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The Irony of Oceana’s Seafood Fraud Campaign
Oceana does not appreciate these unique challenges and is wrong to suggest all examples of mislabeling are malicious or avoidable with a stronger moral compass.
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GSSA Supports New Vessel Discharge Rules
This week, after more than a decade of activism from the fishing industry, Congress has moved to alleviate a major regulatory burden on commercial fishermen.
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Alaska Pollock Spawning Earlier Under Climate Change
A new study shows how climate and fishing are changing pollock spawning time, and how changes in spawning time could affect fisheries in the future.
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Lobster industry chief expects bait crunch
An expected cutback of the Atlantic herring catch quota is causing concern among lobster fishing interests, which largely rely on herring as bait.
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America’s Wind Farms Are Ready to Go It Alone
For a quarter-century, the industry has been supported by federal tax credits that helped it attract $250 billion in investments and create 100,000 jobs, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
Public Comment Period Open for Flounder, Black Sea Bass, Scup Fisheries
Lethal force approved for sea lion at Willamette Falls
New England Council eying more monitoring of some fisheries
Climatic closures: Crabbers file suit over warming waters
Climate Change Looms as a Long-Term Threat to Aquaculture
Should You Keep Taking Those Fish Oil And Vitamin D Pills?
COOKE SEAFOOD USA INVESTS IN ITS SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA FACILITY
New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery faces key decisions
A new way to fish
ALASKA: Upper Cook Inlet fishermen seek federal disaster declaration
West Coast crab fisherman sue 30 fossil fuel companies, citing economic losses due to climate change
Seafood Harvesters Applaud Passage of Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
As Lobsters Decline, Fishermen Switch to Jonah Crab
The Irony of Oceana’s Seafood Fraud Campaign
- US Senate votes to free Fishermen’s Finest from Jones Act purgatory
- House flips in US elections, impact likely on MSA reauthorization
- Young’s win in Alaska caps long US election night for seafood industry
Washington
- MASSACHUSETTS: Film series presenting ‘Life by Lobster’
- ALASKA: Upper Cook Inlet fishermen seek federal disaster declaration
- Crab season delayed on the Oregon Coast
State & Local
- Poaching needs a judge who understands fishing
- DON CUDDY: An industry still fishing for answers on offshore wind
- Brad Warren & Julia Sanders: Washington’s Initiative 1631 will help fight ocean acidification
Opinion
- Even Lobsters Can’t Escape Trump’s Trade War
- Harvest of popular sushi fish shut down until March
- US refuses entry of invasive Chinese crab
Economic Impact
- Public Comment Period Open for Flounder, Black Sea Bass, Scup Fisheries
- New England Council eying more monitoring of some fisheries
- New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery faces key decisions
Fisheries Management
- Only $720 of $10K fine paid for illegal lobsters
- Illegal shark finning probe nets criminal charges against ten international fishermen
- Alaska Fishermen Sentenced for Killing Endangered Sea Lions
Enforcement
- Report card on Canada’s fish stocks suggests action required to reverse decline
- Could Oysters Ease Trade Tensions With U.S.? European Leaders Hope So
- EU Commission proposes 2019 TACs for Atlantic, North Sea
International Trade
- Reef restoration projects aim to bolster Texas’ record-low oyster population
- Otter fans float plan to bring sea otters back to Oregon coast
- Orcas thrive in a land to the north. Why are Puget Sound’s dying?
Conservation & Environment
- West Coast crab fisherman sue 30 fossil fuel companies, citing economic losses due to climate change
- Trial date set in case of clam espionage
- As the guilty pleas pile up in tuna case, will consumers ever get anything back?
Legal
- Mid-Atlantic Council Solicits Public Input on Chub Mackerel Amendment
- Atlantic Herring Area 1A Trimester 3 Effort Controls Revised
- ASMFC Northern Shrimp Advisory Panel & Section Meeting Materials Now Available
