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House could act to limit foreign workers in wind
Foreign-flag vessels and crews employed in the early stages of U.S. offshore wind energy are undercutting opportunities for American mariners, an industry spokesman told members of Congress Tuesday.
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Pebble Execs Discuss Influence on Gov. Dunleavy
An environmental group released videos on Monday of Pebble mine executives privately discussing their pull with Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and other Alaska political leaders and the huge potential for expansion.
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Fishing groups applaud sardine rebuilding plan
The Pacific sardine fishery has officially been given a rebuilding plan by the PFMC), a move that fishermen applauded and Oceana has decried as a “failure to act.”
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More Measures Proposed for Pacific Longliners
The WPRFMC concluded its 2020 3rd-quarter meeting recently with actions related to electronic reporting for Hawaii longline fisheries, annual catch limits for grey snapper for years 2022-2025 and more.
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Fish farm off CA. could be 1st in federal waters
A prestigious San Diego research institute and a Long Beach social-benefit investment group are teaming to create what could be the first fish farm in federal waters.
Consumers flowing to retailers bridging online and offline shopping experience
IFFO’s Johannessen: Use of marine ingredients in aquafeed “will not decline in the foreseeable future”
Horseshoe crabs have a vital role in the development of a coronavirus vaccine. Here’s why
ALASKA: Secret recordings of Pebble Mine executives reveal plans for larger mine than proposed
JIM HUTCHINSON JR: What I’m Reading
USDA Will Purchase $4.4 Million of Blue Harvest’s Sustainable, New Bedford Groundfish
National Fisheries Institute Statement on FDA Food Traceability Proposed Rule
IOTC data indicates tuna still overfished
Congress could act to limit foreign workers in U.S. offshore wind
PFMC: September 2020 Council Decision Summary Document online
Warming conditions are making northern Bering Sea more friendly for pink salmon
Studies investigate marine heatwaves, shifting ocean currents
US-China fight over fishing is really about world domination
ALASKA: In recordings, Pebble executives discuss influence with Gov. Mike Dunleavy and one day expanding the mine
- Congress could act to limit foreign workers in U.S. offshore wind
- Rep. Huffman Announces New England Session as part of Nationwide Congressional Fisheries Listening Tour
- Senator Collins Urges Administration to Work to Find Agreement with Canada on Fishing Gray Zone
Washington
- ALASKA: In recordings, Pebble executives discuss influence with Gov. Mike Dunleavy and one day expanding the mine
- ALASKA: New grant helps fund cold-storage facility at Anchorage airport
- Alaska Symphony of Seafood rescheduled to 2021
State & Local
- JIM HUTCHINSON JR: What I’m Reading
- DREW CHERRY: America’s fisheries management has been a success. Now that’s under threat.
- MIKE DUNLEAVY: Protecting Alaska’s fisheries in a turbulent season
Opinion
- Consumers flowing to retailers bridging online and offline shopping experience
- IFFO’s Johannessen: Use of marine ingredients in aquafeed “will not decline in the foreseeable future”
- USDA Will Purchase $4.4 Million of Blue Harvest’s Sustainable, New Bedford Groundfish
Economic Impact
- Fishing groups applaud Pacific sardine rebuilding plan, Oceana calls it a failure to act
- National Fisheries Institute Statement on SIMP-Compliant Importers List
- More Measures Proposed for Western Pacific Longliners as Managers Agree to Electronic Reporting
Fisheries Management
- Marijuana, money laundering, and shark fin conspiracy busted in Southport
- FCF-linked vessels outed by US government as likely using forced labor
- American Sword and Tuna Harvesters Call For Department of State to Help Imprisoned Captain Michael Foy
Enforcement
- IOTC data indicates tuna still overfished
- US-China fight over fishing is really about world domination
- Chinese Customs finds traces of COVID-19 on Indonesian, Russian seafood packaging
International Trade
- Warming conditions are making northern Bering Sea more friendly for pink salmon
- New Conservation Plan Benefits California Steelhead—And Irrigators, Too
- Population of prized tuna species decline as protections ease in the Gulf of Mexico
Conservation & Environment
- Hawaii Court Hears Case On Legality Of Foreign Fishing Labor
- Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crabmeat Falsely Labeled as Blue Crab From USA
- Trial delayed for U.S. captain held in British Virgin Islands
Legal
- PFMC: September 2020 Council Decision Summary Document online
- NEFMC September 29-October 1, 2020 – By Webinar – Listen Live, View Documents
- WPRFMC: Federal Fishery Managers Agree to Longline Electronic Reporting, Preliminary Hawai’i Grey Snapper Limits
