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 U.S. district court has issued summary judgment against a lawsuit filed by conservationists attempting to stop the opening of leatherback sea turtle habitat to commercial sablefish harvesting, allowing NOAA Fisheries’ plans to move forward.
NOAA Fisheries announced in December 2023 that it would open 407 square miles of the leatherback’s principal feeding area for sablefish harvesting, despite the fact that the vertical lines used
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U.S. consumers have plenty of money to spend on seafood, despite anecdotal concerns over inflation and higher grocery bills, according to Wells Fargo agricultural economist Michael Swanson.
“People are spending USD 500 billion [EUR 480 billion] on [beef, pork, and chicken]. You don’t think they have another couple hundred billion dollars to spend on seafood if they want to? They absolutely do,” Swanson said at the 2025 Global
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Instead of solely relying on their primary grocery store, U.S. consumers are shopping around for their seafood, according to FMI – The Food Industry Association.
That’s a major change from 2018, when FMI research showed that 60 percent of consumers said their traditional grocery store was their primary seafood store. That number dropped drastically following the Covid-19 pandemic, with just 42 percent of respondents still using their
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After a difficult period of low prices shocked the global shrimp-farming industry in 2024, Ecuadorian shrimp farmers have adjusted, and the sector has stabilized, according to Glunashrimp Founder Gabriel Luna.
“Ecuadorian shrimp farmers – as have the other farmers around the world – have had to adjust to be able to produce with those low prices. [2024 was] a very troublesome year for the farmers because they were trying to
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The U.S. government has signed a legal agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Animal Welfare Institute demanding regulators block imports from foreign fisheries that are not adequately protecting marine mammals.
“I’m relieved other nations will finally be pressured to prevent whales and dolphins from getting caught in fishing nets.
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The government of the Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the “escalatory actions” of Chinese government vessels and aircraft in the South China Sea, accusing the nation of violating international law.
“The Philippines remains resolute in asserting and protecting its sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction in the [West Philippine Sea] and urges China to observe Philippine laws and comply with its obligations
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The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have expanded vessel speed limits along the East Coast, with NOAA Fisheries claiming that it does not have time to complete the rulemaking process before Biden leaves office.
The government’s current rule sets a speed limit of 10 knots for vessels over 65 feet in length; the Biden administration’s proposed rule would have extended that speed limit
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