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Feds Appeal Ruling on Trump Anti-Wind Memo
Relatedly, the Interior Secretary has said the administration plans to appeal separate court rulings that lifted federal suspension orders on five ongoing projects, including Vineyard Wind.
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Legal Fight Over Mass. Wind Energy Continues
Lawyers for the Trump administration are challenging — in a Massachusetts court — a federal judge’s December ruling that struck down a freeze on all permitting for wind energy projects nationwide.
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Deep-Sea Tech Used in Search for Sunken Boat
coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard. But winter weather and sea conditions have thus far slowed
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Researchers Work To Give Scallop Boats New Purpose
Coonamessett Farm Foundation is trying to get scallop trawlers in the water more often — even if it means chasing some far-flung fish.
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Search Ongoing for Sunken Vessel off Gloucester
State and federal agencies are still searching for details to explain what caused a commercial fishing vessel to sink off the coast of Gloucester last month, killing all seven people who were on board.
How EPA challenged Maryland offshore wind project
MASSACHUSETTS: Sunken Gloucester fishing boat: Will the Lily Jean and its crew ever be recovered?
US lawmakers ask government to provide financial aid for shellfish sector
FLORIDA: Florida’s space industry is confronting very earthly worries
LOUISIANA: In departure from norm, Coast Guard demands immigration papers on Louisiana docks
FLORIDA: Florida pushes for longest recreational red snapper season in 15 years
Seafood inflation outpaces food inflation in January, but winter storms cause shelf-stable sales to soar in US
Feds appeal ruling that voided Trump’s Day One anti-wind memo
Legal tug-of-war over wind energy in Mass. continues with Trump admin challenge
MASSACHUSSETTS: Authorities are using deep-sea tech to try to find the sunken fishing boat off Massachusetts
Starfish, moon snails and squid: Researchers work to give scallop boats new purpose
Gear lending library helps Dungeness crabbers go ropeless
Scientists Prove Shellfish Can Be Farmed Far From Shore
Seafood Expo North America back in Boston for 44th edition of North America’s largest seafood trade event
- US lawmakers ask government to provide financial aid for shellfish sector
- Republican Farm Bill renewal would create USDA aquaculture advisory committee
- Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture
Washington
- MASSACHUSSETTS: Authorities are using deep-sea tech to try to find the sunken fishing boat off Massachusetts
- MASSACHUSETTS: Sunken Gloucester fishing boat: Will the Lily Jean and its crew ever be recovered?
- FLORIDA: Florida’s space industry is confronting very earthly worries
State & Local
- American seafood is national security — and Washington is failing fishermen
- Op-ed: A momentous US Supreme Court decision
- Environmental groups’ excessive court challenges are about raising funds, not protecting fisheries
Opinion
- Seafood inflation outpaces food inflation in January, but winter storms cause shelf-stable sales to soar in US
- Resilient demand propping up seafood prices as early 2026 supplies tighten, Rabobank reports
- US House votes to end Trump tariffs on Canada
Economic Impact
- How EPA challenged Maryland offshore wind project
- NOAA claims steady progress was made on US aquaculture in 2025
- States could net control of red snapper season
Fisheries Management
- Alabama, Gulf Coast senators push NOAA to tighten enforcement against illegal Mexican fishing in Gulf
- US senators demand NOAA Fisheries improve enforcement against illegal red snapper harvesting
- US Coast Guard debriefs Congress on efforts to stop IUU fishing
Enforcement
- FAO study estimates 20 percent of seafood is subject to fraud
- US pushes AI funding, fisheries tech at APEC amid China rivalry
- WTO hands out first tranche of grants to help developing countries meet terms of fishing subsidy deal
International Trade
- Gear lending library helps Dungeness crabbers go ropeless
- Messaging Mariners in Real Time to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strikes
- NOAA Fisheries Seeks Input on Groundfish Rules Proposed to Reduce Entanglements
Conservation & Environment
- Feds appeal ruling that voided Trump’s Day One anti-wind memo
- Legal tug-of-war over wind energy in Mass. continues with Trump admin challenge
- Yet another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, saying NY project can resume
Legal
- Meeting Summary and Motion from the February 10, 2026 Joint Meeting of the MAFMC and ISFMP Policy Board
- ASMFC Begins Preparations for Benchmark Stock Assessment for Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia
- Fishers, Scientists and Community Invited to Talk Shark Depredation
Council Actions
- Untangling the Net: Independent Fishermen Push Back Against Bureaucratic Overreach
- NOAA urges boaters to slow down in seasonal whale areas
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Closure of Commercial Atlantic Mackerel Fishery