Lobster Trap
State wildlife commissioners adopted new rules Thursday to help fishermen who trap spiny lobster, stone crab and blue crabs recover their traps after hurricanes and other major storms. The rules would allow licensed trappers to designate people to recover and possess their traps when the governor and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission declare […]
A traffic stop helped crack an illegal commercial seafood operation and bring a charge against the business owner, Maryland Natural Resources Police said Wednesday. The NRP on Sunday charged 31-year-old Michael Shane Shockley of Preston with operating a commercial seafood business without a license. The charge resulted from an investigation launched after an August traffic […]
Crab shells washed up on shore as a result of a chemical spill
The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a notice of violation to a Branford company, Atlantic Wire Co., in connection with an acidic discharge that may have been responsible for killing hundreds of crabs in the Branford River last week, DEP spokesmen […]
Atlantic Salmon
Thousands of wild Atlantic salmon returning to Scotland’s rivers have been infected by a mysterious parasite which has left them with bleeding wounds. The Fisheries Research Service (FRS) in Scotland has revealed that evidence of the infection has been found in salmon in more than 50 rivers across the country. The unprecedented infection is […]
Scallops
A licensed Victorian scallop fisherman and his company have been fined $20,000 for serious breaches of the industry’s strict laws. A Melbourne magistrate today also convicted Christos Melas and Lefkas Seafoods Pty Ltd after each pleaded guilty to failing to declare more than $500,000 of scallops he had taken. Melas, 62, of Middle Park admitted […]
A 27-year-old Seattle man resorted to fishy business to get back at the East Bremerton woman who broke off their relationship. While the 31-year-old woman was at work, the man entered her home at Camelot Mobile Estates, took some of her special things and left a stench to remember him by, according to the police […]
Shrimp with white spot syndrome
Coast Guard doing Boarder Patrol
The Far Eastern transportation prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into a case of marine resources contraband which was carried out with the assistance of an officer from the Federal Border Guard Service. The investigation revealed that an organized crime group was operating in Primorye in 2005-2007. The group involved the […]
Baby Lobster
Charges should be brought against those people who are involved in the unlawful capture and sale of undersized baby lobsters. This was the suggestion of President of the Antigua and Barbuda’s Fishermen Co-operative Society Gerald Price. Although there have been several stern warnings about the catching of undersized baby lobsters many are still seen […]
Stagnant water in a still dam
Washington State — The effects of last year’s floods have turned Pierce County’s White River pink. Thousands of pink salmon are stuck, jammed up against a damaged dam with nowhere to go. The salmon are trying to swim upstream in an effort to find their spawning grounds, but the bump […]