishermen say communities will ‘die’ if new regulations come into force

  Fishermen have warned their industry could be ruined and communities will die if planned regulation goes ahead. The Clyde Fishermen’s Association has said the viability of Read More »

• Heiltsuk heartbroken by herring fishery’s re-start, with RCMP protection

  It’s come to this.  The police protection of the controversial herring fishing, on B.C.’s central coast.  Heiltsuk Nation had opposed the return of the large fishing Read More »

• U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee bill gets mixed reviews – Locals back research, aid; decry pulling NOAA office

  Officials and fishery advocates at various levels in Gloucester and across the state say they’ll fight a provision,,,continued@GDT Read More »

• The $75 king fillet: Copper River salmon fetch big money at market

  The first Copper River salmon of the year are fetching a hefty price on some market shelves in Alaska and Outside, thanks in part to what’s expected Read More »

• Department of Fish and Wildlife reviews Puget Sound commercial and recreational smelt regulations

  “These forage fish are essential to the health of Puget Sound, where over the last several years we have seen an increase in the harvest of Read More »

• Fisherman injured at sea due remuneration despite pre-existing condition: a federal appeals court has ruled.

  The owner of a commercial fishing vessel must pay for lodging, food and medical expenses for a ship crew member who suffers from long-term anemia after Read More »

• Do “Catch Reconstructions” really Implicate Overfishing?

  A new paper led by Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia that found global catch data, as reported to the FAO, to be significantly Read More »

• Norton Sound Crab Season Ends Early Amidst Concerns Over Non-Regional Fishing Vessels

  After only 28 days, the Norton Sound summer commercial Red King Crab season has come to a close. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Read More »