Commercial Fisheries News is the Northeast’s commercial fishing industry newspaper. Published monthly, CFN provides the latest waterfront news along with coverage of the state and federal rules and regulations affecting the harvest of all the region’s major species. Regular features include lobster and fish market reports, a safety column, new boats, the enforcement report, and the popular and effective Classifieds.

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NOAA Fisheries Navigator August 2024

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Fish Safe – Incident reporting: what to do

We talk a lot in this column about preventing fatal and non-fatal injuries in the fishing industry.  Some years we have fewer injuries than others: from January 1 to June 2, 2023, there were 10 death, medico, medevac, or man overboard incidents, while from January 1 to June 5, 2022, there were 14 such incidents, …

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Fish Safe – Safety around wind farms: the USCG’s role (Part II)

This is the second installment of two (the first can be found in the November CFN Fish Safe) focused on the USCG Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular No. 01-19 (NVIC 01-19), which can be found at <https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/5ps/NVIC/2019/NVIC%2001-19-COMDTPUB-P16700-4-dtd-01-Aug-2019-Signed.pdf?ver=2019-08-08-160540-483>.  The purpose of this document is “to provide guidance on information and factors the Coast Guard will consider …

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Fish Safe – Safety around wind farms: the USCG’s role (Part 1)

Wind farms are on the horizon – literally.  Although there are pauses in their planning and development, it is expected that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) – the designated lead agency for Offshore Renewable Energy Installation (OREI) – will site a number of them in the coming months or years.  Some 30GW of …

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NOAA Fisheries Navigator June 2024

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NOAA Fisheries Navigator April 2024

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NOAA Fisheries Navigator February 2024

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NOAA Fisheries Navigator December 2023

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NOAA Fisheries Navigator October 2023

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Fish Safe – May 2023

Electromagnetic waves: the good and the bad As a fisherman, it’s common for you to think and talk about waves – the kind you encounter when working on the ocean. But what about electromagnetic waves?  The radio waves powering your VHF radio; the light waves enabling you to see other boats; or the waves warming …

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