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 June 2018
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FISH-SAFE: Report from the International Fishing Industry Safety and Health Conference
Discussing weather, dehydration, more At 47.5615° N and 52.7126° W lies the delightful coastal city of St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was here I found myself on Jun. 10-14 attending the fifth International Fishing Industry Safety and Health (IFISH) conference. The prime sponsors of the event were the National Institute for …
Editorial – Lessons from an island about life, death, and pressing on
The words come hard. Really hard. Earlier this month, as the pieces and parts of this issue began to fall into place, I had designs for a special editorial to fill this space. It was sparked by seeing the first photos of Drew Eaton’s new boat (this month’s cover) and harkened back to a conversation …
NOAA Fisheries Navigator April 2018
EXCLUSIVE 4-Page Insert from the April 2018 edition of Commercial Fisheries News > Click page below to download .pdf file (2mb) <
FISH-SAFE: Here comes the sun – Don’t overlook eye protection
As spring finally creeps its way into the region, I was reminded this past week of the Beatles’ song with George Harrison’s catchy lyrics: “Here comes the sun Here comes the sun and I say it’s alright; Little darling, it’s been a long and lonely winter Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been …
Editorial – MLA elects new president; now Maine Fishermen’s Forum must also
There’s a changing of the guard at the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) that not only impacts the association’s members, lobster fishermen and others all along the coast, but also the venerable Maine Fishermen’s Forum. By now you have probably heard that Cutler lobsterman Kristan Porter is taking over the reins of the MLA from long-time …
Maine Fishermen’s Forum: An annual ritual for many; CFN too
Yep, no doubt about it. It’s Maine Fishermen’s Forum time again. Though the weather is likely to be snotty – it usually is – forum time means spring is just around the corner. Boats that were hauled for the winter will go back overboard. Dooryards will empty of their stacks of traps. And whoa Nelly, …
Maine Fishermen’s Forum promises more than ever
ROCKPORT, ME – The Maine Fishermen’s Forum (MFF) turns 43 years old this March, promising a full roster of events (see page 44) at the Samoset Resort in Rockport, Maine from Thursday, Mar. 1 through Saturday, Mar. 3. Regardless of which area of the commercial fishing industry happens to be your focus, few people attend …
SW Boatworks: A full stable of Beals Island designs
By Brian Robbins LAMOINE, ME – The year was 2008. The economy was soft. Lobster prices were down. It seemed that the last thing anybody was thinking about was having a new boat built. So what did Stewart Workman, owner of SW Boatworks (who up to that point had been a custom finisher of other …
Tselikis departs Maine Coast, to head-up ME Lobster Dealers Association full time
YORK, ME – Maine Coast, a live lobster wholesaler headquartered here, announced recently that Annie Tselikis – the company’s marketing manager – left at the end of January to become the full time executive director of the Maine Lobster Dealers Association (MLDA). During her two-year tenure at Maine Coast, Tselikis was concurrently working part time …
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