Fish trade complaint targets local leaders-A Cartel is exposed

The right of first refusal in the business plans of all 12 sectors organized by the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition — representing more than half the active boats in the catch share groundfishery — has been used to wrongly restrain trade in catch shares a …

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35 pounds of cocaine found in United Nations mailroom

There was something odd about two sacks that showed up this month in the United Nations mailroom, even if they did have what appeared to be the distinctive U.N. seal, with its globe framed by olive branches.

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Cape fishermen cry foul on quotas |"It's a crime against small-boat communities,"

 Cape and Islands fishermen told federal regulators Thursday that they needed greater protections to survive in a fishery where bigger boats with access to cash and fish quotas were outcompeting them on their traditional inshore fishing grounds. "The implications are vast f …

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NOAA denies Kerry request for cod study | Jane says unh-uh

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco has turned down a written request from U.S. Sen.

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Enviro, fishing groups both wary of cod losses-assessment process was "not perfect"

Arch enemies on most ocean issues, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Recreational Fishing Alliance both expressed reservations Thursday about the whether a dire assessment of Gulf of Maine cod, the essential food fish for commercial and charter boats, can reliably be used to …

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Coast Guard rescues two fishing vessel crews:100 MPH WINDS: One boat ran aground, and another one sank.

With one fishing boat hard aground and another sinking dozens of miles away, it was a busy morning Wednesday for Kodiak-based helicopter rescue crews, the Coast Guard said. It began with a call for help from the 58-foot fishing vessel Kimberly, hard aground Tuesday evening in Ju …

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Ice in Bering Sea threatens crab fishery: Commerical Fishing | Alaska news at adn.com

Sea ice is encroaching unusually early on the central Bering Sea, threatening to grind Alaska's economically important snow crab fishery to a halt at the peak of the season, leaving crabbers facing major losses. Earlier-than-expected ice is moving south over prime crabbing groun …

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Editorial: State of the Union theme hypocritical on NOAA policies

  "We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by.

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A potential economic catastrophe for the New England groundfishing industry,$70 million hit to Gloucester's economy alone.

PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Editorial: Fishery council can't set cod limits based on shaky study

  When the New England Fishery Management Council begins weighing its options today regarding how to set a 2013 fishing year limit on Gulf of Maine cod, it will have a number of issues to consider. One that's well worth a look is indeed the idea floated on this very page …

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Seafood group eyes 'interim' cod rules

New England's largest fishing industry group, the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition, Tuesday cited the case of the disappearing codfish stock as a sign of "a flaw in fishery policy" that makes impossible demands on science in an effort to predict developments in the oc …

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Whiting Fishing Summer 2011 Filmed and Edited By Joe Testaverde Aboard The Midnight Sun

Ever made a trip to catch Whiting fish? Sign on to the Midnight Sun for a trip! Two day trip wrapped up in 15 minutes with a few good tunes.

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Florida fisherman serves jail time, appeals conviction over three missing fish!

John L. Yates, 60, a Holmes Beach commercial fisherman working out of Cortez, was released from jail Jan.

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PEW ENVIRONMENT: An Inconvenient Truth About Gulf of Main Cod

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'Excessive consolidation' of fishing industry aired | SouthCoastToday.com

FAIRHAVEN — Fishing boat owner Carlos Rafael warned the New England Fishery Management Council on Friday that it would be "a cold day in hell" when he surrendered any of his fishing permits. Regulators are considering regulations to address concerns that excessive amounts  …

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Doubts grow over cod study; Council scientist questions data

Staff Writer The Gloucester Daily Times Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:57 AM EST

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US Files Appeal Over Dolphin-Safe Tuna Dispute | National News | United States | Epoch Times

The United States has been embroiled in a tuna-related trade dispute with Mexico for over two decades. Ever since the United States began awarding dolphin-safe labels to qualifying tuna cans, the Mexican tuna industry has cried foul. Mexico asserts that U.S.

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Scott Brown, House Dems united over DirecTV-Sunbeam battle

Massachusetts Sen.

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3rd-party ads won't go away

WASHINGTON — Who knew that candidates could stop corporate-backed Super PACs and other outside interest groups from throwing massive amounts of cash into political campaigns — just by asking them to stop? Behold, a new revolution: Congressional candidates and even pr …

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Scott Brown and Ed Markey quizzed on civility-"We have to work in a bipartisan fashion."

The state’s junior Republican U.S. senator and the Democratic dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation sat side-by-side on the dais in a ballroom full of city and town officials explaining the various ways that Washington is dysfunctional. U.S. Sen.

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NH Delegation Seeks Freeze on Cod Restrictions - Portsmouth, NH Patch

New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation is pushing for a freeze on annual catch limits for Gulf of Maine cod, a vital fish stock for the state’s fishing industry. In a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce on Jan.

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Talk of the Times: Tea Party ship ready for Monday launch here

There will be a changing of the guard, so to speak, for the tall ships of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum — and it will be in Gloucester on Monday morning. After months of undergoing restoration at Gloucester Marine Railways on Rocky Neck, the tall ship Beaver will …

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Mattapoisett considers large-scale scallop restoration project

MATTAPOISETT —

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Fillet deal costs city 110 jobs-American Seafoods Group LLC to dramatically shrink if not close the home-grown Gloucester business

American Seafoods Group LLC, the Seattle-based seafood conglomerate that acquired Good Harbor Fillet earlier this week, intends to dramatically shrink if not close the home-grown Gloucester business, putting about 110 people out of work, city officials confirmed Friday.

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National pro-fishing rally set for March in D.C.-The "Keep Fishermen Fishing" rally

The "Keep Fishermen Fishing" rally was announced Friday in a release that focuses on the organizers' foes — defined as "a handful of mega-foundations and the anti-fishing ENGOs (environmental non-government organizations) they support to drive fishermen off the water." To  …

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