fisherman

As of Tuesday afternoon, a change.org petition submitted by the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative urging Seafood Watch to “reconsider” had more than 2,600 signatures, with hundreds of them being added in a matter of hours.

A week after Seafood Watch, a California group based at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, told consumers and businesses to “avoid” New England lobster because of what it says are threats to endangered right whales from fishing gear, people in Maine are still livid at what they see as an unfair designation. As of Tuesday afternoon, a change.org petition submitted...

There was a water search Friday evening for a fisherman possibly missing off the coast of Nahant, Massachusetts the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard received a call at 5:15 p.m. for a reported missing fisherman. The caller stated they saw someone fishing off Bailey’s Hill. At some point they looked back and no longer saw the fisherman....

Authorities in Maine recovered the body of a fisherman from a harbor Friday evening with help from a large search party. The state Department of Marine Resources said its marine patrol, with the help of local fishermen, pulled the body from Port Clyde Harbor in St. George. The agency received a report earlier that a local fisherman’s skiff was...

Nick McGlashan, who appeared on 78 episodes of Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch,” has died at the age of 33, E! News can confirm.

The missing men who were on a commercial fishing boat that sank off Massachusetts this week were all Maine fishermen, authorities said. The Coast Guard said Tuesday it has called off the search for the crew of the Portland-based Emmy Rose that sank early Monday morning when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Sustainable Harvest Sector, a group…

A fisherman went overboard in Massachusetts and later died, according to Coast Guard officials. A crewman aboard the Miss Sandy went overboard as the Gloucester vessel returned from fishing Monday afternoon, the Gloucester Daily Times reported. Nicolo Vitale, 49, was located in the water and died at Addison Gilbert Hospital that evening. Chief Warrant Officer John Roberts said the crewman was…

After a commercial fishing vessel capsized Sunday of Martha’s Vineyard, the United States Coast Guard continued their search Monday for three missing fishermen.

The United States Coast Guard has suspended its search for three missing fishermen after a commercial fishing vessel capsized Sunday about 24 miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard. Crews had been searching for the missing men after receiving an alert from an emergency locating device on the vessel at 3:18 p.m. Sunday. The vessel was identified as the Leonardo, a 57-foot...

Rescue crews have found one fisherman and are searching for three more from a boat that apparently sank off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, authorities said. Air Station Cape Cod received a distress signal Sunday from a boat that capsized and sank, according to the Coast Guard.

The two men who died when their boats crashed over the weekend on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee were identified Tuesday.

A fisherman has died after being swept off the rocks into the waters off Rhode Island. Rescue crews responded to Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after a witness called 911 to report a man was swept off the rocks while fishing.

A rare, two-toned lobster has been saved from the boiling pot and is now on display at a marine education center in Stonington, Maine. Stonington fisherman Capt. Daryl Dunham caught the red and black crustacean last week and brought it to the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries’ Discovery Wharf.

A fisherman was pulled by firefighters from waters below the Holyoke Dam after being trapped in the dark for several hours by a fast-moving current. Masslive.com reports the 41-year-old fisherman from Springfield was rescued early Sunday morning and taken to the hospital for evaluation of exposure.

A 55-year-old fisherman was rescued from his boat after experiencing a medical issue Saturday.

A fisherman was rescued off Nantucket early Saturday. The U.S. Coast Guard received a call about a 55-year-old fisherman who was having heart attack-like symptoms around 3 a.m. Saturday.

A beach in Wellfleet was cleared for a short time after a shark sighting.

A possible shark sighting cleared a beach in Duxbury for a short time.