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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....

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…

New legislation aims to phase out mile-long fishing nets off the California coast that have entangled and killed sea life, including endangered species, by the thousands over the past few decades. The gear, known as drift gill nets, are mainly used to catch swordfish but often net far more than what fisherman are actually targeting, according to an analysis by...

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 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.

Another weekend is finally here and there is no shortage of fun ways to spend it! From the 152nd Marshfield Fair to a movie on Boston Harbor, the 109th Anniversary of the Fisherman’s Feast, the Cambridge Food Truck Festival and a whole lot more – check out our picks for your weekend of fun!

August is in full swing and so is the fun happening throughout Greater Boston. From the 152nd annual Marshfield Fair to the 109th Fisherman’s Feast, movie nights, festivals, concerts and more, there are a ton of great ways to have fun for the entire family. Check out our picks for your week ahead:

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.

Summer is in full swing and so are the events throughout the area this week. From Boston Calling block parties on the Greenway to Gloucester’s St. Peter’s Fiesta Festival to Cornhole on The Lawn on D and more, we’ve got plenty of fun to choose from all week long.

A shark was spotted by a fisherman off the coast of Manchester-by-the-Sea.

In a dimly lit basement room on Fisherman’s Wharf, well-fed rats are scurrying around, their hairless tails trailing behind them as they pick up and eat individual pieces of breakfast cereal and glance around with their beady eyes. In almost all cases, this would be cause for a San Francisco business to get an untimely visit from the city’s health...

In a dimly lit basement room on Fisherman’s Wharf, well-fed rats are scurrying around, their hairless tails trailing behind them as they pick up and eat individual pieces of breakfast cereal and glance around with their beady eyes. In almost all cases, this would be cause for a San Francisco business to get an untimely visit from the city’s health...