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New Jersey’s veteran fishing community fears surveying to install offshore wind turbines near the state’s shore is already causing tremendous environmental damage, one local boat captain told Breitbart News, asserting that, in his experience, “dead whales on our beach absolutely and logically have everything to do with the oceanic geo-surveys.”

Fishermen in Port Aransas, Texas, hauled in a massive fish on March 24 that snapped a pole in two after a long battle.

The local government of Xiamen, China, recently ordered municipal workers to test both fishermen and their catch, including “live fish” and crabs, for the Chinese coronavirus out of alleged concern that international fishing activity in the area may have sparked local outbreaks of the virus, the Chinese government-controlled news outlet Sixth Tone on Thursday.

A Maine legislative committee rejected a bill meant to create a legal defense fund for lobster fishermen fighting against environmental regulations that activists claim will protect North Atlantic right whales.

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s environment minister pledged Friday to retaliate if France carries through on threats to block UK ships from French ports, warning that “two can play at that game” in the worsening dispute rooted in Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Fishermen have been known to tell incredible stories, but the one charter boat captains Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser have relayed is very real.

An anonymous fisherman is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a child from drowning at an upstate New York lake.

Barrie Deas, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO), says Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is “a defeat”, with the Tory accused of having “bottled it” on fishing and “sacrificed” the country’s long-suffering fishermen.

The bill to offer relief from coronavirus and fedeal appropriations for 2021 includes $65 million to help fish in western states.

A surge of industrial supertrawlers from the EU are devastating Britain’s territorial waters, including marine protected areas, as a ‘no-deal’ Brexit which would see the country reclaim its fisheries looms.

Three men in a blow-up boat stranded in the Long Island Sound in New York were rescued by the police and are back on dry land.

A British fishing organisation is preparing for a return to the infamous English Channel scallops wars, as they prepare for blockades by French fishermen with the UK government refusing to back down on claiming back territorial waters.

Pope Francis thanked a delegation of Italian fishermen Saturday for their volunteer work in clearing the sea of plastic as part of their “seabed remediation” project.

Avid fishermen and women in Illinois and Indiana on the lookout for invasive carp species might be able to earn some extra money.

EU leaders have wasted little time in gloating over “the worst deal in history” negotiated by Theresa May, with French president Emmanuel Macron gloating he can blackmail Britain into surrendering its fishing waters or force it into the humiliating “backstop”.

British fishermen are calling for Royal Navy protection after their vessels were attacked by French boats as they were out catching scallops in the English Channel.

The Tory government’s apparent betrayal of the fishing industry with the announcement that their share of Britain’s fish will not change during the so-called ‘transition’ period after Brexit could undo its negotiations entirely.

The Government has committed to scrapping the Fisheries Convention of 1964, allowing Britain to take back control of its territorial waters from the EU out to twelve miles – but fishermen are concerned that failure to commit to reclaiming the country’s full, 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) signals an impending betrayal.

In the waning days of his administration, Barack Obama decided to seriously cripple the American fishing industry. By executive order, the former president designated a vast underwater expanse off the coast of New England as the nation’s first aquatic national monument. This decision, driven by evidence-free environmental concerns, effectively banned all commercial fishing in the area.

Scottish fishing industry leaders have clashed with the Scottish Government over Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to keep Scotland within the European Union (EU), warning that they will fight all efforts to do so. While the Scottish people voted 62 per cent

A leading fisherman has demanded Bob Geldof apologise for his Remain flotilla stunt which was “disrespectful to hard working communities”.

Nigel Farage’s pro-Brexit flotilla down the Thames has run into opposition from Vote Remain boats under the command of multi-millionaire pop star and SFJW (Social Focking Justice Warrior) Sir Bob Geldof. Harsh words have been exchanged; collisions only narrowly averted; one

The nations in the community of the South China Sea have begun to take growing action against China’s intrusions into their waters. The latest country to arrest Chinese fishermen present illegally in their territory is Taiwan, which has announced the arrest of 41 fishermen in possession of illegal turtles and coral in their territorial waters.

The 20th Annual Blessing of the Fleet was held in Trinidad, California early Thanksgiving morning at the usual start of the busy season for crab fishing.