News
Menhaden reopening eases Maine bait worries – for now
A two-week hiatus in the Maine menhaden fishery ended with the Atlantic States Fisheries Management Commission granting an additional 4.7 million pounds of quota, quelling worries about an impeding shortage of lobster bait. The “episodic …
Alaska fisheries division nicked in budget cuts
Alaska fisheries would fare better than most state agencies and people under Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget cuts. Just under $1 million was cut from the commercial fisheries division of the Alaska Department of Fish and …
U.S. barge operator fined $2.2 million for British Columbia grounding, fuel spill
A Canadian court has fined Houston,Texas-based Kirby Offshore Marine Corp. $2.9 million (US $2.2 million) for the October 2016 grounding and fuel spill of the tugboat Nathan E. Stewart in British Columbia’s Inside Passage. Some …
NTSB: Mates share blame for scalloper, tanker collision
The 91-foot scalloper Polaris out of New Bedford, Mass., is lucky that its encounter with the Bahamian-flagged 820-foot oil tanker Tofteviken didn’t turn out worse than it did, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. …
Maine governor threatens to defy ‘foolish’ right whale plan
Gov. Janet Mills says Maine will not go along with a federal plan to reduce North Atlantic right whale mortality by reducing lobster lines 50 percent. Instead, she directed state Department of Marine Resources Commissioner …
Viewpoints
Maine DMR responds to elver story
[Editor’s Note: Representatives at Maine’s Department of Marine Resources did not reply to Boats & Gear Editor Paul Molyneaux’s request for comment before press time. The original story has been edited to reflect this response.] …
Unsound mine: Pebble commentary closes today
Over the last 13 years that I’ve been watching and covering the ebbs and flows of Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska, I’ve followed the data trail, news stories about tailings ponds failures at similar mines, …
Maine fisherman acquitted of overfishing elver quota by 1/100th of a pound
[Editor’s Note: Representatives at Maine’s Department of Marine Resources did not reply to Boats & Gear Editor Paul Molyneaux’s request for comment before press time. The original story has been edited to reflect their response.] …
Editor’s Log: Town and country
Last month, we featured the plight of California’s Dungeness fleet in facing a shutdown caused by a whale-protection lawsuit. This month, we offer the East Coast version of the story. Northeast lobster fleets are coping …
Busted up in the Bering Sea
I made numerous other trips through Unimak Pass, and each time there was always that sense that something could quickly go wrong. Yet I always looked forward to that passage.
Recipes
Seaweed matters: Seaweed salad, the entrée
It all started a couple of years ago when I …
Super Bowl Crab and Artichoke Dip
This recipe was inspired by Super Bowl Sunday. But let’s …
Tuna Salad Salad
Need something quick and easy for a busy summer weeknight? …
Sesame Bluefin Tuna Steaks
It’s bluefin tuna season in Maine. The small fleet is …
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