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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.
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FAO Estimates 20% of Seafood Tied to Fraud
A Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report estimates that up to 20 percent of seafood may be subject to fraud, but other studies estimate that number could be as high as 30 percent.
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Real-Time Alerts Aim to Cut Right Whale Strikes
A new real-time messaging network uses a well-established maritime navigation safety technology—the Automatic Identification System—to reduce the risk of vessel strikes involving North Atlantic right whales.
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
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
States could net control of red snapper season
CALIFORNIA: Humboldt County crab season begins after delay, but whale entanglement could cut it short
MARYLAND: Md. officials seek disaster declaration for oyster fishery
GEORGIA: Georgia legislature sends shrimp labeling bill to governor for signature
NPFMC rejects hard cap on Western Alaska chum salmon bycatch, but approves corridor closure to allow fish passage
NEW JERSEY: How NJ’s fishing crews beat icy, frigid conditions
Debate grows over NOAA plan to expand snapper access
FAO study estimates 20 percent of seafood is subject to fraud
FLORIDA: ‘It’s our resource’: Florida’s East Coast could see longest Red Snapper season since 2009 in 2026
- Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
- More Republicans buck Trump on offshore wind
- Trump opens massive Atlantic marine monument to commercial fishing
Washington
- MASSACHUSETTS: North Shore mourns father and son killed on sunken Gloucester fishing boat
- CALIFORNIA: Humboldt County crab season begins after delay, but whale entanglement could cut it short
- MARYLAND: Md. officials seek disaster declaration for oyster fishery
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
- Resilient demand propping up seafood prices as early 2026 supplies tighten, Rabobank reports
- US House votes to end Trump tariffs on Canada
- Trump admin confirms trade deal with India, cutting tariffs to 18 percent
Economic Impact
- 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
- Debate grows over NOAA plan to expand snapper access
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
- Fishers, Scientists and Community Invited to Talk Shark Depredation
- ASMFC 2026 Winter Meeting Press Releases, Meeting Summaries and Motions Now Available
- Remembrance of the F/V Lily Jean
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