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Marine heat wave dubbed ‘Blob’ resurges in Pacific
Across vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean extending from Hawaii north to the shores of Alaska, and southeast to near California, a new marine heat wave is underway.
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Wind Farm Will Test Virginia’s Resolve to be Green
Dominion Energy Inc.’s customers have been pressing the Virginia utility giant for years to source more clean energy. On Thursday, the company heeded their call.
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Fishermen Prepare For a Changing Climate
In 30 years, the Gulf of Maine will have been transformed by climate change. Its waters will inexorably grow warmer, and the species that flourish there will be those that can adapt.
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Gleaned Seafood brings bycatch to the needy
A pilot project to give commercial fishing bycatch to the hungry officially launched Friday in New Jersey, where the America’s Gleaned Seafood volunteer program and Trinity Seafoods have made the first deliveries.
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Dominion planning large wind farm off Virginia coast
Dominion Energy announced plans Thursday to seek approval to build what it says would be the largest offshore wind project in the United States off the Virginia coast.
Collins proposes reforms to support Maine lobster industry, protect whales
Local News Consortium earns funding to enhance oyster breeding
Pro-seafood scientists push to knock mercury warnings out of US Dietary Guidelines
Massachusetts meeting could have big consequences for US groundfish harvesters
Ørsted wants offshore wind energy in harmony with fishing community, others, says Frederick Zalcman
Marine heat wave dubbed ‘Blob’ resurges in Pacific; mass deaths of sea life feared
An $8 Billion Wind Farm Will Test Virginia’s Resolve to Be Green
Marine Resources Education Program (MREP) Solicits Participants for 2020
SAFMC Wraps Up Meeting Week by Approving Measures for Best Fishing Practices
PFMC: Reminder: Ad Hoc Southern Resident Killer Whale Workgroup to hold meeting October 8-9, 2019
Maine Fishermen Prepare For Losses And Gains In A Climate-Changed Ocean
PFMC: Reminder – Groundfish Management Team to hold work session in Portland, OR October 7-11, 2019
Recreational Closure for Almaco Jack, Banded Rudderfish, and Lesser Amberjack in South Atlantic Federal Waters on September 25, 2019
Gleaned Seafood brings bycatch to the needy
- Maine lobsterer group calls Rep. Seth Moulton to task
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Oyster Restoration Funding In Chesapeake Bay
- MA Lawmakers Press U.S. Trade Representative for Real Solutions for Massachusetts Lobstermen Impacted by Trade Tariffs
Washington
- Collins proposes reforms to support Maine lobster industry, protect whales
- An $8 Billion Wind Farm Will Test Virginia’s Resolve to Be Green
- NEW YORK: Changes on the horizon to reduce striped bass fishing mortality
State & Local
- JOHN FIORILLO: The US aquaculture industry is on life support
- DAN MORRIS: Maine Voices: Lobstermen threatened with the extinction of their way of life
- DAVID GOETHEL: 100% fishing monitoring is unnecessary
Opinion
- State judge’s order thwarts auction owners’ apparent last stab at buying Rafael vessels
- Lobster industry pinched by tariffs
- Bristol Bay Native Corporation acquiring Blue North and Clipper
Economic Impact
- Massachusetts meeting could have big consequences for US groundfish harvesters
- Ørsted wants offshore wind energy in harmony with fishing community, others, says Frederick Zalcman
- Council to review groundfish monitoring issues
Fisheries Management
- 3 charged with breaking herring fishing laws in Maine
- U.S. Coast Guard Targets Illegal Fishing in International Waters
- “El Chapo” drugs came into US through fake seafood firms
Enforcement
- Transshipment in western and central Pacific most likely underreported
- Thai fishing group lobbies government to relax reforms, leaving NGOs, retailers, and suppliers troubled
- Cooke acquires Invergordon fish feed mill in Scotland
International Trade
- Marine heat wave dubbed ‘Blob’ resurges in Pacific; mass deaths of sea life feared
- Feds propose major habitat protections for killer whales
- Dead whale found in LI waters was last seen caught in fishing line, NOAA says
Conservation & Environment
- DOJ green lights Clipper, Blue North merger
- StarKist ordered to pay USD 100 million fine for role in tuna price-fixing
- Lawsuit claims Cook Inlet exploration would diminish endangered belugas
Legal
- Marine Resources Education Program (MREP) Solicits Participants for 2020
- SAFMC Wraps Up Meeting Week by Approving Measures for Best Fishing Practices
- PFMC: Reminder: Ad Hoc Southern Resident Killer Whale Workgroup to hold meeting October 8-9, 2019
Council Actions
- Effective on June 23 – Closed Area I Scallop Access Area is Closed for the Limited Access General Category Individual Fishing Quota Fleet
- NOAA Fisheries Revises 2019 Summer Flounder Specifications
- Correction to the Proposed Rule for 2019 Groundfish Recreational Regulations in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
