Pacific Islands US Tuna Treaty Signed
CALIFORNIA: Crab fishermen test pop-up fishing gear to reduce whale entanglements
MASSACHUSETTS: MAYOR MITCHELL ADVOCATES FOR SCALLOP INDUSTRY
Officials search for offshore wind radar interference fix
Banning fishing won’t protect local kelp forests from marine heat waves
ALASKA: Federal fisheries regulators still in early stages of wrestling with salmon bycatch
ALASKA: Residents speak on chinook moratorium at Yukon River Panel
The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History
ALASKA: Army Corps denies appeal from Pebble mine backers
Red Lobster exploring possible bankruptcy filing
U.S. Department of Commerce allocates $206K in funding for Puget Sound fishery disaster
A timeline of the whales that have died off Virginia, NC coast this year
MAINE: Mills’ storm relief bill caught up in last-minute state budget battle
Surfclams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear – and Rebound
- Save Our Shrimpers Act introduced to safeguard US shrimping industry
- US lawmakers renew efforts to bring COOL online
- Biden-Harris Administration invests $3.9 million for Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators through Investing in America agenda
Washington
- ALASKA: Army Corps denies appeal from Pebble mine backers
- CALIFORNIA: Crab fishermen test pop-up fishing gear to reduce whale entanglements
- MAINE: Mills’ storm relief bill caught up in last-minute state budget battle
State & Local
- Banning fishing won’t protect local kelp forests from marine heat waves
- Op-ed: Research papers misrepresent impacts of marine protected areas
- Op-ed: Marine protected areas in British Columbia only good for bragging rights
Opinion
- Red Lobster exploring possible bankruptcy filing
- Seafood is getting cheaper but US consumers still aren’t biting
- ANALYSIS: 2024 Scallop Season Expectations
Economic Impact
- U.S. Department of Commerce allocates $206K in funding for Puget Sound fishery disaster
- Pacific Islands US Tuna Treaty Signed
- American Samoa says restrictions on fishing are crippling the economy
Fisheries Management
- NOAA wraps up forced labor initiative with Seafood Labor Summit
- California fines San Diego fishermen USD 145,000 in poaching ring bust
- NFI Shares Seafood Industry Labor Principles Following India Shrimp Labor Abuse Reports
Enforcement
- The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History
- EJF analysis of China’s distant-water fleet alleges connections to IUU, human rights issues
- Ecuador, India, Vietnam shrimp industries facing higher US countervailing duties
International Trade
- A timeline of the whales that have died off Virginia, NC coast this year
- Right whale is found entangled off New England in a devastating year for the vanishing species
- Species most vulnerable to climate change
Conservation & Environment
- Revolution Wind Facing Legal Turbulence
- Alaska sues EPA over Pebble copper and gold mine prohibitions
- Walmart to pay USD 45 million in class-action settlement
Legal
- Council Schedules Three Facilitated Workshops to Solicit Public Input on Atlantic Cod Management Transition Plan
- NEFMC April 16-18, 2024 Meeting – Mystic, CT – Listen Live, View Documents
- ASMFC Atlantic Herring Days Out Meeting Scheduled for April 24, 1 – 2:30 PM
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