Atlantic herring lying low off N.S. The Chronicle Herald By John McPhee Aug 28, 2010 Atlantic herring are known to be the oddballs of the ocean, but their behaviour in recent years even has the ex...

The mackerel wars: Europe's fish tiff with Iceland Time By Leo Cendrowicz August 27, 2010 The water separating Iceland from the rest of Europe has been choppy these past few years. After Iceland's...

Britain prepares for mackerel war with Iceland The Guardian By Caroline Davies August 22, 2010 It's summer, and off the coast of Britain anglers are enjoying a blue-grey abundance of mackerel. Bar...

More great white sharks spotted off Cape Cod WBZ News August 19, 2010 More sharks have been spotted off Cape Cod. This time a spotter flying over Chatham saw two great white sharks near Monomoy ...

Iceland and Faroe mackerel warning for Scottish fleet BBC News August 10, 2010 Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead warned their quotas were "short-sighted and selfish". It followed the Faroes d...

On the hunt - for research The Boston Globe By Jack Nicas August 1, 2010 A longtime lobsterman, a retired Delta Air Lines pilot, and one of the world's leading shark experts. Last summer off the...

Fishy circumstances muddle menhaden's fate The Baltimore Sun By Candus Thomson July 31, 2010 It doesn't take a crystal ball filled with filthy Chesapeake Bay water to realize that when it comes to...

Great white shark tagged near Cape Cod UPI July 29, 2010 Massachusetts wildlife officials say they've tagged their first great white shark of the year, after tagging five of the creatures in local...

Iceland wants to stay out of EU fishing policy Businessweek By Stephanie Fleming July 27, 2010 Iceland opened membership talks with the European Union on Tuesday, saying it wants to sit "at the fa...

Iceland to expand fish farming effort FISHupdate July, 15 2010 Fish farming remains a small part of Iceland's overall fishing industry, but it is set to grow, says the Islandsbanki seafood report....

Warming waters exacerbate dwindling fisheries Scientific American By Doug Struck July 13, 2010 Pete Libra is frustrated. The 40-year-old cod fisherman sees lots of fish in the ocean, and he wants ...

Seaweed products begins further expansion The Working Waterfront By Muriel L. Hendrix July 8, 2010 Like so many entrepreneurial ventures with food products, Ocean Approved frozen seaweed started w...

Researchers support the future of eel Science Centric July 7, 2010 The reproduction of eels in captivity has become an important research focus due to the severe decline of the natural stocks. Lea...

Red-snapper ban heads to vote this week News-Journal By Dinah Voyles Pulver June 8, 2010 A dozen Volusia County boat captains and fishermen were among dozens who sat down Monday night with federal...

More Atlantic cod stocks are at risk FIS May 7, 2010 The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) recently assessed the risk of extinction for 51 Canadian wildlife specie...

U.S. oil spill could hit Atlantic tuna CBC News May 3, 2010 The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could have a serious long-term impact on tuna stocks off Atlantic Canada. The Gulf is the spawning...

Protecting groundfish VOA News April 27, 2010 Groundfish are fish species that live on or near the body of water they inhabit. The United States Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmos...

Bluefin tuna fishing continues in Japan France24 News By Julien Alric, Nathalie Tourret April 16, 2010 At the end of March, after an intense lobbying campaign, Japan successfully prevented a ban o...

Spawning habits of sturgeon studied Delmarva Now By Molly Murray April 11, 2010 In the moments before Matthew Breece spotted the massive Atlantic sturgeon in the net, there was a shout of "bubbles...

Croaker moving up the Atlantic FIS March 19, 2010 Two dozen fish species in the Atlantic Ocean have been found to be migrating increasingly north, according to a recent study by the National Ocean...

Herring fishery could close by 2012 Times Herald-Record By Adam Bosch March 8, 2010 An interstate commission has told New York and 14 other states to outlaw herring fishing, a staple of the Hudson...

Atlantic octopus mimics flounders-a first National Geographic News By Rachel Kaufman March 5, 2010 Over the past decade, several Atlantic longarm octopuses have been captured on video imitating th...

Fisherman worried about red snapper ban Carolina Live By Joel Allen March 3, 2010 Grand Strand fishermen are fighting a proposal they say could put them out of business. A federal agency may close...

U.S. backs efforts to ban trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna The Washington Post By Juliet Eilperin March 3, 2010 The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it supports prohibiting international tra...

Playing Now: "Return of the Vanished Red Snappers" Florida Sportsman January 31, 2010 That could be the title of our federal fisheries managers' first science fiction production. Like a magician...

Frigid temperatures take toll on marine life JDNews By Jannette Pippin January 9, 2010 Marine animals have not been immune to the bitter cold that continues to grip the region. As water temperat...

Atlantic sturgeon eyed for listing as threatened Bangor Daily News By Kevin Miller January 8, 2010 Federal officials announced Thursday that they are considering whether to designate the Atlantic ...

Red snapper ban stirs controversy among fishermen NPR By Greg Allen January 6, 2010 In Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, a new federal rule has fishermen angry. A ban on fishing for red snapper-...

More NE Atlantic fish stocks are overfished Courthouse News Service January 6, 2010 The North East Atlantic stocks of pollack and three types of flounder are overfished and in need of immediate re...