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Menhaden Workers Caught in Fishery Debate
Ocean Harvesters and Omega Protein employees warn proposed cuts of up to 50% to Chesapeake Bay menhaden harvests could reduce pay and threaten jobs in a fishery supporting about 510 workers.
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Alaska Troll Fleet Expands Electronic Logbooks
The Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust received a $293,000 grant to expand electronic logbook and oceanographic data collection aboard Southeast Alaska salmon troll vessels.
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Several whales got entangled along the Maine coast
A new report finds there were 76 confirmed entangled large whales documented along the coasts of the United States in 2025.
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Alaska Sets Red King Crab Harvest Goals
Southeast Alaska’s first consecutive commercial red king crab fishery in decades opens Nov. 1.
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CA tops U.S. in whale entanglements
NOAA Fisheries has released a report documenting 76 confirmed whale entanglements across the United States in 2025, a decrease from 95 cases the previous year, with California reporting the highest number of incidents.
Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
New apprenticeship changes path into Maine scallop fishery
Menhaden fishery workers caught in the middle of debate
ALASKA: Alaska troll fleet to expand electronic logbook, data collection
Kitty Simonds receives outstanding contribution to Pacific Coast Fisheries Award
ALASKA: Southeast economy heats up: NOAA ship arrives in Ketchikan as federal contracts fuel shipyard growth
Guam fishers spend more time trolling, land 53% less fish in 2025
MAINE: Eastport files motion to intervene in underwater data center case
ALASKA: Alaska fishing and wildlife groups raise alarm over proposal for underwater Cook Inlet data center
US senator moves to raise tariffs on Ecuadorian shrimp
MAINE: Several whales got entangled along the Maine coast in 2025, federal report finds
ALASKA: Managers use last year’s fishery to set Southeast Alaska’s red king crab harvest goals
California tops U.S. in whale entanglements, NOAA report finds
Menhaden industry group pushes back on forage fish claims
- Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
- US senator moves to raise tariffs on Ecuadorian shrimp
- As Trump rolls back endangered species protections, US lawmakers push bill to support their recovery
Washington
- ALASKA: Alaska troll fleet to expand electronic logbook, data collection
- ALASKA: Southeast economy heats up: NOAA ship arrives in Ketchikan as federal contracts fuel shipyard growth
- MAINE: Eastport files motion to intervene in underwater data center case
State & Local
- Opinion: Reopen the investigation of the F/V Mistress
- NEFSA’S JASON JOYCE: Before blaming fishermen, Chesapeake Bay needs better menhaden data
- USDA announces nearly USD 20 million in catfish awards
Opinion
- USDA awards USD 2 million in Alaska pollock contracts
- Diesel at $6.52 squeezes fishing fleets as lobster demand sags
- Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust
Economic Impact
- Menhaden fishery workers caught in the middle of debate
- Guam fishers spend more time trolling, land 53% less fish in 2025
- New apprenticeship changes path into Maine scallop fishery
Fisheries Management
- NOAA proposal could change protections for NC right whales, turtles
- US Department of Labor recovers USD 732,976 in unpaid wages for workers at Florida seafood buffet
- US pledges USD 17 million to fight IUU fishing in the Pacific Islands
Enforcement
- Empty nets in Latin America as fish flee El Niño
- The Scramble for the Open Seas
- UN, in collab with WWF, publishes new Ocean Investment Protocol
International Trade
- California tops U.S. in whale entanglements, NOAA report finds
- Commercial fishers ask NOAA to downlist Atlantic sturgeon
- Aquaculture stakeholders push back against claims made in chef-led, anti-salmon farming campaign
Conservation & Environment
- Maine lobsterman takes GPS tracker fight to Supreme Court, calls it ‘government surveillance’
- NORTH CAROLINA: NC appeals ruling that it mismanaged the state’s coastal fisheries
- 21 states challenge ESA changes that could affect US fisheries
Legal
- Applicants Sought to Conduct Phase II of the Pilot Regional Industry-Based Bottom Trawl Survey Proposals Due December 4, 2026
- Kitty Simonds Receives Outstanding Contribution to Pacific Coast Fisheries Award
- Council Takes Action on Scallops, Herring, and Habitat; Elects Officers