The Live Market: Maine’s lobster industry is at a turning point for ...
WEBOn Feb. 14, Maine’s Department of Marine Resources issued preliminary numbers for Maine’s lobster industry showing 2021 total landings value were just shy of $725 million, a 75 percent jump over 2020 and by far the single largest year-over-year increase.
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Bering Sea crabbers talk shutdown, facing biomass disaster head on
WEBSep 7, 2021 · ASMI/Chris Miller photo. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced on Friday, Sept. 3, that the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery would be closed for the 2021-22 season, for the first time in 25 years. The announcement came in advance of the management decision-making process, providing the crab fleet time to make any possible adjustments.
Alaska king crab: Awaiting word on new season, after highest …
WEBSep 13, 2021 · ASMI/Chris Miller photo. Alaska’s red king crabbers were hopeful of having a season for 2021-22, and with trawl survey information becoming available in September, the fleet was expecting an announcement about a potential season and the size of the TAC this month. Last year the fleet fished on a TAC of 2.6 million pounds, and crabbers fished ...
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WEBMichael Crowley. Tor Bendiksen, owner of Reidar’s Manufacturing, Captain Mark Phillips, and Dr. Pingguo He of UMass Dartmouth hold four sections of helix twine joined to make a mesh. Bendiksen continues to design the right self …
Domestic market for yellowfin tuna remains strong
WEBMay 8, 2018 · The direct U.S. market yellowfin caught domestically — landed here for butchering, freezing and domestic distribution — is said to remain strong. Issues concerning sustainability have primarily involved European markets, according to industry reports, which show canned tuna globally has been less abundant. But …
Return of the Western Flyer - National Fisherman
WEBThe 85-year-old sardine seiner, Western Flyer, is re-launched after a massive rebuild. After a seven-year rebuild at the Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-op, the Western Flyer, splashed again on June 29 of this year. Originally built in Tacoma and launched in 1937 as a state-of-the-art purse seiner for the Monterey sardine fishery, the 77-foot ...
North Star rising: Storm-tossed trawler righted in Florida
WEBDec 7, 2018 · Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama City, Fla., has at long last righted the North Star, Glacier Fish Co.’s new factory trawler. On Wednesday, Dec. 5, almost two months after Hurricane Michael made landfall at nearby Mexico City Beach, Fla., the 261-foot groundfish trawler came one step closer to her first set in the Bering Sea.
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Scandies Rose: Sinking marks grim start to 2020
WEBFeb 5, 2020 · Five lost in 45-knot winds, heavy freezing spray southeast of Kodiak, Alaska. The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the New Year’s Eve capsize and sinking of the Scandies Rose, a veteran of Alaska’s Bering Sea crab fishery and the worst accident there since the 2017 loss of the Destination.