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Spill response continues after Santa Cruz Island grounding | National Fisherman
After six people were rescued unhurt Thursday, the Coast Guard and partner agencies continued working to contain and recover an estimated 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on the fishing vessel Speranza Marie aground on Santa Cruz Island, Calif.
North Pacific council hears renewed demands on bycatch | National Fisherman
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Anchorage during the second week in December. Among items on its agenda the panel was to deliberate on action steps to mitigate the incidental take of chum and chinook salmon, red king crab, opilio crab and other species that come up in the tows of...
Maine lawmakers tie federal spending to ‘pause’ in lobster rules | National Fisherman
Maine’s congressional delegation has inserted a clause into the annual $1.7 billion omnibus federal appropriations bill that would delay for six years the onset of new restrictions on lobster gear to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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DIY shaft fix gets Virginia oysterman back on the water | National Fisherman
Commercial fishermen working in the nation’s inshore fisheries often do much of their own maintenance on their boats and gear. With the cost of maintenance and upkeep it pays to be handy. Tangier Island, Va. waterman Willie Crockett is a case in point.
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Diesel prices post sixth consecutive weekly drop | National Fisherman
Diesel prices have now declined for the sixth week in a row. For the week ending Dec. 12, the U.S. average diesel fuel price fell 21.3 cents from the previous week to $4.754 per gallon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. That's 110.5 cents above the same week last year.
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To the Sea | National Fisherman
My whole life has had the same expectation to be the person standing on the dock and waving goodbye either to my dad or my husband, but I was never allowed to be the person on the boat going off on the fishing adventure.
Bristol Bay forecast indicates solid run with majority big fish | National Fisherman
Bristol Bay last season was complete madness. The final count on sockeye, including numbers from Area M on the South Peninsula, came in at over 82 million fish. And even more impressive, said University of Washington fisheries biologist and Bristol Bay savant Daniel Schindler, was the harvest.
Alaska board sets new Bristol Bay net rules | National Fisherman
The Alaska Board of Fisheries snuffed out proposals that would have limited the length of towlines between Bristol Bay drift vessels and their nets to 100 feet, opting instead to set the maximum towline length to 600 feet at its December meeting. But the board extended the distance that set gill net...
New England council’s new cod rebuilding plan | National Fisherman
A new 10-year rebuilding plan for Gulf of Maine cod has a 70 percent probability of rebuilding the beleaguered stock by 2033, according to the New England Fishery Management Council’s latest changes to Northeast groundfish management.
Fishing Washington's urban wilderness | National Fisherman
Clouds blanket Puget Sound and the rain starts at dawn. “Do you have oil gear?” Leeroy Courville asks as we sit in the wheelhouse of his boat, the High Liner.
Atlantic scallop 2023 landings to decline with biomass slide | National Fisherman
The East Coast scallop fleet is expected to land around 25 million pounds in the 2023 fishing year – about half of the landings from 2018 through 2020 that exceeded 50 million pounds, according to the New England Fishery Management Council.
Shark fin ban passes in Congress, attached to defense bill | National Fisherman
A ban on shark fin sales in the U.S. passed the House of Representatives Thursday, riding on a defense authorization bill, and now goes to the Senate for final passage.
Stonington’s slimmed-down lobster boats | National Fisherman
On a bright sunny Oct. 2, about a year after its keel was laid, the Second Wind was launched at John’s Bay Boat Co., South Bristol, Maine.
The Jet Set | National Fisherman
It’s not hard to spot a healthy fishery – just count the number of new boats being built for it, and the number of companies vying to equip those boats.
U.S. fishermen’s lead in electronic monitoring could be disadvantage | National Fisherman
For years, Mark Hager’s job as an observer aboard fishing boats in the U.S. Northeast made him a marked man, seen as a meddling cop on the ocean, counting and scrutinizing every cod, haddock, and flounder to enforce rules and help set crucial quotas.
Vessel owner prosecuted in Coast Guard’s ‘paper captain’ crackdown | National Fisherman
The U.S. Coast Guard is prosecuting John D. Gibbs, the owner and managing operator of the Southern Horizon, an 89-foot tuna longliner caught using a foreign national as master – a so-called ‘paper captain’ – on Oct. 19, as part of a broader operation by the Coast Guard to address the increas...
