New Bedford Mayor seeks access to new scallop territory
Offshore wind sparks new lawsuits
New Bedford Mayor, Port Authority, Successfully Advocate Opening Northern Edge Scallop Grounds to Boost Fishing Opportunities
NEFMC: Last Call for Atlantic Herring Amendment 10 Scoping Comments
The Power Struggle Behind Rhode Island’s Offshore Wind Farms
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
Fishery council considering Mitchell’s plea to open Northern Edge to scallopers
Maine legislature passes $60 million to aid working waterfronts
MASSACHUSETTS: A submerged concern: offshore wind cables
The Shrimp on Your Table Has a Dark History
ALASKA: Army Corps denies appeal from Pebble mine backers
Red Lobster exploring possible bankruptcy filing
- 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
- New Bedford Mayor, Port Authority, Successfully Advocate Opening Northern Edge Scallop Grounds to Boost Fishing Opportunities
- Fishery council considering Mitchell’s plea to open Northern Edge to scallopers
- The Power Struggle Behind Rhode Island’s Offshore Wind Farms
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
- NEFMC: Last Call for Atlantic Herring Amendment 10 Scoping Comments
- 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
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