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Regulators Approve Bay Menhaden Limits
Commercial fishermen will face new menhaden catch limits in the Chesapeake Bay beginning next year after regional fisheries managers approved new limits Wednesday.
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Prince William Sound Pink Salmon Harvest Hits Low
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has reported a below-average commercial salmon season in Prince William Sound (PWS), despite forecasting a strong season.
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U.S. Firms Seek Pacific Deep-Sea Mining Permits
Two U.S. companies have applied for seabed mining exploration licenses in international waters near the Cook Islands, Kiribati, and French Polynesia, drawing opposition from local officials and environmental groups.
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Alaska Biologists Forecast Normal Bristol Bay Run
Alaska fishery biologists expect next year’s run of sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay — site of the world’s largest sockeye runs — to be about normal.
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NOAA Advances Plan to Reopen Pacific Monument
NOAA Fisheries proposes reopening about 408,000 square miles of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial longline and purse seine fishing after more than a decade of restrictions.
ASMFC makes 9 percent cut to 2027 menhaden quota
Menhaden fisheries along East Coast face further harvest restrictions
Can crop insurance offer fishermen a better safety net?
National Aquaculture Association: America First Seafood Strategy needs a larger focus on aquaculture
Maine Lobstermen’s Association celebrates change in Right Whale policy
Dr. Wilson Laney Receives Captain David H. Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to Atlantic Coast Fisheries
Regulators approve new Chesapeake Bay menhaden limits; Virginia votes against
ALASKA: Prince William Sound reports lowest pink salmon harvest since the late 1970s
US companies apply to explore deep-sea mining in area bordering Pacific island states
UOG CIS & Sea Grant opens applications for up to $100,000 in research funding
ALASKA: Applications open for 2022 Kuskokwim and Yukon salmon disaster relief
ALASKA: BBRSDA receives grant funding for sonar salmon counting and marketing push
ALASKA: Another normal year expected for Bristol Bay sockeye salmon, Alaska biologists say
NOAA moves forward with plan to reopen Pacific monument
- Democrat blue wave could reshape US seafood agenda
- US bill would direct EPA to study removing microplastics from the environment
- Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot
Washington
- ALASKA: Prince William Sound reports lowest pink salmon harvest since the late 1970s
- ALASKA: Applications open for 2022 Kuskokwim and Yukon salmon disaster relief
- ALASKA: BBRSDA receives grant funding for sonar salmon counting and marketing push
State & Local
- Winegrad’s menhaden claims leave out the science — and the people
- Matt Strickler’s menhaden argument leaves working Virginians out of the picture
- Opinion: Reopen the investigation of the F/V Mistress
Opinion
- Can crop insurance offer fishermen a better safety net?
- “It Reaches the Kitchen Table”: Northern Neck Families Warn of Human Cost of Menhaden Restrictions
- Amazon sees quick ROI on perishable goods delivery service, with seafood growth leading the charge
Economic Impact
- Regulators approve new Chesapeake Bay menhaden limits; Virginia votes against
- US companies apply to explore deep-sea mining in area bordering Pacific island states
- ASMFC makes 9 percent cut to 2027 menhaden quota
Fisheries Management
- Hawaii fishing industry applauds new federal law targeting tuna fraud
- US Customs and Border Protection expecting USD 8.9 million in tuna mislabeling penalties
- Multiyear undercover investigation takes down illegal commercial fishing operation in Florida
Enforcement
- UN considering proposal to phase out trawling on seamounts
- War in the Middle East continuing to disrupt Iran’s fisheries sector, with estimated millions in losses
- URI to join State Department grant to help feed the future in fisheries
International Trade
- Menhaden industry cites rough weather, urges science before cuts
- Tropical fish off the Massachusetts coast? Warming ocean temperatures changing the catch.
- US data shows shark depredation tripled in Gulf, Southeast Atlantic over 20 years
Conservation & Environment
- Wild Fish Conservancy says it intends to sue over alleged mismanagement of Alaska fisheries
- Washington crab fishermen challenge GPS vessel tracking in court
- Conservation group to sue over Kodiak, Gulf salmon management
Legal
- Dr. Wilson Laney Receives Captain David H. Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to Atlantic Coast Fisheries
- ASMFC Horseshoe Crab Board Initiates Draft Addendum X to Consider Stakeholder Recommended Changes to the ARM Framework
- ASMFC Coastal Sharks Board Sets Specifications for 2027-2031 to Complement the Federal Default Season Start Date and Retention Limits