The Chilean barquentine vessel Esmeralda — Some events in which the Chilean delegation will participate will include the Chilean barquentine sailing vessel Esmeralda, which is currently docked in New York City | Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy, Photographer's Mate 1st Class Dennis C. Cantrell/Wikimedia Commons

July 6, 2026

Chilean representatives set for US trip to defend salmon’s value proposition

A cod-processing facility in Norway — Norway's seafood export value dropped slightly in H1 2026, with the Norwegian Seafood Council attributing the decline to lower quotas and geopolitical challenges | Photo courtesy of Georg Kristiansen/Shutterstock

July 6, 2026

Norway’s seafood export value down in first half of 2026 as low quotas and geopolitical impacts take toll

Technology used in Ecocean's BioRestore program — IVNE Aquaculture and Ecocean are teaming up to improve early-stage hatchery programs that aim to restore wild populations | Photo courtesy of IVNE Aquaculture

July 6, 2026

Marine tech firms INVE, Ecocean team up to enhance fish nursery programs

Godaco processing workers — The affected facility produces more than 70 value-added product lines using pangasius and other raw materials | Photo courtesy of Godaco

July 6, 2026

Fire at Vietnam seafood factory causes over USD 6.2 million in damages

fingerlings — According to the lawmakers, the catfish industry has been hard hit by rising production costs caused by inflation, making it all but impossible to turn a profit | Photo courtesy of Bimardani Machmud/Shutterstock

July 6, 2026

US senators ask government to buy more catfish

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Pacific halibut hanging from hooks in Seward, Alaska, U.S.A. — Fishery managers have attributed low spawning biomass to low weights and a lack of recruitment | Photo courtesy of reisegraf.ch/Shutterstock

Pacific halibut catch declines as spawning biomass reaches lowest point in 40 years

December 12, 2025

A chum salmon fin sticking out of the water — Salmon bycatch remains a point of contention between the state's salmon fishers and its pollock fleet | Photo courtesy of Mark Lindberg/Shutterstock

NOAA study probes environmental drivers of salmon bycatch in Alaska pollock fishery

December 2, 2025

A Dungeness crab on the beach in Ocean Shores, Washington — Meat recovery, domoic acid, and shell hardness levels are all being tested to determine whether Washington's Dungeness crab fishery can start in early December | Photo courtesy of SNC Art and More/Shutterstock

Washington crabbers hopeful for a 1 December start

November 21, 2025

Kevin Xu Zhong conducting molecular biology work — A team of researchers including Kevin Xu Zhong (pictured) have discovered a new species of virus that could be linked to large-scale die-offs of farmed Pacific oysters | Photo courtesy of University of British Columbia/Zhe Cai

Newly discovered virus linked to large-scale Pacific oyster die-offs

August 21, 2025

A graphic showing Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's designated wind energy areas — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rescinded all Wind Energy Areas it had originally designated through planning that dates back to 2014 | Image courtesy of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

BOEM cancels all offshore Wind Energy Area designations

August 1, 2025

The Jamie Marie during an incident when it ran aground — An imposter pretending to be a captain managed to steal the Jamie Marie from its dock before his statements about seeking a "Chinese Mothership" tipped off crew | Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Ecology

Fake captain steals USD 8 million fishing vessel

March 3, 2025

A lobsterman measuring a recently caught lobster with a size gauge — Maine lobstermen are celebrating the withdrawal of a proposed size limit change that would have increased the minimum legal size of lobsters | Photo courtesy of Breck P. Kent/Shutterstock

Maine lobstermen celebrate withdrawal of gauge size increase

January 13, 2025

A dozen salmon-fishing boats fishing in Bristol Bay, Alaska — Bristol Bay salmon fishermen faced another tough season in 2024 | Photo courtesy of Nick Hall/Save Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay fishermen faced “more stagger than swagger” this season

September 16, 2024

A lobster boat in St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada — A lobster boat in St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada | Photo courtesy of Greensprocket

Canadian lobstermen sue to end unregulated lobster fishery in Saint Marys Bay

September 13, 2024

A pile of dead catfish by a cooler, illuminated by a flashlight. — Kentucky state officials found some of the illegally harvested catfish | Photo courtsesy of Kentucky Fish and Wildlife

Nine charged in multi-state illegal catfish operation in US

September 13, 2024

A dead menhaden washed up on a sandy beach. — Thousands of menhaden washed ashore dead in Baltimore in early September | Photo courtesy of Jay Gao/Shutterstock

Fish kill in Baltimore Harbor highlights deepening Chesapeake Bay crisis

September 12, 2024

An illustration of the planned LOC-NESS research project — An illustration of the planned LOC-NESS research project | Image courtesy of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

US fishermen concerned ocean alkalinity experiments could impact their livelihood

August 23, 2024

A flounder caught in North Carolina — A flounder caught in North Carolina | Photo courtesy of The Fishes of North Carolina

Commercial-recreational flounder fishery dispute flares in North Carolina

August 23, 2024

American Empress II was deployed in the fall 2023 hake fishing season and is owned by American Seafoods Group — American Empress II was deployed in the fall of 2023 hake fishing season | Photo courtesy of American Seafoods

American Seafoods relaunches USD 150,000 grant program for Western Alaska

August 16, 2024

A meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council — A meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council | Photo courtesy of Pacific Fishery Management Council

US names 22 members to regional fishery management councils but delays some appointments

July 8, 2024

A pile of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs — The Virginia Marine Resources Commission has repealed a 15-year-long ban on winter crab dredging | Photo courtesy of Linda Hughes Photography/Shutterstock

Virginia regulators reopen blue crab winter dredge fishery

July 1, 2024

Acting Col. Patrick Moran measuring illegally harvested haddock in a New Bedford seafood processing plant — Acting Col. Patrick Moran measures illegally harvested haddock at a New Bedford processing plant. | Photo Courtesy of the Massachusetts Environmental Police

Police seize 3,000 pounds of illegal haddock in New Bedford

June 26, 2024

Maine's Portland Fish Exchange and Fish Pier Authority are merging. — Maine's Portland Fish Exchange and Fish Pier Authority are merging | Photo courtesy of Doug Stewart/National Fisherman

Portland, Maine’s Fish Exchange and Fish Pier Authority merger approved

June 18, 2024