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Proclamation Restores Fishing in Pacific Monuments
Executive Proclamation Restores Commercial Fishing in Pacific Marine Monuments, Unlocks Economic Opportunity
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Trump Reopens Pacific Marine Monuments to Fishing
President Donald Trump has restored commercial fishing within three Pacific marine national monuments, rolling back protections in areas long considered among the nation’s most pristine ocean ecosystems.
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SouthCoast Wind can lay its cable in RI waters
SouthCoast Wind is on hold at the federal level, but Rhode Island regulators are still clearing the way for plans to connect the proposed 141-turbine offshore wind farm to the regional power grid.
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Federal Climate Monitoring System Faces Shutdown
The National Science Foundation has begun dismantling a major ocean monitoring network more than a decade earlier than planned.
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SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to GPS Tracking Rule
The Supreme Court is considering a Maine lobsterman’s challenge to a state rule requiring federally licensed lobster boats to carry 24/7 GPS tracking devices, a case with potential implications for fisheries regulation
Alaska researchers using tagging data to reduce fishing bycatch
The URI fisheries and technology program legacy
MASSACHUSETTS: Feeling the pinch, state regulators double down on horseshoe crabs
MASSCHUSETTS: A way of life on the wane: Nantucket’s scallop fleet faces uncertain future
Half of U.S. Seafood Consumers Believe Oceans Can Be Saved From Irreparable Damage Over Next 20 Years
Opinion: Fisheries need science, not opinions
US bill would direct NOAA to create portable shrimp origin test
Executive Proclamation Restores Commercial Fishing in Pacific Marine Monuments, Unlocks Economic Opportunity
Trump restores commercial fishing in protected areas of Pacific Ocean
RHODE ISLAND: SouthCoast Wind can lay its cable in RI waters, if it ever gets built
Feds will abruptly dismantle system monitoring climate change, oceans
Governor Stresses Importance of Fisheries to American Samoa, Honors Fishery Council Leadership
Chinook salmon tagging data aims to help reduce trawler bycatch
OREGON: USDA Announces Office of Seafood
- US House passes agriculture appropriations bill with more funding for Office of Seafood
- US bill would direct NOAA to create portable shrimp origin test
- US bill targets flags of convenience
Washington
- RHODE ISLAND: SouthCoast Wind can lay its cable in RI waters, if it ever gets built
- MASSACHUSETTS: Feeling the pinch, state regulators double down on horseshoe crabs
- OREGON: USDA Announces Office of Seafood
State & Local
- Opinion: Fisheries need science, not opinions
- Alaska’s maritime economy works because we invest in people, not just projects
- Congressional investment in science essential to protect our ocean
Opinion
- Experts implore seafood industry to start looking beyond 100 percent utilization into total biomass optimization
- Trump administration continuing to resist issuing tariff refunds
- Red Lobster continues string of restaurant closures, restructures Endless Shrimp
Economic Impact
- Executive Proclamation Restores Commercial Fishing in Pacific Marine Monuments, Unlocks Economic Opportunity
- Trump restores commercial fishing in protected areas of Pacific Ocean
- Feds will abruptly dismantle system monitoring climate change, oceans
Fisheries Management
- CALIFORNIA: California seafood restaurant fined for violating commercial fishing laws
- Alaska halibut fisherman convicted in ghost fishing scheme
- Florida Keys commercial fisherman is sentenced to jail on lobster charges
Enforcement
- EU proposing complete ban on Russian cod, restrictions on other species
- Indian Ocean tuna regulator eases yellowfin fishing curbs amid sustainability concerns
- IOTC commits to reducing yellowfin tuna catch over time, advances monitoring measures
International Trade
- Half of U.S. Seafood Consumers Believe Oceans Can Be Saved From Irreparable Damage Over Next 20 Years
- Partnership Takes Net Recycling to the Next Level
- Updates from Partners on Engaging the Recreational Fishing Community to Restore Habitat through the National Fish Habitat Partnership
Conservation & Environment
- SCOTUS to consider lobsterman’s challenge to GPS tracking rule
- Fishermen prepared for the longest red snapper season in recent memory. A court order stopped it
- 7 states sue Trump administration over nearly $1 billion deal to halt offshore wind farm
Legal
- Governor Stresses Importance of Fisheries to American Samoa, Honors Fishery Council Leadership
- MAFMC and ASMFC Seek Participants for Recreational Sector Separation Workshop
- Council to Discuss Albacore Access, Seabed Mining at American Samoa Meeting