Products
Wesmar changes hands after 52 years
Bruce H. Blakey, founder and President of Wesmar, has announced the sale of his company to local businessman Roger Fellows.
FiskerForum
23/11/2017
ANNONCER
Country Specific News
Land: United States
Products
Sonar’s searchlight and scan modes
Wesmar has been getting some enthusiastic feedback on its powerful new HD860 Dual Stabilized Beam sonar from Dutch Harbor, the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, and as far south as Mexico.
FiskerForum
21/10/2017
Products
Inmarsat launches new Pacific North West plan for Fleet One
Inmarsat Maritime has launched a new fishing pricing plan for the Pacific North West which will make it easier and more economical for regional Fleet One users to get live weather updates, track and trace fish, and send catch reports.
FiskerForum
27/09/2017
Administration
NOAA designates critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon
NOAA Fisheries has designated critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon as an important step to ensuring their recovery.
FiskerForum
07/09/2017
Fishing
No overfishing on Atlantic menhaden
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Menhaden Management Board has reviewed the results of the 2017 assessment and concluded that the resource is healthy.
FiskerForum
04/08/2017
Fish Species
Clam catcher from Florida yard
Florida shipyard Patti Marine Enterprises has delivered an original concept design clam catcher, developed with the Truex family’s company SeaWatch International which operates 30 vessels and is the largest US harvester of offshore clams.
FiskerForum
29/07/2017
News
NOAA locates crabber wreck
Two NOAA ships, en route to scientific missions in Alaskan waters, have been instrumental in locating a missing fishing vessel, at the request of the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation.
FiskerForum
21/07/2017
Fish Species
A deck load of shrimp
A deck load of shrimp is not something you are generally prepared for. Just ask Buddy King of the 78-foot Pacific Hooker fishing from Brookings, Oregon, who has been using Wesmar’s new dual stabilised beam HD860-60kHz sonar in the shrimp fishery off the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts.
FiskerForum
19/07/2017
Administration
‘US fisheries are big business’
Two newly published reports have outlined US progress in managing marine resources, with commercial and recreational fishing generating $208 billion in sales in 2015 and supporting 1.6 million full and part-time jobs.
FiskerForum
18/05/2017
Fishing
O’Hara is hiring
Ever dreamed about escaping to Alaska? Plenty of people have, and now here’s your opportunity.
FiskerForum
03/05/2017