Nathan Strout

Malta has partnered with Madrid, Spain-based technology company Satlink as the Mediterranean nation works to unify and digitize its management of commercial and recreational fishing. “This project reflects a clear institutional commitment to integrated fisheries governance, and we are proud of the trust placed in Satlink to contribute to this transformation,” Satlink President Faustino Velasco said in a release. The Maltese government is… Read More

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) rejected a petition filed by conservation NGOs seeking new rules to reduce the risk of whale entanglements in Dungeness crab fishing gear, opting instead to move forward with its own ongoing rulemaking process. “We remain fully committed to protecting whales and other marine life while supporting a sustainable, community‑based crab fishery,” the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission said in a social… Read More

A group of conservation NGOs have asked European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis to crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by implementing digital controls. “Commissioner, your leadership sends a clear signal. We encourage you to stay on this course. We stand ready to support the full and effective implementation of a control system that Europe’s fisheries, coastal communities, and citizens… Read More

Sales of U.S.-produced catfish increased 1 percent year over year in 2025, despite the acreage used for production shrinking 8 percent. According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. catfish sales increased USD 4 million (EUR 3.4 million) to USD 394 million (EUR 334 million) in 2025. Almost all of those sales – 96 percent – came from four states: Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. The average price for… Read More

NOAA Fisheries has determined that horseshoe crabs do not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), finding that the petitions to do so lacked the necessary evidence that the species is at risk. “Based on our synthesis and integration of the foregoing information and the effects on the status of the species throughout all or in a significant portion of the species' range, we determined that the petition does not present… Read More

An Alabama state legislator is pushing to strengthen the state’s seafood labeling law, adding penalties, DNA testing, and other changes to improve compliance. Alabama passed its seafood labeling law in 2024, which required establishments to designate whether the seafood they serve is wild-caught or farmed and to display its country of origin. However, lawmakers are already looking to make several improvements to the law, and State… Read More

More than two and a half years after a petition was filed, NOAA Fisheries has determined that spring-run Chinook salmon on the Washington coast are not a distinct group from their fall-run counterparts and don’t warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “NMFS has independently reviewed the best available scientific and commercial information,” NOAA Fisheries stated in a post on the Federal Register. “NMFS concludes that… Read More

A Louisiana state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would allow the state government to seize and destroy seafood that violates state law in the latest effort to crack down on imported seafood – particularly shrimp. Louisiana seafood producers have long bemoaned the prevalence of cheap imports, asking state and federal lawmakers to take action to support the state’s struggling seafood sector. In 2019, the state passed a law requiring… Read More

The Mexican government is considering shrinking the area where gillnets are currently prohibited to protect vaquita, an extremely endangered porpoise that exists exclusively in the Northern Gulf of California. “With just a handful of vaquitas left, I’m stunned and appalled that the Mexican government is proposing to reduce measures to protect them,” Environmental Investigation Agency Senior Ocean Campaigner Sarah Dolman said in a… Read More

A group of U.S. lawmakers has asked the federal government to provide financial support to the nation’s struggling shellfish sector, which they claimed has been hit hard by increased tariffs. “Tariffs and retaliatory tariffs have led to higher consumer prices, altered supply chains, reduced availability, higher equipment costs, and market instability for farmers of all kinds, including shellfish growers,” the lawmakers said in the joint… Read More