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Saturday, February 26, 2022
Alaska Worries For Its Salmon Run As Climate Change Warms Arctic Waters
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Alaska Worries For Its Salmon Run As Climate Change Warms Arctic Waters

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb 25 (Reuters) – With marine heat waves helping to wipe out some of Alaska’s storied salmon runs in

February 26, 2022
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
Twelve Crew Members Remain Missing From Sunken Spanish Trawler
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Twelve Crew Members Remain Missing From Sunken Spanish Trawler

(Reuters) – Two bodies recovered during the search and rescue of a Spanish trawler that sank off Newfoundland this week were taken to the port city of

February 19, 2022
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
10 Bodies Recovered in Search for Sunken Fishing Trawler
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10 Bodies Recovered in Search for Sunken Fishing Trawler

Searchers have recovered 10 bodies in the search for crew members from a sunken Spanish fishing trawler on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Three survivors

February 16, 2022
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Saturday, February 12, 2022
Galapagos New Marine Reserve Enforcement Focuses On Locals And Not On International Commercial Vessels
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Galapagos New Marine Reserve Enforcement Focuses On Locals And Not On International Commercial Vessels

By Anna Portella PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador,(Reuters) – Though he makes a living from the protected waters around Ecuador’s storied Galapagos Islands,

February 12, 2022
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Captain’s Fatigue Led to Sinking of Fishing Vessel in Alaska
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Captain’s Fatigue Led to Sinking of Fishing Vessel in Alaska

A captain’s decision to get under way while fatigued led to the grounding and sinking of a fishing vessel near Whittier, Alaska, the National Transportation

February 8, 2022
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Saturday, February 5, 2022
Super Trawler Sheds Over 100,000 Dead Fish Into Atlantic Ocean
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Super Trawler Sheds Over 100,000 Dead Fish Into Atlantic Ocean

By Tassilo Hummel PARIS,(Reuters) – Dutch-owned trawler FV Margiris, the world’s second-biggest fishing vessel, shed over 100,000 dead fish into

February 5, 2022
Total Views: 8008

Saturday, January 1, 2022
New VMS Technology Hopes To Improve Fisheries Monitoring
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New VMS Technology Hopes To Improve Fisheries Monitoring

By Paul Tullis (Bloomberg) –Biendi Maganga-Moussavou had a problem.  As Gabon’s minister of fisheries, agriculture and food security, he helps

January 1, 2022
Total Views: 1545

Saturday, December 11, 2021
EU And UK Making Progress In Post-Brexit Fishing Dispute
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EU And UK Making Progress In Post-Brexit Fishing Dispute

By Nikos Chrysoloras and John Follain (Bloomberg) — The U.K. has issued additional fishing licenses for European Union boats, in a step that may

December 11, 2021
Total Views: 875

Thursday, December 9, 2021
Coast Guard Keeping Busy as Dungeness Crab Season Gets Off To Rocky Start
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Coast Guard Keeping Busy as Dungeness Crab Season Gets Off To Rocky Start

Dungeness crab season is off to a rocky start. U.S. Coast Guard crew across the Pacific Northwest have towed 10 disabled or distressed commercial fishing

December 9, 2021
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Sunday, November 21, 2021
France Is Prepared To Help Their Fishermen If They Don’t Obtain Licenses From U.K.
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France Is Prepared To Help Their Fishermen If They Don’t Obtain Licenses From U.K.

By Albertina Torsoli (Bloomberg) —France will continue supporting its fishermen as talks with the U.K. on post-Brexit fish licenses drag on,

November 21, 2021
Total Views: 1585

Wednesday, November 3, 2021
French Court Frees Impounded British Trawler
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French Court Frees Impounded British Trawler

By Layli Foroudi and Clotaire Achi ROUEN, France, Nov 3 (Reuters) – A British scallop dredger impounded by French authorities sailed out of

November 3, 2021
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Sunday, October 31, 2021
U.K. Slams France’s Threats Over Fishing As Tensions Rise
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U.K. Slams France’s Threats Over Fishing As Tensions Rise

(Bloomberg) –The U.K. government hit back at France over its proposed retaliatory measures in a dispute over fishing access, as post-Brexit tensions

October 31, 2021
Total Views: 1897

Saturday, October 2, 2021
frozen fish
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The Bayside Shuffle: A $350 Million Jones Act Fight Over Frozen Fish

The Jones Act, legislation which essentially reserves movements of cargo between U.S. ports (or points in U.S. waters) for vessels, owned, crewed and

October 2, 2021
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
stingray
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Commercial Fisherman Medevaced After Stingray Sting Off Long Island

A crew member from a Rhode Island-based fishing vessel had to be medevaced over the weekend after being struck by a stingray off Long Island, New York, the

September 29, 2021
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Thursday, August 26, 2021
norway fish farm
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Norwegian Billionaire Pushes Salmon Production Into New Offshore Waters

By Stephen Treloar (Bloomberg) — Billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke’s Aker ASA and SalMar ASA will create an offshore fish farming company to open new

August 26, 2021
Total Views: 2773

Monday, August 23, 2021
Fishing Net Tangled With Hawser
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NOAA Rebukes EU Fishing Laws And Bans IUU Vessels From US Ports

This month NOAA released the 2021 Biennial Report to Congress for illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing activities and bycatch of protected marine

August 23, 2021
Total Views: 2368

Tuesday, July 27, 2021
fishing lady
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Fishing Boat Operator Arrested for Violating Captain of the Port Order and Endangering Passengers

The U.S. Coast Guard has arrested the operator of a Maryland fishing boat for ignoring a Captain of the Port Order and taking on passengers before correcting

July 27, 2021
Total Views: 9559

Thursday, June 24, 2021
scandies rose fishing vessel
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NTSB Set to Determine Probable Cause in Deadly Scandies Rose Sinking

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a virtual public board meeting later this month to determine the probable cause for the 2019 New

June 24, 2021
Total Views: 2376

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
China Says US Seafood Ban Is Based On Lies
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China Says US Seafood Ban Is Based On Lies

By Shamim Adam (Bloomberg) A decision by the U.S. to ban imports of seafood from Dalian Ocean Fishing is based on “lies” that the Chinese company used

June 1, 2021
Total Views: 3080

Thursday, May 27, 2021
right whale
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U.S. Urges Fishing Reform to Save North Atlantic Right Whales

May 27 (Reuters) – U.S. commercial fishing practices must change to prevent the extinction of North Atlantic right whales, the administration of

May 27, 2021
Total Views: 1930