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Healey Seeks Navy Help in Fishing Ship Probe
Healey asks Navy's help in recovering video that could show sunken fishing ship's last moments
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Gulf of Alaska Kings Won’t Get ESA Listing
The federal government has rejected a request to list three populations of Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered, according to a public notice scheduled for publication on Thursday.
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Trump Seeks End to Herring Monitor Rule
Trump administration asks NEFMC to kill rule forcing herring fishers to pay for at-sea monitors
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Some Seas Face Near-Constant Heat Waves
Seas recover. That’s the working assumption behind most marine conservation planning – heatwaves arrive, fish flee or die, then the water cools and the count resets.
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Marine Heat Wave Threatens California Wildlife
The ocean off California’s coast is heating up again — and this time, the impacts are showing up on shore.
At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board
Lots of Talk About the Recent Cooperative Research Summit—Here’s What They’re Saying
MASSACHUSETTS: New Bedford exhibit explores fishing’s complex history
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds evidence of heavy fishing in largely uncovered “twilight zone”
Conservationists ask to defend US right whale speed rule in court
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Peddles a False Menhaden Crisis—Not Science
NOAA Fisheries Finds Listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act “Not Warranted”
MASSACHUSETTS: Healey asks Navy’s help in recovering video that could show sunken fishing ship’s last moments
Gulf of Alaska king salmon are not endangered species, federal government concludes
Trump administration asks NEFMC to kill rule forcing herring fishers to pay for at-sea monitors
Birds dying along California beaches as marine heat wave intensifies
MAINE: Inside the effort to restore ‘Big Jim,’ an icon of Maine’s bygone sardine industry
Right whale calving season brings ‘cautiously optimistic’ hope
Some seas may soon be trapped in near-permanent heatwaves, scientists warn
- US House passes Save Our Shrimpers Act
- Trump Administration says it supports Rep. Golden’s proposal to delay right whale regulation
- Bill to delay right whale regulations gains support from Trump and Maine fishermen
Washington
- MASSACHUSETTS: Healey asks Navy’s help in recovering video that could show sunken fishing ship’s last moments
- MAINE: Inside the effort to restore ‘Big Jim,’ an icon of Maine’s bygone sardine industry
- RHODE ISLAND: Rhode Island quahog industry reels from ‘gut-wrenching’ sewage spill
State & Local
- Alaska’s maritime economy works because we invest in people, not just projects
- Congressional investment in science essential to protect our ocean
- BEN LANDRY: Call to shut down menhaden fishery is unwarranted
Opinion
- NOAA lifts crab import bans from key countries following Eastern Shore seafood industry pushback
- US Court of International Trade rules Trump’s 10 percent tariff also illegal
- Seafood need not be reinvented, but it does need to compete
Economic Impact
- Trump administration asks NEFMC to kill rule forcing herring fishers to pay for at-sea monitors
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Peddles a False Menhaden Crisis—Not Science
- Magnuson-Stevens Act at 50: Charting a Course to Sustainable Fisheries
Fisheries Management
- Alaska halibut fisherman convicted in ghost fishing scheme
- Florida Keys commercial fisherman is sentenced to jail on lobster charges
- United States Pushes for Stronger Action to Fight Illegal Fishing and Sustainably Manage Fisheries in the North Pacific
Enforcement
- At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board
- Sharks and rays do not know boundaries and a new high seas treaty seeks to protect them
- IOTC kicks off 30th annual meeting; ISSF pushing for more momentum on management procedures
International Trade
- Birds dying along California beaches as marine heat wave intensifies
- Right whale calving season brings ‘cautiously optimistic’ hope
- Wildlife faces die-off risk as marine heat wave lingers over California
Conservation & Environment
- Conservationists ask to defend US right whale speed rule in court
- US Supreme Court declines to hear case brought by Alaska commercial fishers
- Conservation groups launch lawsuit after Trump admin reopens Seamounts monument to fishing
Legal
- Request for Proposals: Pacific Island Fishery Governance and Policy Projects
- NEFMC Meeting Reminder: RSA Share Day – Tue, May 12
- ASMFC 2026 Spring Meeting Press Releases, Meeting Summaries, Motions, and Audio Files Now Available