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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FISH SAFE – Sep’21
Dew Point and NOAA’s Digital Weather Website It was foggy on the Maine coast on August 10 and 11. Fog is common in the months of August and September in the coastal northeast. Fog doesn’t phase fishermen. They either know their territory very well without visible clues, or they use their electronics to navigate when the …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator October 2021
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NOAA Fisheries Navigator August 2021
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FISH-SAFE – July’21
This year’s numbers of disabled vessels and medevacs are high in USCG District 1 Each year for one of the summer issues of CFN, I review the Coast Guard (USCG) District 1 data year-to-date to see if there are any safety topics that need to be brought to the fore. This year the number of disabled …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator June 2021
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FISH SAFE – Caring for PFDs: Inspecting, rearming, and storing
Do you have a new personal flotation device (PFD) or lifejacket? Are you readying your present PFD gear for spring and summer fishing? Lend an ear. Here are some tips to help ensure that your PFD, which we hope you are wearing every time you are on the water, will be able to function as …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator April 2021
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Fish Safe – Good news for safety training programs in the region
Although it is still plenty cold along the East Coast, fishermen and the organizations that serve them are starting off 2021 with good news on the funding front and an impressive choice of safety trainings to attend. On Jan. 1, Congress overrode President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY21 which …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator February 2021
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FISH-SAFE: The mayday distress call – Where it originated, when to use it, and when not to
Before the mayday distress call existed, that is before the radio as we know it was in use, telegraph operators used the Morse Code signal — three dots, three dashes, three dots — to communicate distress. The sound of the tapped dots and dashes are often expressed as dih, dih, dih, dah, dah, dah, dih, …
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