A white dot. That’s what it was. First very faint, then getting bigger and bigger. I was astonished at what it turned out to be – the white nose of a shark about two ..
The global fishing and aquaculture industries continue to benefit from new developments, particularly in the areas of vessel design and construction. For this month’ ..
On Wednesday, February 14, 1979, I was a listless underworked fisheries bureaucrat at the US National Marine Fisheries Service waiting for something interesting to happen ..
All but one of this month’s featured fishing vessels were designed and built for use in Atlantic waters. First are two Norwegian-owned newbuilds, including one of t ..
NOAA Fisheries has recommended more than US$11.8 million for 44 projects under the 2022 Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Grants Program to help develop fisheries across th ..
A hydraulic hose failure led to an engine room fire aboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Massachusetts, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. ..
This story has two sharks involved, a real one, an oceanic whitetip (Carcharinus longimanus), sometimes called the shipwreck shark, and which are quite large, and somethi ..
A captain’s decision to leave the wheelhouse unattended while transiting the St Marys River on autopilot led to the grounding and sinking of a fishing vessel south ..
It has been an interesting period for the global fishing and aquaculture industries, with operations during the Covid-19 pandemic being regulated but less affected than m ..
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