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Trawling, Bycatch Shape Alaska Senate Race
Trawling ships that over the years have incidentally scooped up and wasted millions of pounds of salmon and other fish have burst onto the forefront of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.
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Feds Weigh New Mid-Atlantic Whale Rules
Federal fisheries officials are beginning a process that could eventually lead to new fishing restrictions along the East Coast designed to protect native whale species.
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$15M Grant Backs New England Seafood Industry
This grant will fund new fishery technology and innovations, which will help researchers at URI and other partners better understand the changing sea environment.
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After gauge fight, lobster managers rethink strategy
After the collapse of controversial lobster gauge changes, managers are taking a different approach to the future of the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank fishery.
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Aerial Surveys: Monitoring Right Whales from Above
North Atlantic right whales spend the summer in their Northeast feeding grounds, including mothers with calves. Our scientists and partners are helping to keep them safe by monitoring them from above using aerial surveys
ALABAMA: ‘A thousand cuts’: What’s lost when we lose Alabama coastal marshes?
ALASKA: Preliminary 2027 forecast for Alaska’s Bristol Bay fishery predicts more, smaller sockeye
OREGON: ODFW Commission revises Dungeness crab fishery rules to address whale entanglements
Northeast Region Coordinating Council Seeks Peer Reviewers for Future Management Track Stock Assessments
ALASKA: Trawling and bycatch dominate political messaging in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
Feds to weigh possible new fishing rules and restrictions to protect Mid-Atlantic whales
$15M grant aims to protect New England’s ‘legacy’ seafood industry
Guam fishers say shark deterrents fail as disaster aid remains out of reach
Commission could revisit how menhaden quota is divided among states
Subsidies, fragmented enforcement hampering progress on fighting illegal fishing, research finds
After gauge fight, lobster managers rethink strategy
Aerial Surveys: Monitoring Right Whales from Above
NORTH CAROLINA: Coastal habitat plan, commercial fishing licenses lead Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Raleigh
US court hears arguments against turtle excluder devices in inshore Louisiana waters
- US Senate bill would incentivize offshore wind development, despite Trump buyouts
- US bill would strengthen “Buy American” provisions for school lunch program
- Murkowski and Colleagues Work to Modernize Fisheries Science
Washington
- ALASKA: Trawling and bycatch dominate political messaging in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
- ALABAMA: ‘A thousand cuts’: What’s lost when we lose Alabama coastal marshes?
- ALASKA: Preliminary 2027 forecast for Alaska’s Bristol Bay fishery predicts more, smaller sockeye
State & Local
- Are Environmental Activists Focused on Dolphins or Dollars?
- Opinion: Why targeting one fishery puts Alaska’s seafood economy at risk
- Editorial: Menhaden study should provide data needed for bay management
Opinion
- $15M grant aims to protect New England’s ‘legacy’ seafood industry
- Section 301 tariffs leave US seafood importers with few avenues to avoid rising costs
- Climate-driven disruption, constrained supply adding volatility to aquaculture markets in the back half of 2026
Economic Impact
- Feds to weigh possible new fishing rules and restrictions to protect Mid-Atlantic whales
- Guam fishers say shark deterrents fail as disaster aid remains out of reach
- Commission could revisit how menhaden quota is divided among states
Fisheries Management
- Subsidies, fragmented enforcement hampering progress on fighting illegal fishing, research finds
- US embassy launched IUU reporting hub in the Philippines
- US State Department looking for NGO partner to shine light on forced labor and IUU fishing
Enforcement
- EUSeA regrets exclusion of aquatic foods from EU protein agenda Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision 2040 must deliver an EU Blue Foods Action Plan
- Aquatic animal and terrestrial meat trades now almost on par, FAO report finds
- Our Ocean Conference results in USD 6.4 billion in global commitments toward blue economic advancements
International Trade
- Former Menhaden Vessel F/V Calcasieu Pass Begins Second Life as Artificial Reef Off Delaware
- Trump administration ends NOAA support for annual Arctic Report Card
- Trump administration reportedly ending support for Arctic climate reports
Conservation & Environment
- US court hears arguments against turtle excluder devices in inshore Louisiana waters
- Alaskan fishing management on the hook in Ninth Circuit
- Shrimp industry fights $9.4M loss from federal turtle device mandate
Legal
- Northeast Region Coordinating Council Seeks Peer Reviewers for Future Management Track Stock Assessments
- US Pacific Territories Fishery Capacity-Building Scholarship Applications Due September 18, 2026
- ASMFC 2026 Summer Meeting Summaries/Motions/Press Releases, Presentations and Recordings Now Available