Nathan Strout

California is set to double participation in a pilot program testing the use of pop-up fishing gear for harvesting Dungeness crab – a move that conversation groups say will lower the risk of whale entanglements in fishing gear.

Nineteen commercial California Dungeness crab fishers took part in the 2024 trials, testing a variety of alternative crabbing gears that don’t rely on vertical lines endangered humpback whales tend to be

Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a new bill intended to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) have partnered to sponsor the Protecting Global Fisheries Act, legislation they claim will expand the U.S. government’s authority and enable the federal government to better partner with foreign governments on maritime law

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, which includes USD 10 million (EUR 9.5 million) for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and millions more for research on the state’s struggling salmon fisheries.

The budget proposal includes operating and capital totals of USD 14.2 billion (EUR 13.5 million).

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The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) has come out in opposition to U.S. President Joe Biden’s latest nomination of Halie Craig to sit on the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) because she has spoken out against President-elect Donald Trump’s trade policies in the past.

“The U.S. International Trade Commission has played a central role in the shrimp industry’s ability to combat unfair trade,” SSA Executive