National Fisherman

Prices for Alaska fishing permits are up following a strong 2021 season.

Strong salmon season boosts permit prices, boat sales in Alaska

November 12, 2021

Seafood industry veterans are grappling with the continued disruption of supply chains, some of which are worse than they were at the start of the pandemic.

Retail execs: Supply chain issues have "gone from bad to worse"

November 11, 2021

A court ruling on 29 October enables the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to restart a process to protect Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed.

Court ruling clears path for Bristol Bay Clean Water Act protections

November 1, 2021

Production of surimi in the United States has increased as bottlenecks choking the supply chain have eased.

US surimi production improving as bottlenecks ease

October 15, 2021

Maine’s shrimp fishery remains in bad shape, with Canada’s now suffering too

October 11, 2021

Sudden shortages and escalating prices for oysters are a result of Hurricane Ida hitting the Gulf of Mexico.

Aftereffects of Hurricane Ida still being felt by Louisiana’s oyster-growers

October 11, 2021

Lackluster salmon returns and some fishery closures have Alaskan fishermen wondering about their future.

Amid closures and stratifying salmon runs, Alaskans question fishery management process

October 11, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, 8 October, reinstated all restrictions to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

Biden restores Northeast Canyons marine monument

October 8, 2021

Dungeness crabbers on the U.S. West Coast are celebrating a bounce-back season.

Frozen stocks of Dungeness crab down before peak US sales time

October 7, 2021

A huge cohort of tanner crab that biologists have been tracking in the Westward region for three years showed up again in this summer’s survey.

Optimism mounts for a strong Gulf of Alaska tanner crab season

September 27, 2021