Nathan Strout

The Natural Resources Defense Council claims that NOAA Fisheries has failed to protect the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary despite increased threats from marine heat waves, biodiversity decline, and degraded habitat.

Located at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay off the coast of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the sanctuary stretches across an 842-square-mile area and is home to hundreds of species of marine life.

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The state government of Alaska, U.S.A., has asked the courts to block federal management of fisheries on the Kuskokwim River, continuing a multi-year battle for control of the area.

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden filed an injunction against the state in May 2022 to prevent it from allowing residents to partake in subsistence fishing on the Kuskokwim River. On 1 September, Alaska hit back, filing a motion in the U.S. District

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he still supports his agency’s move to block mining in Bristol Bay, Alaska, despite the state asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the decision.

“Let me be clear, we are very proud of our decision to really evaluate the Pebble Mine project and do what is necessary to protect Bristol Bay,” U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan told The Associated Press last week.

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released a report identifying several nations it alleges are engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing or that have not done enough to liminate the use of forced labor within their domestic fleets.

Angola, Grenada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, The Gambia, and Vanuatu were all alleged to have participated in IUU fishing in 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to the

Foreign-born immigrants are a small, but growing demographic in the U.S. state, of Maine, making up approximately 3.5 percent of its population, according to the Maine Multicultural Center. 

While consumers in some countries from which New Mainers hail tend to eat more seafood than the average American, it wasn’t clear whether they were carrying those habits with them when they moved to seafood-rich state.   

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The United States Agency for International Development in Ghana (USAID/Ghana) has boosted funding for a program designed to improve Ghana’s fisheries, awarding an additional USD 6 million (EUR 5.5 million) to the fisheries recovery program.

Launched in 2021, the Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA) is a five-year initiative to improve the sustainability of Ghana’s sardines, mackerel, and anchovies fisheries, which

Looking for a simple and convenient meal to share with her husband, Ali Hooke, chef, new parent, and TikTok influencer, decided to document her idea for a date night featuring a charcuterie board with canned fish products. Viewers were enthralled with Hooke’s idea, and it instantly became a viral sensation.

Canned seafood suppliers were quick to capitalize on the trend. Patagonia Provisions partnered with Hooke on a “How To Tin Fish

Two fishing industry groups plan to sue a baker’s dozen of U.S. tire manufacturers over a chemical found in rubber tires, which the groups claim have had “devastating impacts” on salmon and steelhead.

The chemical, 6PPD, is used to prevent tires from degrading too quickly. However, it breaks down into 6PPD-quinone when exposed to ground-level ozone. The new chemical can kill coho salmon within hours of exposure and can lead to

NOAA Fisheries plans on subscribing to an existing commercial database to support its law enforcement division, giving the agency access to more public and propriety information as it conducts its investigations.

In July, SeafoodSource reported that NOAA Fisheries was considering creating or purchasing a new national database that would enable law enforcement officers to search vehicle registrations, phone records, social media accounts, and

The city of Bayou La Batre in the U.S. state of Alabama has declared a disaster over shrimp imports, and it’s asking the state government and the federal government to do the same.

The Bayou La Batre city council unanimously adopted a resolution on 17 August declaring shrimp dumping to be a disaster.

“The recent influxes of imported shrimp into the United States markets have affected the ability to market and see wild caught domestic