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Price of diesel affecting shrimping industry
For years, the shrimping industry has battled wave after wave of challenges, from surges of imported shrimp to plummeting prices and wild weather. Now, a new threat looms: skyrocketing diesel fuel costs.
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Plankton Declines Threaten Global Fisheries
Scientists are documenting phytoplankton declines across much of the world's oceans, along with shifts from nutritious diatoms to less nutrient-rich, sometimes toxic dinoflagellates, raising concerns for fisheries.
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How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?
Scientists at NOAA Fisheries are working to observe and forecast how the 2026–2027 El Niño event will impact fisheries, marine life, and coastal communities across the country.
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Pollock Industry at Center of Alaska Senate Race
Bycatch has become a major issue in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, with Sen. Dan Sullivan and challenger Mary Peltola facing scrutiny over their approaches to regulating trawling and reducing incidental catches.
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Algal bloom is intensifying offshore in Maine waters
The algal bloom that has been spreading off the Maine coast for weeks is shifting, according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
The catch with bycatch: Saving sharks goes beyond no-fishing policies
Florida fishers fight red snapper fishing season that starts Oct. 9
MARYLAND: US Wind pulls out of wind turbine manufacturing at Sparrows Point
Celebrate National Seafood Month by Choosing American Seafood
Justices decline to take up Maine boat monitor case
LOUISIANA: Price of diesel affecting shrimping industry
Plankton declines raise concerns for global fisheries
How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?
ALASKA: Fishing groups concerned over proposed Cook Inlet data center
ALASKA: 2026-27 catch limits set for red king, snow, and Bairdi crab
United States Wins Key Measures Benefiting U.S. Fisheries on Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Ensuring Research on Dorado and Billfish
MSC begins 60-day consultation on improvements to its Fisheries Program
ALASKA: Pollock industry, Senate race and culture collide in a fight over fish
MAINE: Algal bloom is intensifying offshore in Maine waters
- Celebrate National Seafood Month by Choosing American Seafood
- Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
- US senator moves to raise tariffs on Ecuadorian shrimp
Washington
- LOUISIANA: Price of diesel affecting shrimping industry
- ALASKA: Fishing groups concerned over proposed Cook Inlet data center
- ALASKA: 2026-27 catch limits set for red king, snow, and Bairdi crab
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
- Latest IFFO report shows August uptick in fishmeal, but near-decade lows for year overall
- USDA awards USD 2 million in Alaska pollock contracts
- Diesel at $6.52 squeezes fishing fleets as lobster demand sags
Economic Impact
- Fishermen challenge red snapper permits
- Menhaden debate puts fishermen under pressure
- Fishermen challenge red snapper permits
Fisheries Management
- Multiyear undercover investigation takes down illegal commercial fishing operation in Florida
- 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
Enforcement
- United States Wins Key Measures Benefiting U.S. Fisheries on Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Ensuring Research on Dorado and Billfish
- Empty nets in Latin America as fish flee El Niño
- The Scramble for the Open Seas
International Trade
- Plankton declines raise concerns for global fisheries
- How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?
- MSC begins 60-day consultation on improvements to its Fisheries Program
Conservation & Environment
- Florida fishers fight red snapper fishing season that starts Oct. 9
- Justices decline to take up Maine boat monitor case
- US Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to lobster GPS monitoring case
Legal
- Applicants Sought to Conduct Phase II of the Pilot Regional Industry-Based Bottom Trawl Survey
- 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