Randy Moniz has left the fishing grounds for the last time and crossed the bar.
Randy was a terrific fisherman. Everyone who fishes will be saddened by the news. He was larger than life, big in body and in spirit. His Read More »
Feds planning 2019 protections for North Atlantic right whales
How the federal government will confirm, modify or adapt protective measures for North Atlantic right whales in 2019 remains to be seen, but officials are sharing Read More »
Ross Greer’s boasts about environmental scheme left in tatters by brutal rebuke from fishermen group
Ross Greer’s boasts about the “astounding success” of an environmental project seen as a precursor to the hated highly-protected marine areas have been left in tatters Read More »
Don Cuddy – Local Salvage Company has Unique Edge on Marine Work
Two fishing boats going down at Homer’s Wharf in New Bedford harbor in the wee hours of February 5 made headline news, particularly since both were Read More »
Roger Berkowitz, Legal Sea Foods CEO talk’s about the new restrictions on New England fishermen – Video
In addition, Berkowitz also weighs in on everything from global warming and impact on fish stock to traffic in the innovation district. more@necn11:36 Read More »
After three years at the helm of FISH-NL, Ryan Cleary contemplates his future
The large FISH-NL banner that hung behind the head table at every membership meeting lies on the floor, half rolled up.“You can tell how many meetings Read More »
Harvesting flatfish in the Last Frontier
Docked in Seattle a few days after Thanksgiving, the F/T Constellation is still filled with the smell of coastal Alaska waters; briny ocean and fresh fish. Read More »
Fisheries observer Talilla Schuster – Provincetown upbringing, science and water-based career
Coping with homesickness, eating food that she is not used to, losing sleep with an erratic schedule, “grumpy fishermen and [her own] grumpiness” also are all Read More »
Day 10; Hunger Strike of Canadian Fisherman Richard Gillett – ‘Richard is very, very weak’
As Richard Gillett hits Day 10 of his hunger strike outside the Fisheries and Oceans building in St. John’s, his father wants him to stop it. Read More »
Pioneering decarbonisation
Following his initial experience of the Pilothy project, a feasibility study into converting trawlerAnita Conti to run on hydrogen, Loctudy trawler operator Julien Le Brun went Read More »
Commercial Lobster Season off to a Good Start as Keys Fishermen Deal with Increased Materials and Gas Prices
The Upper Keys boats have been “killing it,” with lobsters spilling out of containers onto decks, crews have been coming back to the docks earlier in Read More »
Images of Oregon Coast Crabbers Aglow from Outerspace!
As commercial crabbing on the Oregon coast opens on time for the first time in several years, the state’s crabbing fleet makes an impression in outer Read More »
The ‘grace of God’ -La Scie fishing crew survives harrowing journey after losing steering during storm
Crew members on the Ocean Surfer II are lucky to be alive after a harrowing weekend on the open seas. Five people were on the boat, Read More »
For Florida’s blue crab trappers, it’s been a good year; and that is excellent news for diners
As pre-dawn glowed fiery orange over the Caloosahatchee River, commercial fishermen Joe Williamson and Kevin Killian pulled their first blue crab trap of the day. Inside Read More »
Europe’s energy disaster proves, beyond doubt, that wind and solar are an abject failure, leaving the way clear for nuclear power and any other power generation Read More »
This post is about seals and contains a video of dead fish, from the deck of Girl Pamela, Newyn
“So here we go again. . . As a fisherman I’m sure I speak for all of us, we just do what we do to try Read More »
Illuminating Fishing Nets Prevent Bycatch
Bycatch is an economic and environmental problem for commercial fishing. Large trawlers often scoop up sea-life other than the species they’re targeting, and if there’s too Read More »
“We’re trying to see, how can we manage as a bare bones staff, keeping that fishery open and making that opportunity available to Alaska’s commercial fishing Read More »
Bull shark caught in the Potomac
A bull shark was caught last week in the Potomac River in a commercial fisherman’s net. Robert T. Brown, president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association, and Read More »
Phyllis A vessel group eyes Railways deal
If you’re going to restore the oldest commercial fishing boat in Gloucester, why not look into the possibility of purchasing the oldest operating marine railways in Read More »
Gulf of Maine: Whale scientists fire back – Marine biologists disagree with a judge’s decision
Lobster industry professionals, elected officials and now a federal judge have expressed doubts as to whether the National Marine Fisheries Service used the best available science Read More »
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 9, 2017
Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here CALL TO ACTION! The NCFA in conjunction with NC Watermen United are Read More »
TUNAVILLE – Point Loma’s proud Portuguese past, and present
The Point Loma boundaries of Lowell to Talbot streets, and as high up the peninsula as Willow Street, by the 1930s, had earned the moniker “Tunaville.” Read More »
Wisconsin DNR ponders commercial whitefish regulation changes, Sport fishers concerned
A leading Wisconsin sportfishing advocate is urging anglers to provide input as the Department of Natural Resources considers changes to rules in Green Bay and Lake Read More »
“Heroic” Rescue Off Nantucket: Station Brant Point Tows Disabled Fishing Boat In Rough Seas
With the sea still raging from the coastal storm that hammered the East Coast this week, a crew from Coast Guard Station Brant Point on Tuesday Read More »
