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Some Seas Face Near-Constant Heat Waves
Seas recover. That’s the working assumption behind most marine conservation planning – heatwaves arrive, fish flee or die, then the water cools and the count resets.
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Marine Heat Wave Threatens California Wildlife
The ocean off California’s coast is heating up again — and this time, the impacts are showing up on shore.
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R.I. Quahog Industry Hit by Sewage Spill
Rhode Island quahoggers are facing mounting financial losses following a sewage spill that forced the closure of key shellfishing waters in the Providence River.
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Research Advances Automated Bycatch Monitoring
New research on automated bycatch monitoring in Alaska pollock trawls concludes that developing accurate tracking methods is only an initial step toward potential applications.
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More than one way to save a whale
Pop-up gear has been promoted as the best way to protect whales from entanglement, but there are other options.
MASSACHUSETTS: New Bedford exhibit explores fishing’s complex history
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds evidence of heavy fishing in largely uncovered “twilight zone”
Conservationists ask to defend US right whale speed rule in court
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Peddles a False Menhaden Crisis—Not Science
NOAA Fisheries Finds Listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act “Not Warranted”
NOAA lifts crab import bans from key countries following Eastern Shore seafood industry pushback
US Supreme Court declines to hear case brought by Alaska commercial fishers
Some seas may soon be trapped in near-permanent heatwaves, scientists warn
Wildlife faces die-off risk as marine heat wave lingers over California
RHODE ISLAND: Rhode Island quahog industry reels from ‘gut-wrenching’ sewage spill
US House passes Save Our Shrimpers Act
Marine life finds new home at base of wind turbines
Request for Proposals: Pacific Island Fishery Governance and Policy Projects
How the humpback whale made a massive comeback in the Salish Sea
- US House passes Save Our Shrimpers Act
- Trump Administration says it supports Rep. Golden’s proposal to delay right whale regulation
- Bill to delay right whale regulations gains support from Trump and Maine fishermen
Washington
- RHODE ISLAND: Rhode Island quahog industry reels from ‘gut-wrenching’ sewage spill
- MASSACHUSETTS: New Bedford exhibit explores fishing’s complex history
- SOUTH CAROLINA: South Carolina anglers to get longer red snapper season under new permits
State & Local
- Alaska’s maritime economy works because we invest in people, not just projects
- Congressional investment in science essential to protect our ocean
- BEN LANDRY: Call to shut down menhaden fishery is unwarranted
Opinion
- NOAA lifts crab import bans from key countries following Eastern Shore seafood industry pushback
- US Court of International Trade rules Trump’s 10 percent tariff also illegal
- Seafood need not be reinvented, but it does need to compete
Economic Impact
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Peddles a False Menhaden Crisis—Not Science
- Magnuson-Stevens Act at 50: Charting a Course to Sustainable Fisheries
- Trump proposes 41 percent cut to NOAA Fisheries budget, transferring ESA and MMPA responsibilities
Fisheries Management
- Alaska halibut fisherman convicted in ghost fishing scheme
- Florida Keys commercial fisherman is sentenced to jail on lobster charges
- United States Pushes for Stronger Action to Fight Illegal Fishing and Sustainably Manage Fisheries in the North Pacific
Enforcement
- Sharks and rays do not know boundaries and a new high seas treaty seeks to protect them
- IOTC kicks off 30th annual meeting; ISSF pushing for more momentum on management procedures
- Activist group deliberately rams Aker krill fishing vessel
International Trade
- Wildlife faces die-off risk as marine heat wave lingers over California
- NOAA Fisheries Finds Listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act “Not Warranted”
- How the humpback whale made a massive comeback in the Salish Sea
Conservation & Environment
- Conservationists ask to defend US right whale speed rule in court
- US Supreme Court declines to hear case brought by Alaska commercial fishers
- Conservation groups launch lawsuit after Trump admin reopens Seamounts monument to fishing
Legal
- Request for Proposals: Pacific Island Fishery Governance and Policy Projects
- NEFMC Meeting Reminder: RSA Share Day – Tue, May 12
- ASMFC 2026 Spring Meeting Press Releases, Meeting Summaries, Motions, and Audio Files Now Available