Redefining 'Minority' with Imani Black of Minorities in Aquaculture | National Fisherman
Founder Imani Black has grown leaps and bounds since inception. Meet Black and her vision MIA here!
Higher red snapper catch limits for 2023 Gulf of Mexico | National Fisherman
NOAA Fisheries has expanded the catch limits for both the commercial and the recreational red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Blackcod fishermen’s ‘gear switching’ challenges Pacific Fishery Management Council | National Fisherman
Nearly all sides agree that gear switching between trawls and fixed gear for blackcod warrants a definitive review of the individual fishing quota, or IFQ system for the Pacific non-whiting fleet.
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Coast Guard, NIOSH offering $6 million in safety funding | National Fisherman
Commercial fishing has a reputation as a risky occupation. Being sleep deprived on a boat surrounded by moving machinery on an unpredictable ocean appeals to a certain type of person, but most will reduce risk if they can.
Maine lobster still on the menu at White House | National Fisherman
U.S. diplomacy is trumping environmental activism today when it comes to Maine lobster, with 200 of the Pine State’s signature seafood on the Thursday dinner menu for French president Emmanuel Macron’s visit with President Biden.
EPA takes next step on Bristol Bay protection | National Fisherman
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made a key move Dec. 1 toward prohibiting development of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed – one more step toward a “final determination” by the agency that would block the mine.
Cajun shrimp boat gets a second act with Virginia oysters | National Fisherman
Back in the August 2017 issue of National Fisherman, the Cambri Nicole, a 36’ x 15’ aluminum skimmer trawl shrimp boat built in Abbeville, La. in 1999 was featured at a Chesapeake Bay boatyard.
Northline Seafood plans salmon processing vessel for Bristol Bay | National Fisherman
A Gulf of Mexico barge will be converted to a salmon processing vessel for Bristol Bay in a project announced Nov. 30 by Stika, Alaska-based Northline Seafoods.
The fish tugs survive | National Fisherman
The days of building new fishing vessels for the Great Lakes may be over. No new boats have been built in years, and the fresh water of the lakes tends to help existing boats, particularly the steel ones, last for decades. But the fishermen from Erie to Superior value the history of the vessels comm...
CatchCam underwater video camera launched at Pacific Marine Expo | National Fisherman
CatchCam, an underwater video camera designed for commercial fishermen, was launched at Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle in November 2022.
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Pacific Marine Expo connects Maritime High School students with industry | National Fisherman
For young people thinking about careers, and a maritime industry scrambling to build its future workforce, Seattle was a good place to meet during Pacific Marine Expo.
Another crab-less California Thanksgiving | National Fisherman
California’s Dungeness crab season is on hold yet again, as state officials gauge the migration of humpback whales offshore and low crab meat quality in the fishery’s northern range.
White House ocean climate plan must include fishermen’s ecological knowledge, advocates say | National Fisherman
A developing U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan needs to draw on fishermen’s ecological knowledge, and protect the seafood industry’s role in coastal culture, economic and food security, industry leaders recommend in a letter to White House science advisors.
With a two-year reprieve, the Northeast lobster fishery has some new maneuvering room for how it can coexist with mounting demands to limit trap gear and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
NFI president John Connelly passes | National Fisherman
National Fisheries Institute President John Connelly has died, according to a Nov. 21 press release from the organization.
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Like old fishing & boat pictures? We do, too. In 2012, National Fisherman donated the magazine's complete pre-digital library of thousands of images to the Penobscot Marine Museum. These images, now digitized, have been curated into a searchable collection on the museum's website. The photos offer a visual record of every nuance of American commercial fishing during four decades, from the 1950s to the 1990s, providing a glimpse of fishermen, boat builders, processors, and regulators. You will get sucked in — don't say we didn't warn you! View the complete collection here: http://www.nationalfisherman.com/blogs/sorting-table/6457-search-thousands-of-historic-fishing-pictures
The crew of the Portland Fish Exchange off-loads a mixed bag of Gulf of Maine hake, pollock and cod from Captain Rob Odlin's 50-foot gillnetter Maria & Dorothy. #commericalfishing
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