National Fisherman

Last year, the groundfish market in the U.S. Northeast was off by as much as 65 percent compared to 2019, but the situation is improving.

US Northeast groundfish market in flux due to pandemic, labor shortages

September 6, 2021

Commercial fishermen are pitching in the help scientists map out the effects of red tides in Florida.

Florida fishermen work with NMFS to track red tide

September 6, 2021

Offshore wind advocates see the Gulf of Mexico as a next major step for developing the U.S. industry.

Offshore wind advocates see Gulf of Mexico opportunity

September 3, 2021

Hurricane Ida has severely damaged some coastal areas of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

After Hurricane Ida strikes, Louisiana's seafood sector struggles back

August 31, 2021

An illustration of a flounder

North Carolina fishermen coping with drastic cuts to flounder quota

August 24, 2021

Pebble Mine owners discuss delay in appeals process

August 20, 2021

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has extended critical habitat designations for the highly endangered Southern Resident orca population on the U.S. West Coast.

Critical habitat for killer whales extended south along California coast

August 9, 2021

A crabber hauls in a pot of Dungeness catch.

Alaska’s Dungeness crab prices double, with halibut and black cod also on the rise

July 22, 2021

Sardines in a pile.

Oceana sues NMFS over California sardine management

July 21, 2021

Alaska fisher holds up his toddler and a pink salmon.

Alaska fleet sees early surge with harvest of 9.5 million pink salmon

July 21, 2021