Nathan Strout is a Portland, Maine-based editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, Nathan covered the U.S. military’s space activities and emerging technologies at C4ISRNET and Defense News, where he won awards for his reporting on the U.S. Space Force’s missile warning capabilities. Nathan got his start in journalism writing about several communities in Midcoast Maine for a local daily paper, The Times Record.
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A new study on bycatch in Louisiana's commercial menhaden fishery is largely being welcomed by the state's fishing industry, who claim it shows the fishery “is sustainable, selective, and not a threat to red drum populations.”
"This study should put to rest the misinformation that's too often circulated about this fishery," Menhaden Fisheries Coalition spokesperson Bob Vanasse said in a statement. "This independent science reaffirms
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A U.S. district court has affirmed a deadline for NOAA Fisheries to release a decision on whether Alaska Chinook salmon should be protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) after the agency ignored its original 12-month deadline.
Duvall, Washington, U.S.A.-based nonprofit conservation group Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) first petitioned NOAA Fisheries in January 2024, asking the government to list Alaska Chinook salmon under the ESA due to
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U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, an omnibus piece of legislation enacting the president’s policy preferences into law.
While the U.S. Senate made substantial changes to the bill before passing it, several seafood provisions included in early versions of the legislation survived the final cut, and a few additional carveouts were added for the Alaska fishing sector during last-minute
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Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have adopted an amendment that – if passed into law – would vastly increase the number of seasonal migrant workers allowed into the United States every year.
Backers of the amendment say it is necessary to ensure stability for businesses that consistently bring in temporary foreign workers and reduce uncertainty within the H-2B visa system. Currently, the federal government allocates
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Following a lawsuit filed by a coalition of conservation groups, a U.S. district court has set deadlines for NOAA Fisheries to determine whether some Chinook salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest should be protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
NOAA Fisheries must now make a decision on Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon/Northern California coastal Chinook by 3 November 2025 and on Washington coast spring-run Chinook by 2 January
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