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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Shipping News

86 Test Positive for COVID-19 on American Fishing Trawler in Seattle

At least 86 people have tested positive for COVID-19 on board a U.S.-flagged fishing trawler now docked in Seattle, Washington. American Seafoods Company

June 3, 2020
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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Shipping News

New Bedford-Based Fishing Vessel Owner and Operator Fined $1 Million for Illegal Discharges

The owner and operator of a New Bedford, Massachusetts-based fishing vessel fleet have been fined $1 million after pleading guilty to discharging oily bilge

December 18, 2019
Total Views: 260

Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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Shipping News

Climate Change Hitting Top U.S. Fishery in the Arctic, NOAA Report Says

Arctic ecosystems and communities are increasingly at risk due to continued warming and declining sea ice, according NOAA’s 2019 Arctic Report Card. By

December 10, 2019
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
danish fishing brexit
Shipping News

Danish Fishing Communities Fear Brexit Could Sink Them

By Andreas Mortensen COPENHAGEN, April 30 (Reuters) – In the small fishing town of Thyboron on the northwestern coast of Denmark, many fishermen

April 30, 2019
Total Views: 24

Thursday, April 18, 2019
Yaquina Bay bar
Shipping News

U.S. Coast Guard to Hold Public Hearing on Loss of Mary B II at Yaquina Bay Bar

The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a formal public hearing next month to consider evidence related to the loss of the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II at

April 18, 2019
Total Views: 67

Monday, April 15, 2019
fishing vessel
Shipping News

Opinion: Overfishing Does Damage to More Than Just Fish

By The Editors (Bloomberg Opinion) — Overfishing threatens disaster not only for fish, oceans and the food supply, but for fishing itself. The

April 15, 2019
Total Views: 548

Monday, March 4, 2019
U.S. Coast Guard Issues Findings of Concern from FV Destination Investigation
Accidents

U.S. Coast Guard Issues Findings of Concern from FV Destination Investigation

Note: The following Findings of Concern is being distributed by the U.S. Coast Guard following the February 2017 loss of the FV Destination in the

March 4, 2019
Total Views: 205

Monday, February 25, 2019
Bay Of Bengal India Fishing Boats
News

Warming Waters Heat Up Fishing Costs Along India’s Coast

by Colin Daileda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Thankachan Polayalil has been a fisherman for 42 of his 65 years, long enough to remember when fish were visible

February 25, 2019
Total Views: 23

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Yaquina Bay bar
Shipping News

Coast Guard Announces Formal Investigation into FV Mary B II Capsizing at Oregon’s Yaquina Bay Bar

The U.S. Coast Guard is convening a formal marine casualty investigation into the loss of the fishing vessel Mary B II, which capsized off Newport, Oregon this

January 22, 2019
Total Views: 58

Monday, January 14, 2019
drilling rig
Shipping News

Norway Supreme Court to Hear Snow Crab Case with Implication for Oil

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Norway’s Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear arguments on whether EU ships can fish for snow crab off

January 14, 2019
Total Views: 58

Thursday, January 3, 2019
fish carrier aground in marshall island
Accidents

Chinese Fish Carrier Aground on Deserted Island in the Marshall Islands

A Chinese fish carrier with 24 crew is aground on an uninhabited atoll in the Marshall Islands. The ship, identified as the 308-foot Chinese-flagged commercial

January 3, 2019
Total Views: 206

Thursday, December 27, 2018
Ship Radar ECDIS Console
Interesting

AIS Problems Revealed in East China Sea

By Laura Kovary (Environmental Maritime Services) –  Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are causing problems for mariners transiting waters

December 27, 2018
Total Views: 522

Thursday, August 30, 2018
Shipping News

Franco-British Scallop Dispute Flares Up

by Geert De Clercq (Reuters) – French and British fisherman pledged talks to quell a high-seas dispute over access to the scallop-rich seabed in the

August 30, 2018
Total Views: 12

Monday, August 13, 2018
Defense

Alaska Commercial Fishermen Brace For China Tariff Pain

By Yereth Rosen (Reuters) – Alaska fishermen are used to coping with fickle weather and wild ocean waves. Now they face a new challenge: the United

August 13, 2018
Total Views: 17

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Asleep at the Wheel: Fatigue Led to Capsize of Fishing Boat and $27,200 Fine
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Asleep at the Wheel: Fatigue Led to Capsize of Fishing Boat and $27,200 Fine

The vessel ran aground January 11, 2018 after the 17-year-old helmsman fell asleep at the wheel. Crew fatigue led to the grounding and loss of commercial

August 7, 2018
Total Views: 133

Monday, March 26, 2018
Maine lobster fishing
Shipping News

Maine’s Lobster Tide May Be Ebbing -Fox

By Justin Fox (Bloomberg View) — The numbers came in earlier this month on Maine’s 2017 lobster harvest. By historical standards, the 110.8

March 26, 2018
Total Views: 69

Friday, February 23, 2018
global fishing map
News

Scientists Use AIS Data to Map Global Fishing Activity in Extraordinary Detail

Using satellite tracking, machine learning and common ship-tracking technology, scientists from UC Santa Barbara teamed up with colleagues at Global Fishing

February 23, 2018
Total Views: 116

Monday, February 5, 2018
thai fishing boat
Shipping News

Many in Thai Fishing Industry Fail to See Conditions as Slavery – Research

By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai fishing boat owners who trap workers on board ships and withhold wages often do not

February 5, 2018
Total Views: 74

Thursday, January 25, 2018
fisherman protest in French fishermen block the port of Calais halting shipping movements at France's busiest passenger port and a major entry point to Europe for British goods, in protest at losses inflicted by the practice of electric pulse fishing in Calais, France
News

Protesting Fisherman Paralyze France’s Port of Calais

LILLE, France, Jan 25 (Reuters) – French fishermen blockaded Calais throughout Thursday, halting shipping movements at France’s busiest passenger

January 25, 2018
Total Views: 20

Friday, December 8, 2017
fishing boat in arctic
Shipping News

In the Arctic Ocean, at Least, Diplomacy Works

By The Editors (Bloomberg View) — Amid resurgent nationalism and talk of nuclear war, it’s been a rough year for global diplomacy. So a 10-party

December 8, 2017
Total Views: 27
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