Tag: Fishing
Rhode Island Breakers launches as state’s first pro offshore fishing team
EAST GREENWICH – A new professional sports franchise is debuting in the state this week.
The Rhode Island Breakers Angling Club will launch its inaugural...
R.I. fishermen push to block more offshore wind projects after Revolution...
NARRAGANSETT – Desautel Browning Law, the firm representing a coalition of Rhode Island fishermen that filed a petition to halt offshore wind development, held...
Family fishing charter sailing strong for 3 decades
Now in its 30th year, Newport-based Sara Star Fishing Charters is a study in small-business succession planning.
The business was founded in 1995 by Capt....
Fishermen battling with changing oceans chart new course after Trump’s push...
STONINGTON, Maine (AP) – Virginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine's chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state's lifeblood industry...
Sea Fresh USA sold to South American seafood conglomerate
PROVIDENCE – Sea Fresh USA, a squid products distributor with operations in both Narragansett and North Kingstown, was sold to Oceano Seafood, an international...
Blue Harvest Fisheries files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
NEW BEDFORD – A Massachusetts-based fishing and processing company has filed for bankruptcy.
Blue Harvest Fisheries LLC filed Chapter 7 protection on Sept. 8 in...
Mako shark fishing shut down to try to rebuild species
BOSTON (AP) – The federal government is shutting down fishing of a popular species of shark to try to give the animals a chance...
R.I. innovator develops ‘ropeless’ lobster fishing technology
NORTH KINGSTOWN — Traditional lobster and crab traps operate through a simple mechanism, using ropes and buoys. But the traps have created a mess...
At The Town Dock, calamari is made by the boatload
Calamari has a cult following in Rhode Island, crowned the official state appetizer in 2014.
But how many calamari connoisseurs know what it takes to...
China’s fishing tactics provoke the U.S.
China’s aggressive, sometimes illegal fishing practices are the latest source of conflict with the United States.
China has the world’s largest fishing fleet. Beijing claims...
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