CALIFORNIA: A third straight year with no California salmon fishing? Early fish counts suggest it could happen
MARYLAND: Maryland selects locations for three new oyster-restoration sanctuaries
Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica’s booming krill fishery
Walton Family Foundation: 80 percent of Americans care about sustainable seafood, food security, oceans
These divers are trying to make a dent in Maine’s ‘ghost gear’ problem, one abandoned trap at a time
MAINE: Maine groups receive federal grants to help train the next generation of fishers
Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA make $95 million available for fish passage as part of Investing in America agenda
Is U.S. Wild-Caught Shrimp Sustainable? The Short Answer Is Yes
Maine offshore wind auction draws a few takers
BOEM Announces POWERON Acoustic Monitoring Program for Offshore Wind Projects
ALASKA: Adjudicator rejects conservationists’ concerns, recommends MSC recertification of Alaska salmon
Two NOAA Fish Passage Funding Opportunities Now Open, One Focused on Tribes
ALASKA: US House candidates debate Alaskan fisheries management
New Tool Provides Insight into Coastal Community Well-Being
- Legislation would make US shrimpers eligible for fishery disaster relief
- New Legislation Seeks to Amend Magnuson-Stevens Act, Address Economic Causes of Fishery Disasters
- Biden administration races to shell out billions for clean energy as election nears
Washington
- CALIFORNIA: A third straight year with no California salmon fishing? Early fish counts suggest it could happen
- MARYLAND: Maryland selects locations for three new oyster-restoration sanctuaries
- ALASKA: Adjudicator rejects conservationists’ concerns, recommends MSC recertification of Alaska salmon
State & Local
- California MPAs have not increased populations: a response to Carl Safina
- Fishing communities call on Biden-Harris Administration to update National Standard guidelines
- Op-ed: From farmworkers to fishermen: Lessons from US produce on protecting human rights on the high seas
Opinion
- Fresh seafood sales at US retail increased in September following months of declines
- Appalachian Salmon secures key permits to build trout RAS in West Virginia
- No immediate disruptions reported from port strike as trade unions pressure Biden to take action
Economic Impact
- Maine offshore wind auction draws a few takers
- Two NOAA Fish Passage Funding Opportunities Now Open, One Focused on Tribes
- US Gulf of Maine offshore wind auction attracts scant interest
Fisheries Management
- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter combats illegal fishing in Pacific waters
- US denies port privileges to foreign vessels accused of IUU fishing
- James Binniker Named New Director of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement
Enforcement
- China’s Pacific fleet reportedly using squid ship as hospital to evade scrutiny
- Cooke waterborne feed trial among 67 projects awarded USD 18 million by Marine Fund Scotland
- WTO taking yet another swing at passing fisheries subsidy deal
International Trade
- Recent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica’s booming krill fishery
- New Tool Provides Insight into Coastal Community Well-Being
- Walton Family Foundation: 80 percent of Americans care about sustainable seafood, food security, oceans
Conservation & Environment
- Tribe urges Supreme Court to review offshore wind’s impact on whales
- Preservation Society of Newport County asks judge to stop offshore wind project
- Environmentalists sue New York, New Jersey and Delaware over endangered sturgeon
Legal
- ASMFC 82nd Annual Meeting Presentations and Recordings Now Available
- Request for Proposals: Climate Change and Communities Program
- Vacancy Announcement: NEFMC Seeks Candidates for Public Affairs Officer
Council Actions
- Extension of 2024 Atlantic Spiny Dogfish Specifications Emergency Measures
- 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