Nathan Strout

Lawmakers from the U.S. state of Washington want to fully reinstate a tax break that allows the seafood sector to deduct meals they are required to provide employees at remote seafood processing facilities and on vessels.

The Remote Seafood Employee Meals Tax Parity Act is the latest effort by Pacific Northwest lawmakers to restore the tax deduction, which was limited by Congress in 2017. Seafood processors claim that the loss of the full

U.S. lawmakers have called for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to investigate allegations that Chinese companies used forced labor in seafood production, as well as the complicity of the private seafood sector in those human rights violations.

“It is evident that the [People’s Republic of China] PRC is not the sole party involved in these reprehensible practices,” U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) said.

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) held a field hearing in Bethel, Alaska, U.S.A. last week to hear concerns about how declining salmon runs are affecting native communities.

“It is significant and historic to bring the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to Bethel to understand how the salmon crashes in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region are affecting those of you who live here,” Murkowski, the vice chairman of the Senate Committee

A coalition of conservationists, fishing organizations, and tribal groups has filed arguments in its effort to convince the U.S. court system to overturn a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision allowing finfish aquaculture in U.S. oceans.

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) sued the Army Corps of Engineers in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2022 over nationwide permit 56, a blanket authorization of the construction

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has announced USD 60 million (EUR 56 million) in government funding is now available to upgrade Columbia River Basin salmon hatcheries as part of an ongoing efforts to restore the population.

The money is part of the USD 2.6 billion (EUR 2.4 billion) in NOAA funding provided via the Inflation Reduction Act for coastal resilience, fisheries support, and tribal priorities. USD 390 million (EUR

U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban most single-use plastic products and pause plastic production as part of a growing movement to tackle plastic pollution.

“Plastic pollution isn’t just a problem for our oceans and climate – it's a massive environmental injustice,” U.S. Representative Jared Huffman said. “Communities are overburdened with plastics’ toxic air and water emissions and

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will investigate 6PPD-quinone, a chemical found in most tires that is toxic to salmon, under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

The action is in response to a petition brought by environmental group Earthjustice on behalf of the Yurok, Port Gamble S’Klallam, and Puyallup Tribes to ban the use of 6PPD in and for tires. While the EPA didn’t outright ban the chemicals, it has granted the

Canadian commercial fishermen are hopeful ropeless gear could be a solution to address concerns of right whale entanglements in snow crab fisheries, and recent trials are showing that innovative technology can work along the East Coast of Canada.

New ropeless gear that eliminates the vertical lines that can entangle right whales is one possibility, and fishermen have had positive experiences with it in trials along the East Coast of Canada.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has introduced legislation that would create a new grant program that would help the commercial fishing sector gain or preserve access to “working waterfront” areas.

“In Maine, our fisheries are one of our state's most important resources and are vital to our economy,” Collins said in remarks on the Senate floor. “A report of Maine's seafood sector as a whole, which included

The U.S. Senate passed a package of appropriations bills in late October that included funding for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The legislation includes key provisions for the domestic seafood industry and brings Congress one step closer to providing funding for fiscal-year 2024 and avoiding a government shutdown. Congress agreed to a last-minute deal in September to avert a partial