-
Alaska harvests to be set based on last years data
Lacking the usual amount of data to guide them, federal fishery managers relied on last year’s reports to set the coming year’s harvests for the nation’s top-volume commercial fish species: Alaska pollock.
-
Vineyard Wind agree to new response measures
More than a year after a wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket malfunctioned, causing debris to wash ashore, the town and Vineyard Wind have struck a new agreement to improve transparency.
-
Federal shutdown disrupts quota-setting for pollock
Last week, members of the body that oversees federal fisheries off Alaska’s coast recommended keeping next year’s catch limits for the sprawling Bering Sea pollock fishery about the same as this year.
-
Fed court ruling restart blocked MA offshore wind
A federal judge has pushed back on the Trump Administration's pause on wind energy projects carried out by federal agencies
-
Inside Trump’s war against a growing U.S. industry
Efforts to avoid conflict and seek help from GOP moderates didn't spare wind companies from the president's attacks.
Council Proposes Catch Limits for Scallops and Some Groundfish Stocks
Pacific halibut catch declines as spawning biomass reaches lowest point in 40 years
Awaiting Supreme Court decision, more US seafood suppliers file tariff lawsuits
ALASKA: Alaska Natives’ fight for fishing rights finds an ally in Trump team
How lobstermen could help save our coastal habitats
In a Baltimore courtroom, US Wind fights for its life against the Trump administration
Deep-sea mining interests raise alarms among Mariana Trench communities
Leveling the playing field for domestic and imported seafood
ALASKA: Without completed 2025 reports, federal fishery managers use last year’s data to set Alaska harvests
MASSACHUSETTS: Nantucket, Vineyard Wind agree to new transparency and emergency response measures
Federal shutdown disrupts quota-setting for pollock
OREGON: Crabbing season faces new delays
Seafood Tips from the People Bringing You America’s Seafood (Part 2)
U.S. Fights for American Fishing in the Pacific, Leads Electronic Monitoring of International Fleets
- ‘Windmills are a disgrace’: Inside Trump’s war against a growing U.S. industry
- US Senate passes bill renewing ocean cleanup legislation
- US commission on China calls on Congress to do more to curtail forced labor in seafood supply chain
Washington
- ALASKA: Without completed 2025 reports, federal fishery managers use last year’s data to set Alaska harvests
- MASSACHUSETTS: Nantucket, Vineyard Wind agree to new transparency and emergency response measures
- OREGON: Crabbing season faces new delays
State & Local
- NY fishermen say horseshoe crab management is working
- DO WE REALLY WANT POLITICIANS TO MANAGE OUR FISHERIES?
- Op-ed: From docks to dinner plates, Sea Grant delivers real value for working waterfronts
Opinion
- Samoa PM renews support for StarKist Samoa’s guest worker program
- Moody’s predicts decline of US port sector in 2026
- Inflation drives down frozen, ambient seafood sales at US retailers in October
Economic Impact
- Federal shutdown disrupts quota-setting for pollock
- U.S. Fights for American Fishing in the Pacific, Leads Electronic Monitoring of International Fleets
- New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down for the long haul after years of decline
Fisheries Management
- US Department of Justice indicts Florida seafood company over alleged price-fixing
- Ex-CFO given prison sentence for stealing money from the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Canada-led patrol of North Pacific uncovers 39 potential incidents of IUU
Enforcement
- Federal government decides it won’t list American eel as species at risk
- Europe’s Green Energy Rush Slashed Emissions—and Crippled the Economy
- NGOs call for WCPFC to adopt transshipment rules, echo calls for South Pacific albacore management procedure
International Trade
- Pacific halibut catch declines as spawning biomass reaches lowest point in 40 years
- Deep-sea mining interests raise alarms among Mariana Trench communities
- Feds deny petition to list two Oregon Chinook salmon populations as endangered
Conservation & Environment
- Awaiting Supreme Court decision, more US seafood suppliers file tariff lawsuits
- In a Baltimore courtroom, US Wind fights for its life against the Trump administration
- Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
Legal
- Council Proposes Catch Limits for Scallops and Some Groundfish Stocks
- Northern Shrimp Section Maintains Moratorium Through 2028
- Atlantic Herring Area 1A Days Out Call Scheduled for December 15, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.