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USDA fulfills promise with USD 28 million purchase
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying pollock, haddock, and ocean perch fillets worth USD 28.8 million in its latest round of purchases for its child nutrition and domestic food assistance programs.
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ALASKA; Murkowski, Peltola tell ComFish more
March 20, 2023 — Alaska’s congressional delegation says species collapse in Alaska’s fisheries is nearing crisis levels. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola discussed the monumental challenges faced by Al
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Plans to move NOAA hub to Newport being Finalized
The federal government is “finalizing plans” to move a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration marine operations center from Virginia to Naval Station Newport, according to US Senator Jack Reed.
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Maine lobstermen sue aquarium over do-not-eat list.
A group of lobstermen is heading to court in the hope of resolving an issue that they claim has endangered their American market: lobster defamation.
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GOP congressmen: Halt offshore wind
Republican congressmen called Thursday for a halt to all offshore wind power projects amid a spate of whale deaths on the U.S. East Coast
House GOP plans offshore wind hearings in Washington
MAINE: Maine lobstermen brought in less money than year before
ALASKA: Small businesses affected by Alaska crab crash may be eligible for low-interest federal loans
Offshore wind requires funding boost for NOAA surveys, science centers, advocates say
The Big Impact of Small Fisheries Around the World
ALASKA: State lawmakers join call to feds to intervene in Canadian mining upriver of Alaska
NEW JERSEY: Four Congressmen Strongly Criticize Plans for Offshore Wind Projects
SFP working with FAO to create universal fish IDs to standardize data collection
USDA fulfills promise with USD 28 million purchase from East Coast seafood companies
CALIFORNIA: No California Salmon This Year: Water Diversion, Drought Caused Fish Stocks to Crash
ALASKA; Murkowski, Peltola tell ComFish more needs to be done about ‘crisis’ levels of species decline
Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop Scheduled for April 18-20 in New Bedford, MA
I’m a fishing boat captain. Green energy companies, government want to put me out of business
Plans to move NOAA hub to Newport are being finalized, Reed says
- House GOP plans offshore wind hearings in Washington
- Van Drew, other Congress members call for answers on offshore wind and whales
- Congressman Jared Golden to NOAA: Share Findings on Recent Whale Strandings
Washington
- CALIFORNIA: No California Salmon This Year: Water Diversion, Drought Caused Fish Stocks to Crash
- ALASKA; Murkowski, Peltola tell ComFish more needs to be done about ‘crisis’ levels of species decline
- MAINE: Maine lobstermen brought in less money than year before
State & Local
- I’m a fishing boat captain. Green energy companies, government want to put me out of business
- Save us, Supreme Court, from runaway regulation
- Rep. Allison Hepler: More and better data can protect lobstering and right whales
Opinion
- USDA fulfills promise with USD 28 million purchase from East Coast seafood companies
- SENA 2023: Value-Added Salmon Shines in Boston
- Gulf shrimp landings data showing rebound in Louisiana and decline in Texas
Economic Impact
- Plans to move NOAA hub to Newport are being finalized, Reed says
- SFP working with FAO to create universal fish IDs to standardize data collection
- Collaborating with Industry on Greater Atlantic Electronic Reporting
Fisheries Management
- The United States must act to stop illegal fishing in 2023
- More than 300 pounds of illegally caught red snapper seized off Texas coast
- Canadian operation uncovers illegal fishing in North Pacific
Enforcement
- Squid Fishing on the High Seas Has Exploded Since 2017
- Arctic Ocean fisheries agreement on fragile ground as global tensions mount
- Countries agree on historic oceans treaty to protect the high seas
International Trade
- Marine heatwaves are sweeping the seafloor around North America
- Speeding boats, fishing gear the leading causes of North Atlantic right whale deaths, conservation experts say
- ISSF report finds more tuna at healthy stock levels, but others still overfished
Conservation & Environment
- Crustacean defamation? Maine lobstermen sue aquarium over do-not-eat list.
- US court rules NMFS must move on whale take-reduction plan for West Coast black cod fishery
- Judge wants plan to protect humpback whales from fishery
Legal
- Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop Scheduled for April 18-20 in New Bedford, MA
- ESA-listed Species Not at Risk of Extinction From Hawai‘i and American Samoa Longline Fishery Interactions
- SSC Concurs with Studies Suggesting Large-Scale MPAs Have Limited Conservation Benefits for Pacific Tropical Tunas
Council Actions
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Revised 2022 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Target for Groundfish Sector Fishery
- Greater Atlantic Regional Dealer Permits Are Going Paperless This Fall
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Final Rule to Implement the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Excessive Shares Amendment (Amendment 20)
