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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.
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BOEM Releases Draft Wind Energy Areas
After reviewing the comments received in response to the Call for Information and Nominations, comments received during meetings and general feedback, BOEM has delineated draft Wind Energy Areas in the New York Bight.
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Chesapeake oyster decline not due to overfishing
Warmer winters, rather than overharvesting, caused the steep decline of oysters and other commercially valuable shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere along the Atlantic coast.
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Alaska seafood jobs sharply rebounded in 2017
After a steep drop in 2016, seafood harvesting jobs grew 8.3 percent last year, the most in percent terms among all Alaska industries.
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
Mote-Led Initiative to Restore Corals
Could Oysters Ease Trade Tensions With U.S.? European Leaders Hope So
Scientists acknowledge key errors in study of how fast the oceans are warming
Lobster industry chief expects bait crunch
MASSACHUSETTS: Film series presenting ‘Life by Lobster’
Lionfish invasion in the Gulf of Mexico expected to worsen as the climate changes
Ropeless fishing options floated
America’s Wind Farms Are Ready to Go It Alone
- 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
- New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery faces key decisions
- Lobster industry chief expects bait crunch
- America’s Wind Farms Are Ready to Go It Alone
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
- Could Oysters Ease Trade Tensions With U.S.? European Leaders Hope So
- EU Commission proposes 2019 TACs for Atlantic, North Sea
- Industry launch large-scale squid project at China Fisheries Expo
International Trade
- Lionfish invasion in the Gulf of Mexico expected to worsen as the climate changes
- Mote-Led Initiative to Restore Corals
- Industry, agencies working to avoid whale entanglements
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
