As Trump administration upends international trade, seafood companies point out areas for improvement
Nantucket officials, group challenge 3 offshore wind projects
HAWAII: Hawaiสปi longline fishers experience โall-time lowโ in profits
NEW JERSEY: Attentive Energy offshore wind project seeks 1-year delay in $37.3M payments mandated by state
Rhode Island lawmakers continue push for seat on Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
NOAA Issues Ropeless Gear Advisory to Mariners as Testing Begins
Western Pacific Fishery Council Urges Increased Federal Funding
MASSACHUSETTS: State launches โacousticโ program using buoys to monitor endangered right whales off Mass. coast
Judge Rejects Need for New EIS in Alaska Trawl Fishing Case
ALASKA: Vance calls on board of fish to clarify stance on Cook Inlet commercial fisheries
Research cruises assess North Carolina marine resources
US lawmakers propose transferring blue catfish inspections back to the FDA
NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina adopts 18 new marine fisheries rules
Changing Environment and Presidential Executive Orders
- US lawmakers propose transferring blue catfish inspections back to the FDA
- NOAA Fisheriesโ plan to expand Seafood Import Monitoring Program still leaves questions
- US Senate passes Coast Guard authorization bill with support for commercial fisheries
Washington
- HAWAII: Hawaiสปi longline fishers experience โall-time lowโ in profits
- NEW JERSEY: Attentive Energy offshore wind project seeks 1-year delay in $37.3M payments mandated by state
- MASSACHUSETTS: State launches โacousticโ program using buoys to monitor endangered right whales off Mass. coast
State & Local
- Itโs time for collaborative management of North Carolina fisheries
- Russiaโs ongoing war on Alaska fishermen
- Op-ed: Fighting forced labor across tuna supply chains: Progress requires companies to work with fishersโ unions
Opinion
- As Trump administration upends international trade, seafood companies point out areas for improvement
- US shrimp imports up in January, thanks to a big boost from India
- FMI Power of Seafood 2025: Inflationary perceptions just one of several headwinds facing fresh seafood at US retail
Economic Impact
- Rhode Island lawmakers continue push for seat on Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
- NOAA Issues Ropeless Gear Advisory to Mariners as Testing Begins
- NOAA slowdowns and new science delay the usual โscrambleโ to set fishing catch limits
Fisheries Management
- NOAA pilots rapid genetics test to find trafficked seafood
- US Customs officers detain 3 employees at New Jersey seafood wholesaler
- Washington state officers cite group for illegal crab harvesting
Enforcement
- Workersโ rights campaign continues push for Wi-Fi on distant-water fishing vessels
- USDA seeking US tuna, walleye suppliers
- Recent bout of USAID funding cuts include over USD 1 million to China fisheries watchdog
International Trade
- Exxon Valdez spill shaped history 36 years ago. What have we learned?
- New Dam Removal Project Reinvigorates Effort to Open the Raritan River for Migratory Fish
- Celebrating 15 Years of Surveying Protected Species in the Northwest Atlantic
Conservation & Environment
- Nantucket officials, group challenge 3 offshore wind projects
- Judge Rejects Need for New EIS in Alaska Trawl Fishing Case
- ACK For Whales Files New Challenge Of Vineyard Wind Permit
Legal
- Western Pacific Fishery Council Urges Increased Federal Funding
- Changing Environment and Presidential Executive Orders
- Fishing Council Flags Economic Burdens of Electronic Monitoring, Backs Relief