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RI lawsuits against CT offshore wind projects
Two Rhode Island heritage organizations have filed lawsuits over two offshore wind projects they say will spoil their "viewsheds."
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Preservationists fight to protect RI from wind farms
Rhode Island took a double-barreled action with federal appeals being filed for both Block Island and Newport to stop two massive offshore wind farms by Ørsted
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Maine testing alternative lobster fishing gear
Maine has received more than $5 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to expand the testing of alternative lobster fishing gear.
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CT study will examine offshore wind and ecosystems
New local fisheries research will look into the impacts of Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm on marine ecosystems in southern New England waters.
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Ropeless Buoy Technology Tested in New England
A federal program testing the viability of “fishing on demand” technology – also known as ropeless buoys – is seeing growing interest and success off the waters of Massachusetts.
‘Maybe we were too optimistic’: Ørsted executive talks about offshore wind struggles
NEW YORK: Huge Turbines Will Soon Bring First Offshore Wind Power to New Yorkers
Can electronic tags fill knowledge gaps between offshore wind and fisheries?
NOAA experts: Listen early for whales before wind project work
Opening up the world of canned seafood
Cape May County continuing federal offshore wind suit despite Ørsted backout
Cost barriers keeping RAS out of emerging markets
NEFMC December 5-7, 2023 Meeting – Newport, RI – Listen Live, View Documents
RI organizations file lawsuits against CT offshore wind projects
RHODE ISLAND: Block Island and Newport preservationists fight to protect Rhode Island from massive wind farms
Maine gets $5M to support testing of alternative lobster fishing gear to reduce whale entanglement
USDA seeking to buy more than 800,000 pounds of catfish
CT study will examine relationship of new offshore wind farm on marine ecosystems
Albertsons cuts seafood waste with Afresh’s AI technology
- US Senate makes another push for Law of the Sea ratification
- Senators Collins and Reed Introduce Bill to Preserve Vital Working Waterfronts
- Biden administration doubles H-2B work visas for 2024
Washington
- RHODE ISLAND: Block Island and Newport preservationists fight to protect Rhode Island from massive wind farms
- NEW YORK: Huge Turbines Will Soon Bring First Offshore Wind Power to New Yorkers
- VIRGINIA: Virginia proposal to reopen winter crab dredge fishery aimed at providing winter jobs for watermen
State & Local
- Op-Ed: The numbers tell the story when it comes to forced labor in seafood
- Phil Murphy’s New Jersey Wind Flop
- SCOTUS to put the administrative state under scrutiny
Opinion
- ‘Maybe we were too optimistic’: Ørsted executive talks about offshore wind struggles
- USDA seeking to buy more than 800,000 pounds of catfish
- Opening up the world of canned seafood
Economic Impact
- Biden’s clean energy agenda faces mounting headwinds
- Offshore wind project receives final approval from federal agency
- US land-based aquaculture projects achieve permitting, funding progress
Fisheries Management
- Limits on ratio of fisherman decried
- US Coast Guard opens IUU Fisheries Center covering Indo-Pacific, ups patrols off Peru
- Joint US-Canada IUU surveillance operation uncovers more than 3,000 illegal shark fins
Enforcement
- ICCAT sticks with status quo for tuna, swordfish management
- Thailand’s proposed rollback of fisheries reforms worries NGOs
- Fleets of Force
International Trade
- Albertsons cuts seafood waste with Afresh’s AI technology
- Fish out of water: North American drought bakes salmon
- From concrete gray to ‘tutu’ green, Mass. shows off the many colors of coastal resilience
Conservation & Environment
- RI organizations file lawsuits against CT offshore wind projects
- Cape May County continuing federal offshore wind suit despite Ørsted backout
- Lawyers for Rhode Island fishermen file Supreme Court brief
Legal
- NEFMC December 5-7, 2023 Meeting – Newport, RI – Listen Live, View Documents
- Pacific Remote Islands Sanctuary, Hawai‘i Uku EFH and Bigeye Tuna Management on Agenda for Scientists at Next Meeting
- Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to Meet December 12-14, 2023
Council Actions
- NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose Revisions to Regulations Implementing the Endangered Species Act
- NOAA Fisheries Announces Revised 2022 At-Sea Monitoring Coverage Target for Groundfish Sector Fishery
- Greater Atlantic Regional Dealer Permits Are Going Paperless This Fall
