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Search Ongoing for Sunken Vessel off Gloucester
State and federal agencies are still searching for details to explain what caused a commercial fishing vessel to sink off the coast of Gloucester last month, killing all seven people who were on board.
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NOAA Reports 2025 Gains in U.S. Aquaculture
Following directives from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, NOAA’s Aquaculture Program said it made steady progress in 2025 on exploring new aquaculture projects in the U.S.
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Bipartisan Bill Backs U.S. Offshore Aquaculture
The MARA Act would support farming research for deep ocean waters. It has a good chance of passing.
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States could net control of red snapper season
NOAA took its first step toward giving south Atlantic states regulatory authority over a popular sportfish.
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NOAA Snapper Access Plan Draws Growing Debate
NOAA Fisheries is accepting public comments on Exempted Fishing Permit applications from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
LOUISIANA: In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks
FLORIDA: Florida pushes for longest recreational red snapper season in 15 years
Seafood inflation outpaces food inflation in January, but winter storms cause shelf-stable sales to soar in US
MASSACHUSETTS: North Shore mourns father and son killed on sunken Gloucester fishing boat
MASSACHUSETTS: Lily Jean crew member lost at sea was loyal, hard-working friend
ALASKA: With Western Alaska salmon runs weak, managers set limits on the pollock fleet’s chum bycatch
Resilient demand propping up seafood prices as early 2026 supplies tighten, Rabobank reports
MASSACHUSETTS: Search continues for sunken fishing vessel off Gloucester coast
NOAA claims steady progress was made on US aquaculture in 2025
Meeting Summary and Motion from the February 10, 2026 Joint Meeting of the MAFMC and ISFMP Policy Board
Republican Farm Bill renewal would create USDA aquaculture advisory committee
ASMFC Begins Preparations for Benchmark Stock Assessment for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
States could net control of red snapper season
- Republican Farm Bill renewal would create USDA aquaculture advisory committee
- Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
- More Republicans buck Trump on offshore wind
Washington
- MASSACHUSETTS: Search continues for sunken fishing vessel off Gloucester coast
- LOUISIANA: In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks
- FLORIDA: Florida pushes for longest recreational red snapper season in 15 years
State & Local
- American seafood is national security — and Washington is failing fishermen
- Op-ed: A momentous US Supreme Court decision
- Environmental groups’ excessive court challenges are about raising funds, not protecting fisheries
Opinion
- Seafood inflation outpaces food inflation in January, but winter storms cause shelf-stable sales to soar in US
- Resilient demand propping up seafood prices as early 2026 supplies tighten, Rabobank reports
- US House votes to end Trump tariffs on Canada
Economic Impact
- NOAA claims steady progress was made on US aquaculture in 2025
- States could net control of red snapper season
- NPFMC rejects hard cap on Western Alaska chum salmon bycatch, but approves corridor closure to allow fish passage
Fisheries Management
- Alabama, Gulf Coast senators push NOAA to tighten enforcement against illegal Mexican fishing in Gulf
- US senators demand NOAA Fisheries improve enforcement against illegal red snapper harvesting
- US Coast Guard debriefs Congress on efforts to stop IUU fishing
Enforcement
- FAO study estimates 20 percent of seafood is subject to fraud
- US pushes AI funding, fisheries tech at APEC amid China rivalry
- WTO hands out first tranche of grants to help developing countries meet terms of fishing subsidy deal
International Trade
- Messaging Mariners in Real Time to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strikes
- NOAA Fisheries Seeks Input on Groundfish Rules Proposed to Reduce Entanglements
- Rising ocean temperatures could devastate scallop fishery
Conservation & Environment
- Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume
- Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects
- Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind Receives Injunction Against Trump Administration
Legal
- Meeting Summary and Motion from the February 10, 2026 Joint Meeting of the MAFMC and ISFMP Policy Board
- ASMFC Begins Preparations for Benchmark Stock Assessment for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia
- Fishers, Scientists and Community Invited to Talk Shark Depredation
Council Actions
- Untangling the Net: Independent Fishermen Push Back Against Bureaucratic Overreach
- NOAA urges boaters to slow down in seasonal whale areas
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Closure of Commercial Atlantic Mackerel Fishery