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High prices fail to dent lobster roll demand
Restaurants don’t want to gouge customers, but costs have risen precipitously.
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Wholesale seafood still hit after tariff shift
About 80% of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported, much of it from China and India — two countries hit with major tariffs in the past year.
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ALASKA: Board of Fish to consider limiting pi
March 19, 2026 — The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting Tuesday through Saturday in Anchorage at the Egan Civic and Convention Center to consider changes to statewide finfish fisheries. Board members are appointe
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Administration to convene ‘God Squad’ panel
The meeting, planned for this month, will focus on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Fewer West Coast fish to face federal rules
The West Coast’s most important fisheries manager has voted to remove 47 stocks of groundfish from active federal management.
ASC launches consultation on guidelines for aquaculture around protected areas
US House passes MAWS Act
NEW JERSEY: Shoreline Freezers expands NJ warehouse
Severe U.S. drought undermined Gulf fisheries, raising food security concerns
MARYLAND: Maryland loosens striped bass rules, boosts quota flexibility
US Congress continues exploring possible solutions for North Atlantic right whale, lobster fishery challenges
Lobster rolls approach $50, but Bostonians appear happy to shell out
Some tariffs may be gone, but wholesale seafood industry is still reeling
ALASKA: Board of Fish to consider limiting pink and chum hatchery production and changes to trawl gear
ALASKA: Kodiak commercial trawlers pause fishing while Board of Fisheries considers trawl proposals
National Fisheries Institute Lauds USDA’s Investment in Invasive Species Processing
SSC Reviews Science Priorities as NOAA Funding Tightens
NEW JERSEY: Jersey Shore oyster farmers count their losses from icy NJ winter
Alaska Pollock Fishery Recertified Sustainable Against the Marine Stewardship Council Standard
- US House passes MAWS Act
- US Congress continues exploring possible solutions for North Atlantic right whale, lobster fishery challenges
- Young Fishermen’s Development Act renewed
Washington
- ALASKA: Board of Fish to consider limiting pink and chum hatchery production and changes to trawl gear
- ALASKA: Kodiak commercial trawlers pause fishing while Board of Fisheries considers trawl proposals
- NEW JERSEY: Shoreline Freezers expands NJ warehouse
State & Local
- Congressional investment in science essential to protect our ocean
- BEN LANDRY: Call to shut down menhaden fishery is unwarranted
- Peter Navarro: Trump lifts Biden’s fish ban to lower your grocery bill
Opinion
- Lobster rolls approach $50, but Bostonians appear happy to shell out
- Some tariffs may be gone, but wholesale seafood industry is still reeling
- National Fisheries Institute Lauds USDA’s Investment in Invasive Species Processing
Economic Impact
- Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law
- Fewer fish in West Coast waters will be federally regulated
- NOAA Fisheries’ Eugenio Piñeiro Soler: We need better fishery council members
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
- The hidden cost of fisheries subsidies
- Iran war disrupts trade routes; freight indexes tick up
- Migrant fishers’ deaths at sea tied to unchecked captain power, study shows
International Trade
- ASC launches consultation on guidelines for aquaculture around protected areas
- Alaska Pollock Fishery Recertified Sustainable Against the Marine Stewardship Council Standard
- Warming Waters Threaten Seafood Supply
Conservation & Environment
- DOJ sides again with conservationists to block Pebble Mine
- Fishing lawsuit could reshape NC’s coastal industry. Here’s the latest
- Tariff lawsuits begin moving forward as US federal court issues mandate
Legal
- SSC Reviews Science Priorities as NOAA Funding Tightens
- ASMFC 2026 Spring Meeting Details, Preliminary Agenda, and Public Comment Guidelines
- SSC to Review Monument Fishing, False Killer Whale Science and Kona Crab Limits at March Meeting