News, articles, photos, and other information about commercial fishing in North America.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recently announced a new, mandatory education and certification program for everyone who commercially harvests and lands shellfish in Rhode Island. Certification may be obtained by completing a 30-minute online tutorial, available on … Continued
In 2017, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a series of updated commercial fishing fatality summaries which analyze current trends and identify hazards in four regions of the United States: Alaska, West Coast, East Coast, and … Continued
In Massachusetts, Jonah crabs were traditionally landed as bycatch of the American lobster fishery. Now a targeted species, Jonah crabs support one of the top ten most valuable fisheries in the state. In 2015, over 9 million pounds of Jonah crab … Continued
New Hampshire Commercial Marine Licensing Events Dover DMV office 50 Boston Harbor Road Dover, NH December 8, 2016, and January 19, 2017 The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, NH Department of Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and the … Continued
NOAA Fisheries is initiating a planning process to support its intention to transition part or all of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s spring and fall bottom trawl surveys from the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow to fishing industry vessels provided … Continued
New research has identified the North Atlantic Oscillation as a potential predictive tool for managing North Atlantic cod. Historically, Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) comprised one of the most important fisheries in North America. Atlantic cod stocks off the coast of … Continued