2024 FDA shrimp refusals for banned antibiotics hit highest level in eight years
NEFMC Seeks Input at Scallop Strategic Plan Visioning Sessions
Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key role for Trump’s trade agenda
ALASKA: Alaska’s salmon fishery passes MSC audits, marking 25 years of certification
Science Center for Marine Fisheries Announces $277,857 in Research Funding for 2025
USDA sends out second-largest pollock bid invitation ever; offers due by late February
NEW HAMPSHIRE: USD 3 million donation will expand programming at University of New Hampshire aquaculture education center
ALASKA: NPFMC adjusts proposals to reduce chum salmon bycatch by Alaskan pollock trawlers
ALASKA: How a risky state investment in seafood cost Alaskans millions and left a fishing town in crisis
US judge orders Trump end USAID funding freeze
As Trump escalates trade war, analysts tell shippers to expect the unexpected
Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
ALASKA: Final federal decision on chum salmon bycatch slated for December
NEW YORK: New York approves power line for Equinor offshore wind farm
- Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key role for Trump’s trade agenda
- US House lawmakers clash over rumors of NOAA funding cuts
- Department of Government Efficiency eyes NOAA
Washington
- ALASKA: Alaska’s salmon fishery passes MSC audits, marking 25 years of certification
- NEW HAMPSHIRE: USD 3 million donation will expand programming at University of New Hampshire aquaculture education center
- ALASKA: NPFMC adjusts proposals to reduce chum salmon bycatch by Alaskan pollock trawlers
State & Local
- Trump Didn’t Kill New Jersey’s Wind Farms. Economics Did
- Monty Deihl: Let’s set the record straight about menhaden fishing
- Op-ed: In suing Cooke, Conservation Law Foundation has a short memory
Opinion
- USDA sends out second-largest pollock bid invitation ever; offers due by late February
- As Trump escalates trade war, analysts tell shippers to expect the unexpected
- Closure of USAID fishery, aquaculture programs will hurt US seafood sector, aquaculture consultant warns
Economic Impact
- 2024 FDA shrimp refusals for banned antibiotics hit highest level in eight years
- Longtime NOAA staffer acting as head of fisheries agency amid Trump transition
- Monumental Issues
Fisheries Management
- US Customs officers detain 3 employees at New Jersey seafood wholesaler
- Washington state officers cite group for illegal crab harvesting
- NOAA withdraws proposed rule intended to strengthen penalties on IUU fishing
Enforcement
- New CNN report highlights alleged labor issues in India’s shrimp industry
- Chinese government quietly heeding NGO advice by trying to rein in provincial distant-water fleets
- Global seafood collaboration updates sustainability data, human rights analysis tool
International Trade
- Alaska Salmon Fishery Closes Hatchery-Related Conditions on Marine Stewardship Council Certificate in Latest Audit
- North Atlantic Right Whale, Calf Spotted Off NJ as Rutgers Debuts AI Tool to Protect Endangered Species
- Multiple labor activists send letter to MSC demanding action on labor abuse in seafood industry
Conservation & Environment
- US judge orders Trump end USAID funding freeze
- Wild Fish Conservancy to sue NOAA over missed deadlines for potential Chinook salmon protections
- Court restores protections for critically endangered whales off New England
Legal
- NEFMC Seeks Input at Scallop Strategic Plan Visioning Sessions
- Vacancy Announcement: NEFMC Seeks Administrative Officer
- ASMFC 2025 Winter Meeting Summary Document, Presentations and Recordings Now Available
Council Actions
- Extension of 2024 Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Specifications Emergency Measures
- NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose Revisions to Regulations Implementing the Endangered Species Act
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Revised 2022 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Target for Groundfish Sector Fishery