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Farm bill, with US fish requirement, heads to House
The Senate on Tuesday, 11 December, passed the Farm Bill, by an 87-13 margin. Now, the five-year agriculture-related appropriations and policy making bill goes to the House, which is expected to vote on this issue.
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Lawsuit filed over Trump plans for offshore drilling
Environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday over offshore drilling tests, launching a legal fight against a proposal that has drawn bipartisan opposition along the Atlantic Coast.
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‘Buy American’ provision survives in US Farm Bill
Alaskan pollock harvesters and processors have scored a major victory over their Russian competitors in the waning moments of the 115th US Congress, promising to end their dominance in US school meals.
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Transit Lanes Still a Work in Progress
The Offshore Wind Transit Working Group is inching closer to developing transit lanes for fishing vessels in Northeast Wind Energy Areas.
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Industry says it doesn't endorse "consensus plan"
Vineyard Wind said the company endorsed a “consensus” transit corridor plan supported by the fishing industry, but multiple people within the fishing industry told The Standard-Times they didn’t endorse the plan.
Scottish minister calls for removal of link between seafood trade and access to waters
Bipartisan Bill to Protect Endangered Fish Species in Pacific Northwest Heads to President Trump for Signature
DAVID H. WALLACE: Grateful for Jon Mitchell’s advocacy of clam industry
Canadian Government Announces Aquaculture Management Initiatives
NORTH CAROLINA: Disaster declaration OK’d for fishing industry storm damage
Fishing industry wins EPA exemption for deck wash
Pacific nations resist US push to lift tuna quota
Blob 2.0 is bad sign for Gulf of Alaska groundfish
Farm bill, with US fish requirement, passes Senate, now heads to House
Dungeness crab season delayed until year-end
Fishing crew charged with shark fin trafficking
Catch limits increase for key West Coast groundfish species
Lawsuit filed over Trump plans for offshore drilling tests
Bradley Byrne applauds NOAA’s increased Red Snapper catch limit under new rule
- Farm bill, with US fish requirement, passes Senate, now heads to House
- Bipartisan Bill to Protect Endangered Fish Species in Pacific Northwest Heads to President Trump for Signature
- U.S. Senate passes bill making it easier to kill sea lions on Columbia River
Washington
- NORTH CAROLINA: Disaster declaration OK’d for fishing industry storm damage
- Environmental groups will join 16 South Carolina cities to sue over offshore drilling tests
- ALASKA: State to allow higher herring harvest next year, STA promises ‘drastic action’
State & Local
- DAVID H. WALLACE: Grateful for Jon Mitchell’s advocacy of clam industry
- JACK SPILLANE: A rogue agency gets set to shut down another New Bedford fishery
- JOHN BULLARD: Trump policies threaten New England fishermen
Opinion
- ‘Buy American’ provision survives in US Farm Bill, big win for Alaskan pollock
- Vietnam boosts tuna exports to US in October, thanks to trade war
- ASMI requests federal aid to cushion losses in US-China trade war
Economic Impact
- Dungeness crab season delayed until year-end
- Catch limits increase for key West Coast groundfish species
- Bradley Byrne applauds NOAA’s increased Red Snapper catch limit under new rule
Fisheries Management
- Fishing crew charged with shark fin trafficking
- Carlos Rafael vessel captain sentenced for thwarting Coast Guard inspection
- New Bedford Fishing Boat Captain Sentenced
Enforcement
- Scottish minister calls for removal of link between seafood trade and access to waters
- Canadian Government Announces Aquaculture Management Initiatives
- Pacific groups seek vessel standards, ramp up IUU fight
International Trade
- Blob 2.0 is bad sign for Gulf of Alaska groundfish
- NOAA report links 70% of US whale deaths to fishing gear entanglements
- NOAA: 2017 whale entanglements worse than average, improvement over 2016
Conservation & Environment
- Lawsuit filed over Trump plans for offshore drilling tests
- West Coast fishermen are suing oil companies for climate change damages
- Appeals court blocks another US gov’t effort to overcome Mexico gillnet import ban
Legal
- Recreational Closure for Red Grouper in South Atlantic Federal Waters on December 12, 2018
- December South Atlantic Council Meeting Summary
- NEFMC Approves Groundfish Framework 58
