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Maine offshore wind lease set for October
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold an auction for offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine in late October, it announced Monday.
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Lobster is not the luxury meal it once was
There was a time not all that many years ago when the restaurant industry marketed lobster as a luxury item.
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Push for George Bank offshore wind protections
As Nova Scotia rushes to establish an offshore wind industry, some fishers are calling for explicit protection for the rich fishing ground on Georges Bank.
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Why choose the hard life of commercial fishing?
Why would anyone who has a choice want to fish for a living, given the cold, wet, uncertainty, danger, muck, dependence on weather for make or break, and general ass-busting hardship?
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NJ Wind Farm Future Hits More Road Blocks
The Leading Light Wind offshore wind project, planned for development off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ, has hit a snag.
ALASKA: Native communities in Alaska face crisis as integral way of life disappears: ‘I look at salmon as my ancestors’
Scientists document complex changes to Maine’s kelp forests
Flawed fisheries science ‘cause for concern’
NEW YORK: NYSERDA head gets update on state’s largest offshore wind farm at Port of Coeymans
Knives out on Maine-Canada border as lobster fishery gray zone dispute gets pointed over poaching accusations
NEFMC September 24-26, 2024 Meeting – Gloucester, MA – Listen Live, View Documents
SSC Advances Guam Bottomfish Rebuilding Plan and Evaluates Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Techniques
Gulf of Maine offshore wind leases to be auctioned in October
Off the Menu: Lobster is not the luxury meal it once was
Fishers want ‘incredibly important’ Georges Bank protected against offshore wind development
Filipino fishermen claim they were abandoned by US company, fight for allegedly withheld wages
2024 Northeast Summer Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise Completed
Meeting Summary and Presentations from the September 13 Meeting of the Northern Shrimp Section Now Available
Why choose the hard life of commercial fishing?
- Biden announces USD 34 million to modernize NOAA Fisheries
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $34 million to modernize NOAA Fisheries’ data, infrastructure and workforce
- Alabama senators’ red snapper legislation moves forward
Washington
- ALASKA: Native communities in Alaska face crisis as integral way of life disappears: ‘I look at salmon as my ancestors’
- NEW JERSEY: New Jersey’s Wind Farm Future Hits More Road Blocks with Supply Chain and Safety Issues
- NEW YORK: NYSERDA head gets update on state’s largest offshore wind farm at Port of Coeymans
State & Local
- Opinion: Policymakers in search of sound science need to listen to fishery
- Op-ed: Marine Stewardship Council is failing on worker protections
- Offshore Wind Energy Development: A David vs Goliath Story
Opinion
- Global Shrimp Council launching first major marketing push
- Court Approves Red Lobster Bankruptcy Plan; Over 500 Restaurants to Survive
- Red Lobster sale approved, but bankruptcy plan opposed by US trustee
Economic Impact
- Gulf of Maine offshore wind leases to be auctioned in October
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces First Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Gulf of Maine
- Knives out on Maine-Canada border as lobster fishery gray zone dispute gets pointed over poaching accusations
Fisheries Management
- Russian, Chinese fishing vessels barred from US port services
- US shrimpers call for investigation of uneven enforcement of import restrictions related to turtle-excluder device use
- Shrimp from Thailand Removed from Labor Department’s Forced Labor List
Enforcement
- Fishers want ‘incredibly important’ Georges Bank protected against offshore wind development
- Canada’s cod fishery reopens, yet quickly paused
- In Palau, residents are divided on easing fishing restrictions
International Trade
- US Gulf of Mexico oil firms begin hurricane damage checks, ports reopen
- Sharing Climate Change Knowledge, Inspiring Action in the Chesapeake Bay
- IATTC adopts electronic monitoring standards, improvements to compliance processes
Conservation & Environment
- Filipino fishermen claim they were abandoned by US company, fight for allegedly withheld wages
- Nine charged in multi-state illegal catfish operation in US
- Industry groups appeal court order threatening Gulf of Mexico oil production
Legal
- Meeting Summary and Presentations from the September 13 Meeting of the Northern Shrimp Section Now Available
- Mid-Atlantic Council Seeks Contractor to Develop a Framework to Evaluate Changes in Stock Distribution
- NEFMC September 24-26, 2024 Meeting – Gloucester, MA – Listen Live, View Documents
Council Actions
- NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose Revisions to Regulations Implementing the Endangered Species Act
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Revised 2022 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Target for Groundfish Sector Fishery
- Greater Atlantic Regional Dealer Permits Are Going Paperless This Fall