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SCOTUS Strikes Trump Tariffs, Refunds Murky
The U.S. Supreme Court has found U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify his tariff program was illegal, invalidating a huge swath of tariffs.
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Community Honors Lost Lily Jean Crew Member
A woman who died in the sinking of the “Lily Jean” was remembered as “a spirited young woman” in her obituary.
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Feds Appeal Ruling on Trump Anti-Wind Memo
Relatedly, the Interior Secretary has said the administration plans to appeal separate court rulings that lifted federal suspension orders on five ongoing projects, including Vineyard Wind.
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Legal Fight Over Mass. Wind Energy Continues
Lawyers for the Trump administration are challenging — in a Massachusetts court — a federal judge’s December ruling that struck down a freeze on all permitting for wind energy projects nationwide.
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Deep-Sea Tech Used in Search for Sunken Boat
coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard. But winter weather and sea conditions have thus far slowed
Sea Grant funding holds steady in 2026
MAINE: Maine’s aquaculture industry highlighted in new campaign for public education
WASHINGTON: NOAA Fisheries denies ESA petition for Washington coast spring-run Chinook salmon
How EPA challenged Maryland offshore wind project
MASSACHUSETTS: Sunken Gloucester fishing boat: Will the Lily Jean and its crew ever be recovered?
US lawmakers ask government to provide financial aid for shellfish sector
FLORIDA: Florida’s space industry is confronting very earthly worries
US Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, but refund mechanism still hazy
MASSACHUSETTS: Lily Jean crew member lost at sea remembered as passionate conservationist
Feds deny ESA protections for crabs with blood used by humans
New study assesses geoengineering marine ecosystem risks, knowledge gaps
Final Report Available: Scallop Enhancement Project
Fishermen and Scientists Unite to Tackle Shark Depredation in the Pacific Islands
Menhaden Research Gets Federal Boost
- US lawmakers ask government to provide financial aid for shellfish sector
- Republican Farm Bill renewal would create USDA aquaculture advisory committee
- Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
Washington
- MASSACHUSETTS: Lily Jean crew member lost at sea remembered as passionate conservationist
- MAINE: Maine’s aquaculture industry highlighted in new campaign for public education
- WASHINGTON: NOAA Fisheries denies ESA petition for Washington coast spring-run Chinook salmon
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
- US Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, but refund mechanism still hazy
- 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
Economic Impact
- Sea Grant funding holds steady in 2026
- How EPA challenged Maryland offshore wind project
- NOAA claims steady progress was made on US aquaculture in 2025
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
- Feds deny ESA protections for crabs with blood used by humans
- Gear lending library helps Dungeness crabbers go ropeless
- Messaging Mariners in Real Time to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strikes
Conservation & Environment
- Feds appeal ruling that voided Trump’s Day One anti-wind memo
- Legal tug-of-war over wind energy in Mass. continues with Trump admin challenge
- Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume
Legal
- Fishermen and Scientists Unite to Tackle Shark Depredation in the Pacific Islands
- 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
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