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Monday, July 25, 2022
Officials Urge Caution After Viral Video Shows Humpback Whale Landing on Boat
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Officials Urge Caution After Viral Video Shows Humpback Whale Landing on Boat

Environmental agencies in Massachussetts are urging mariners to use caution when operating vessels or personal watercraft near humbpack whales after one of the

July 25, 2022
Total Views: 15694

Sunday, July 17, 2022
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Fishing Vessels Account For Half Of Ocean Plastic Pollution

Karen Scott (The Conversation)–Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an

July 17, 2022
Total Views: 5188

Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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Florida Fishing Boat Captain Rescued After Falling Overboard Without a Lifejacket

A Florida fishing boat captain was rescued after spending four hours treading water without lifejacket after he fell overboard off the coast of Panama City,

July 6, 2022
Total Views: 2857

Monday, June 27, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Actions to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
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Biden Administration Announces Actions to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing

The Biden Administration has announced a set of actions to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that the White House says is significantly

June 27, 2022
Total Views: 1669

Sunday, April 10, 2022
EU And U.K. Near Conclusion of Fishing Rights Dispute
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EU And U.K. Near Conclusion of Fishing Rights Dispute

By Jorge Valero Apr 10, 2022, (Bloomberg) –The dispute between the European Union and the U.K. over fishing permits is nearing its conclusion as

April 10, 2022
Total Views: 1628

Saturday, April 2, 2022
For The First Time In Decades, Cuba Authorizes Import Of Outboard Motors
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For The First Time In Decades, Cuba Authorizes Import Of Outboard Motors

By Dave Sherwood COJIMAR, Cuba,(Reuters) – Since the days of Ernest Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea,” whose

April 2, 2022
Total Views: 8868

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
Total Views: 1966

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
Total Views: 1803

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
Total Views: 3063

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
Total Views: 1265

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
Total Views: 6327

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: 7891

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: 1458

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: 841

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
Total Views: 10148

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: 1551

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
Total Views: 1810

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: 1876

Saturday, October 2, 2021
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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
Total Views: 2462

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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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
Total Views: 3036
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