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  • U.S. and Canadian lobstermen see big challenges

    After a two-year hiatus, members of the U.S. and Canadian lobster fisheries met in Portland over the weekend to discuss challenges facing their industry.

  • Legal sizes for lobsters could change

    The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become stricter, potentially bringing big changes to one of the most valuable seafood industries in the country.

  • Gulf of Mexico has warmed at twice rate of oceans

    A new study says sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico have warmed about twice as much as global ocean waters since 1970.

  • High number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

    Researchers are trying to figure out a mystery: Why are so many humpback whales, right whales, and other large mammals dying along the U.S. East Coast?

  • Green groups targeting blue-collar lobstermen

    Environmental groups that have led litigation targeting the lobster fishing industry have been heavily funded by various liberal dark money groups that don't disclose their individual donors

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State and Local February 9, 2023

MAINE: Wave of changes hitting Maine’s lobster industry all at once

State and Local February 9, 2023

ALASKA: A Mine That Threatened Alaskan Salmon May Be No More

State and Local February 9, 2023

MASSACHUSETTS: Blue Harvest Fisheries expands groundfish fleet

Management & Regulation February 9, 2023

Blue Harvest Fisheries Completes Purchase of New, Modern Groundfish Vessel

Nutrition February 8, 2023

Here we go again: Consumer Reports Loves a Good Scare Story

Council Actions February 8, 2023

NEFMC Seeks Contractor to Assist with Executive Director Search Inbox

State and Local February 7, 2023

NEW JERSEY: Recreational fishermen will hate this: Regulators want more spiny dogfish in the water

International & Trade February 7, 2023

MAC: EU’s Ukraine war response requires more top-level fisheries, aquaculture action

State and Local February 7, 2023

ALASKA: Climate change takes back seat in Alaska’s bycatch showdown

Conservation & Environment February 7, 2023

Revolution Wind Turbines’ Effects on Life in the Sea and on the Seafloor Remain Unclear

Council Actions February 7, 2023

NEFMC Recommends 2023 Recreational Cod and Haddock Measures; Revises Halibut ABC in Framework 65

Management & Regulation February 7, 2023

Despite a pause on new regulations, U.S. and Canadian lobstermen see big challenges ahead

Management & Regulation February 7, 2023

Legal sizes for lobsters could change to protect population

Conservation & Environment February 7, 2023

Gulf of Mexico has warmed at twice rate of global oceans

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    Washington

  • Bering Sea crabbers welcome disaster relief, seek temporary area closure
  • Murkowski outlines Alaska Fisheries and Oceans funding in Consolidated Appropriations Act
  • Update: US government omnibus bill includes $300 million to help Alaska Bristol Bay red king crab, Bering Sea snow crab and other fishery disaster areas
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    State & Local

  • MAINE: Wave of changes hitting Maine’s lobster industry all at once
  • ALASKA: A Mine That Threatened Alaskan Salmon May Be No More
  • MASSACHUSETTS: Blue Harvest Fisheries expands groundfish fleet
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    Opinion

  • OPINION: Rural Alaska is suffering. Shutting down the Area M fishery isn’t the answer.
  • OPINION: A modest proposal for Alaska fisheries
  • CONSTANCE GEE: ‘Strategy’ to protect right whales from offshore wind development is recipe for extinction
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    Economic Impact

  • US supermarkets promoting seafood meals as an affordable option
  • U.S. Offshore Wind: Still Affordable?
  • US retail seafood outlook more positive for second half of 2023
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    Fisheries Management

  • Blue Harvest Fisheries Completes Purchase of New, Modern Groundfish Vessel
  • Despite a pause on new regulations, U.S. and Canadian lobstermen see big challenges ahead
  • Legal sizes for lobsters could change to protect population
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    Enforcement

  • 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
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    International Trade

  • MAC: EU’s Ukraine war response requires more top-level fisheries, aquaculture action
  • Price of Japan’s top tuna highlights country’s recovery from Covid-19
  • Debate heats up over sustainability of maximum sustainable yield policy for Ireland’s fisheries
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    Conservation & Environment

  • Gulf of Mexico has warmed at twice rate of global oceans
  • Revolution Wind Turbines’ Effects on Life in the Sea and on the Seafloor Remain Unclear
  • An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches
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    Legal

  • Southeast Alaska communities set to join growing chorus opposing lawsuit that threatens Chinook shutdown
  • Vineyard Wind opponents ask federal judge to halt project over environmental concerns
  • SE Alaska trollers and conservation group await judge’s decision on possible Chinook fishery closure
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    Council Actions

  • NEFMC Seeks Contractor to Assist with Executive Director Search Inbox
  • NEFMC Recommends 2023 Recreational Cod and Haddock Measures; Revises Halibut ABC in Framework 65
  • ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board Webinar Scheduled for March 2; 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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    Regulations

  • 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)
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    Nutrition

  • Here we go again: Consumer Reports Loves a Good Scare Story
  • AquaBounty’s GE salmon back under FDA assessment
  • Study suggests tailoring seafood diets to individual populations
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