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NOAA MMPA Rule Faces Impact Questions
Eight months after NOAA banned seafood imports from 240 fisheries in 46 countries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the policy is disrupting exporters while its conservation benefits remain unclear.
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Office of Seafood Expands Outreach
More than three months after creating its Office of Seafood, USDA is developing an “America First Seafood Strategy” and identifying ways existing programs can better support U.S. fishermen and seafood producers.
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Record Ocean Heat Threatens Fish and Fisheries
Global ocean temperatures reached record highs over the weekend and are expected to rise further in coming months, increasing stress on marine life and ecosystems worldwide.
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Massachusetts Launches “Flat is Back” Campaign
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) is launching a new campaign to promote locally harvested flounder.
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How AI is reshaping ocean science
Machine learning in oceanography is nothing new, but the buzz around it is.
Trump’s offshore drilling revival survives early court challenge
Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on US, targets fish and seafood
Invasive green crabs are bad for the environment so New Englanders are starting to eat more of them
Less than a year into the ban, is NOAA’s MMPA comparability finding having the intended impact?
Office of Seafood shifts from launch to strategy as outreach expands
Earth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that’s bad for fish and us
NEW HAMPSHIRE: New fish pier in Portsmouth officially opens, with space to scale up
Mel Allen: Telling the stories of New England
Environmental review of seabed mining to come after leases are sold
Mackerel on the Move: Cooperative Research Investigates Atlantic Mackerel Abundance Under Changing Ocean Conditions
NOAA Fisheries Funding Opportunity to Support Bycatch Reduction Projects
MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts launches “Flat is Back” campaign featuring flounder dishes statewide
CALIFORNIA: California’s rarest salmon face a narrow window for survival
Guam shut out as CNMI seabed mining sale advances in ‘race to the bottom,’ governor’s office says
- US Senate bill would incentivize offshore wind development, despite Trump buyouts
- US bill would strengthen “Buy American” provisions for school lunch program
- Murkowski and Colleagues Work to Modernize Fisheries Science
Washington
- NEW HAMPSHIRE: New fish pier in Portsmouth officially opens, with space to scale up
- MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts launches “Flat is Back” campaign featuring flounder dishes statewide
- CALIFORNIA: California’s rarest salmon face a narrow window for survival
State & Local
- Opinion: Seabed mining would strip mine fishermens’ future
- Are Environmental Activists Focused on Dolphins or Dollars?
- Opinion: Why targeting one fishery puts Alaska’s seafood economy at risk
Opinion
- Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on US, targets fish and seafood
- $15M grant aims to protect New England’s ‘legacy’ seafood industry
- Section 301 tariffs leave US seafood importers with few avenues to avoid rising costs
Economic Impact
- Office of Seafood shifts from launch to strategy as outreach expands
- Environmental review of seabed mining to come after leases are sold
- Guam shut out as CNMI seabed mining sale advances in ‘race to the bottom,’ governor’s office says
Fisheries Management
- Subsidies, fragmented enforcement hampering progress on fighting illegal fishing, research finds
- US embassy launched IUU reporting hub in the Philippines
- US State Department looking for NGO partner to shine light on forced labor and IUU fishing
Enforcement
- EUSeA regrets exclusion of aquatic foods from EU protein agenda Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision 2040 must deliver an EU Blue Foods Action Plan
- Aquatic animal and terrestrial meat trades now almost on par, FAO report finds
- Our Ocean Conference results in USD 6.4 billion in global commitments toward blue economic advancements
International Trade
- Invasive green crabs are bad for the environment so New Englanders are starting to eat more of them
- Earth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that’s bad for fish and us
- NOAA Fisheries Funding Opportunity to Support Bycatch Reduction Projects
Conservation & Environment
- Trump’s offshore drilling revival survives early court challenge
- Nonprofit sues over U.S. push to auction areas of water around American Samoa for potential mining
- Judge finds decades of failures in coastal fisheries management
Legal
- PFMC Agenda Updates Moving to Council Website Notifications
- Meeting Summary and Motions from the August 12 Joint Meeting of the MAFMC & ASMFC Management Boards for Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish
- Atlantic Herring Eastern Maine Spawning Closure in Effect Starting August 28, 2026 through October 8, 2026