National Fisherman

Low production, the ongoing COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and a flood of product from Canada are depressing the U.S. commercial swordfish market in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

Cheap imports depress US swordfish market

December 30, 2021

A joint effort by U.S. and Canadian researchers confirmed that about 40 percent of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population now spends summer months in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, following a decade-long shift in the whales’ habitat patterns.

Study finds 40 percent of right whales summer in Gulf of Saint Lawrence

December 29, 2021

The Christmas season demand for fresh seafood is giving another jolt to Atlantic sea scallop prices.

Christmas season driving US scallop prices higher

December 24, 2021

The Unangax (Aleut) community of St. Paul Island and St. George Island.

Alaska native community on Saint Paul Island proposes co-managed marine sanctuary

December 20, 2021

With four proposed alternatives on the docket to amend the management of halibut bycatch in Alaska’s Amendment 80 groundfish trawl fleet, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Monday, 13 December, to approve a compromise option.

Council cuts Alaska halibut bycatch caps for groundfish fleet

December 14, 2021

A year after scrambling to stave off collapse, the U.S. ports of Seattle and Tacoma are dealing with an overload of traffic.

Ports of Seattle, Tacoma facing new set of pandemic-related pressures

December 2, 2021

Slinky pots and ropeless gear become next angles for whale avoidance

December 2, 2021

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed dates on the timeline to reinstate Clean Water Act protections on Alaska’s Bristol Bay.

EPA looks to place permanent protections on Bristol Bay by 2022

November 24, 2021

The Alaska Symphony of Seafood announced its 2021 winners at Pacific Marine Expo on Friday, 19 November in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Ocean Beauty, Seagrove Kelp, Alaskan Leader win Alaska Symphony of Seafood awards

November 22, 2021

A U.S. appeals court reinstated a seasonal closure of a 967-square-mile rectangle in the Gulf of Maine to lobster gear on 17 November.

Maine lobster fishing restrictions reinstated following court decision

November 18, 2021