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Big debate over menhaden goes unresolved in LA
Menhaden industry representatives said trawling a half mile farther from the coast could cut their revenue by 20% if captains couldn't make up that catch elsewhere.
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US Coast Guard won’t monitor masking
The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Friday, 11 June, that it would no longer require masks “in outdoor areas of maritime transportation conveyances and hubs,” according to a Marine Safety Information Bulletin.
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Biden may reinstate Northeast monument restrictions
The Biden administration could reinstate commercial fishing restrictions on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument – and bring a new court challenge from the fishing industry.
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Fishermen lose challenge to monitor rule
While Congress did not specifically speak on the issue of industry-funded monitors, the judge said that the agency's interpretation of the statute was "reasonable."
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Gulf Operators Fight Back Against Monitoring Suit
A group of 11 small businesses and fishing-boat owners claim that a policy requiring electronic monitoring and reporting infringes on their operations.
Some New Jersey residents fighting the state’s wind farm plan
NEW JERSEY: Bill would pre-empt local say over offshore wind projects
Biden’s 30×30 plan gives hope, but also uncertainy
US-EU trade war winding down with five-year suspension of tariffs
Some Relief For Seafood Industry Thanks to Airbus-Boeing Deal
Scientists Support Combined Management Measures for Uku, Review Mitigation Tactics for False Killer Whales
National Fisheries Institute Statement on Suspension of EU/US Tariffs
Feds Add NY-NJ Waters to Gulf of Mexico in Offshore Wind Development Spurt
Increasingly valuable pogie fishing season gets underway in Maine
Suit challenging new charter boat rules OK’d as class action
Red Lobster latest seafood vendor to get hit with sustainability-focused lawsuit
ALASKA: Record Copper River salmon prices boost market optimism ahead of bigger Bristol Bay fishery
Big debate over tiny fish goes unresolved as Louisiana pogie legislation dies
Canh Nguyen, Fisheries Methods and Equipment Specialist
- Biden administration may reinstate Northeast marine monument restrictions
- Haaland recommends reimposing fishing restrictions in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
- Biden administration proposes offshore wind leases off LI, NJ
Washington
- Big debate over tiny fish goes unresolved as Louisiana pogie legislation dies
- Some New Jersey residents fighting the state’s wind farm plan
- NEW JERSEY: Bill would pre-empt local say over offshore wind projects
State & Local
- PACIFIC DAILY NEWS: US must hear out territories on coral critical habitat designation
- JOHN P. HOLDREN: Climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic: Why everybody should care
- GLOUCESTER DAILY TIMES: Money and focus on endangered whales
Opinion
- Chicken of the Sea is betting big on value-added shrimp
- USDA Announces Additional $700 Million in PPE Grants to Small Businesses, Seafood Processors
- National Fisheries Institute Statement on Suspension of EU/US Tariffs
Economic Impact
- 2021 Commercial Halibut Season Is Set to Open
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence snow crab fishery withdraws from MSC, launches new FIP
- Feds Add NY-NJ Waters to Gulf of Mexico in Offshore Wind Development Spurt
Fisheries Management
- US Coast Guard won’t monitor masking
- Regulators are using underwater drones to enforce lobster trap rules
- NOAA Enforcement Continues the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
Enforcement
- US-EU trade war winding down with five-year suspension of tariffs
- Some Relief For Seafood Industry Thanks to Airbus-Boeing Deal
- Seafood Expo Asia hosting second edition of Reconnect
International Trade
- Events, fisheries proposal keep endangered orcas in the spotlight
- Picture of Chesapeake microplastics grows clearer
- Businesses call for long-term salmon protections in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Conservation & Environment
- Fishermen lose challenge to rule requiring at-sea monitors
- Suit challenging new charter boat rules OK’d as class action
- Gulf of Mexico charter operators fight back against lawsuit mandating electronic monitoring
Legal
- PFMC Climate and Communities Core Team to hold online meeting July 8, 2021
- MAFMC and ASMFC Approve Bluefish Rebuilding Plan and Revised Allocations
- NEFMC June 22-24, 2021 – By Webinar – Listen Live, View Documents
Council Actions
- FDA not meeting goals, following procedure on seafood warning letters, according to GAO report
- Gillnet Fishing: Closed Area I and Nantucket Lightship Closure Areas
- Effective on June 23 – Closed Area I Scallop Access Area is Closed for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet
