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NOAA Awards 14 Sea Scallop Research Projects
Projects contribute key data to support scallop fishery management.
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Alaska Pollock Fuels Debate Over Trawling
The fish behind America’s fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska
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Price of diesel affecting shrimping industry
For years, the shrimping industry has battled wave after wave of challenges, from surges of imported shrimp to plummeting prices and wild weather. Now, a new threat looms: skyrocketing diesel fuel costs.
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Plankton Declines Threaten Global Fisheries
Scientists are documenting phytoplankton declines across much of the world's oceans, along with shifts from nutritious diatoms to less nutrient-rich, sometimes toxic dinoflagellates, raising concerns for fisheries.
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How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?
Scientists at NOAA Fisheries are working to observe and forecast how the 2026–2027 El Niño event will impact fisheries, marine life, and coastal communities across the country.
NORTH CAROLINA: Hemilright, 59, remembered for commercial fishing advocacy
NOAA invests $45.7 million to improve ocean observing systems
ALASKA: New Alaska sea sponge species fuel debate over fishery practices
The catch with bycatch: Saving sharks goes beyond no-fishing policies
Florida fishers fight red snapper fishing season that starts Oct. 9
MARYLAND: US Wind pulls out of wind turbine manufacturing at Sparrows Point
NOAA Fisheries Awards 14 Projects in 2026 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program
The fish behind America’s fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska
NORTH CAROLINA: Fishermen oppose expansion of military training area in Pamlico Sound
Global squid supply chain leaders call for stronger governance, scientific cooperation and improved traceability
ALASKA: Alaska announces total allowable catch for red king, Tanner, and snow crab for 2026-27 season
LOUISIANA: Price of diesel affecting shrimping industry
Plankton declines raise concerns for global fisheries
How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?
- Celebrate National Seafood Month by Choosing American Seafood
- Trump tried to make allies of fishermen. Some are turning on him
- US senator moves to raise tariffs on Ecuadorian shrimp
Washington
- The fish behind America’s fish sticks is fueling a fight over trawling in Alaska
- NORTH CAROLINA: Hemilright, 59, remembered for commercial fishing advocacy
- NORTH CAROLINA: Fishermen oppose expansion of military training area in Pamlico Sound
State & Local
- Opinion: Reopen the investigation of the F/V Mistress
- NEFSA’S JASON JOYCE: Before blaming fishermen, Chesapeake Bay needs better menhaden data
- USDA announces nearly USD 20 million in catfish awards
Opinion
- Latest IFFO report shows August uptick in fishmeal, but near-decade lows for year overall
- USDA awards USD 2 million in Alaska pollock contracts
- Diesel at $6.52 squeezes fishing fleets as lobster demand sags
Economic Impact
- Fishermen challenge red snapper permits
- Menhaden debate puts fishermen under pressure
- Fishermen challenge red snapper permits
Fisheries Management
- Multiyear undercover investigation takes down illegal commercial fishing operation in Florida
- NOAA proposal could change protections for NC right whales, turtles
- US Department of Labor recovers USD 732,976 in unpaid wages for workers at Florida seafood buffet
Enforcement
- United States Wins Key Measures Benefiting U.S. Fisheries on Pacific Bluefin Tuna and Ensuring Research on Dorado and Billfish
- Empty nets in Latin America as fish flee El Niño
- The Scramble for the Open Seas
International Trade
- Global squid supply chain leaders call for stronger governance, scientific cooperation and improved traceability
- Plankton declines raise concerns for global fisheries
- How Will El Niño Affect Your Local Fisheries?
Conservation & Environment
- Florida fishers fight red snapper fishing season that starts Oct. 9
- Justices decline to take up Maine boat monitor case
- US Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to lobster GPS monitoring case
Legal
- Applicants Sought to Conduct Phase II of the Pilot Regional Industry-Based Bottom Trawl Survey
- Applicants Sought to Conduct Phase II of the Pilot Regional Industry-Based Bottom Trawl Survey Proposals Due December 4, 2026
- Kitty Simonds Receives Outstanding Contribution to Pacific Coast Fisheries Award