A group photo of members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 988 — Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 988 are threatening to strike once a contract with Sysco expires on 17 January | Photo courtesy of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 988

January 15, 2025

Sysco drivers threaten strike that could impact seafood distribution to hundreds of US businesses

Adrian Hoffman and Ismael Macias posing with large salmon in each hand — Adrian Hoffman and Ismael Macias, co-founders of Four Star Seafood, are expanding the business after seeing success with their seafood distribution model | Photo courtesy of Four Star Seafood

January 15, 2025

Four Star Seafood expands after seeing success with its chef-curated seafood distribution

Aerial view of one of Arctic Ocean Farming's sites — Arctic Ocean Farming, owned by SalMar Aker Ocean, first reported that a large hole had been found at one of its Trom sites in November 2024 | Photo courtesy of SalMar Aker Ocean

January 15, 2025

Norwegian officials investigate likely salmon escape at Arctic Offshore Farming

The exterior of a Jumbo Seafood location in Shanghai, China — A Jumbo Seafood location in Shanghai, China | Photo courtesy of Robert Way/Shutterstock

January 15, 2025

Restaurant chain Jumbo Seafood continues to struggle in China

A photo of a NOAA Fisheries-funded project — Most of the funding – USD 4.7 million (EUR 4.6 million) – was allocated to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council through a cooperative agreement to conduct its annual operations and reviews. | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

January 15, 2025

NOAA Fisheries invested USD 7 million in Pacific Islands projects

Environment & Sustainability

A photo of a NOAA Fisheries-funded project — Most of the funding – USD 4.7 million (EUR 4.6 million) – was allocated to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council through a cooperative agreement to conduct its annual operations and reviews. | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries invested USD 7 million in Pacific Islands projects

January 15, 2025

California Governor Gavin Newsom — In May 2024, California announced USD 17 million (EUR 16 million) in awards for habitat restoration, with USD 8.5 million (EUR 8.3 million) set aside for advancing salmon recovery efforts | Photo courtesy of Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock

California Governor Gavin Newsom includes salmon, hatchery spending in 2025-26 state budget

January 14, 2025

A vaquita's fin sticking out of the water — The vaquita is one of the world’s most at risk marine species, with the latest survey showing just 8 individual remaining. | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Mexican government claims it has completed goals for protecting endangered vaquita and totoaba

January 13, 2025

A Maldivian fisher holding a skipjack tuna — A Maldivian fisher holding a skipjack tuna | Photo courtesy of Fair Trade

Fair Trade USA applying more than a quarter-century of experience toward new challenges for seafood supply chains

January 10, 2025

A stack of Dungeness crab traps. — Initially slated to open on 1 December, Oregon officials opted to delay the season due to low meat levels in preseason testing. | Photo courtesy of Marylouwho/Shutterstock

Oregon set to open remainder of state to Dungeness crab harvesting

January 8, 2025

A production worker puts salmon into a box for transportation — GSA has launched Prism, an assurance and traceability platform, to help its partners manage their supply chains more effectively | Photo courtesy of NatashaLove/Shutterstock

GSA and Wholechain launch Prism assurance and traceability platform

January 8, 2025

An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico — The new protections cover the entire U.S. East coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific coast of the continental U.S., and portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska | Photo courtesy of Richard Goldberg/Shutterstock

Biden announces new protections against offshore drilling

January 8, 2025

Illegally acquired fish in the back of a truck — CDFW sold the fish and donated the proceeds to the Fish and Game Preservation Fund | Photo courtesy of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife

California law enforcement catches fisher with secret, illegal catch

January 7, 2025

Conapesca employees conducting a check on a boat in Mexico — Conapesca conducted 14,572 land patrols and 2,810 maritime patrols over the course of the year. | Photo courtesy of Conapesca

Mexican government seized more than 1,500 tons of illegal fishery products in 2024

January 6, 2025

A river in California — California’s struggling commercial and recreational salmon fisheries have been closed since 2023 in a move regulators hope will allow populations to recover | Photo courtesy of Ronnie Gregory/Shutterstock

US government confirms fishery disasters took place in California salmon runs

January 6, 2025

A killer whale — A killer whale swimming in waters off of Washington state | Photo courtesy of WhisperingOaksPhotography/Shutterstock

New law requires Washington vessels to stay 1,000 yards away from killer whales

January 6, 2025

An albacore swimming — 2024 was the U.S. West Coast albacore fishery’s worst season in 30 years | Photo courtesy of lunamarina/Shutterstock

US West Coast governors seek financial relief for albacore fishers

January 3, 2025

Ghana President-elect John Mahama — The coalition is pushing for Ghana's new government, under President-elect John Mahama, to codify a fisheries transparency framework | Photo courtesy of Delali Adogla-Bessa/Shutterstock

NGO coalition pushing for more transparency in Ghana’s fisheries sector

January 2, 2025

A school of herring swimming in a circular pattern — One of the fish species the researchers studied through genome sequencing was Atlantic herring | Photo courtesy of Leonardo Gonzalez/Shutterstock

Genome sequencing may be key to effective fishery stock management, US research finds

December 31, 2024

Salmon swimming — The main government program distributing funding for salmon conservation efforts along the West Coast of the U.S. is the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) | Photo courtesy of Christina Dutkowski/Shutterstock

Pacific salmon restoration efforts see massive influx of funding from US Congress

December 30, 2024

The Bonneville Fish Hatchery in the Columbia River — The Bonneville Fish Hatchery in the Columbia River | Photo courtesy of Tada Images/Shutterstock

US officials to use eDNA to test for harmful invasive species in Columbia River Basin

December 30, 2024

Fishers in Puntarenas, Costa Rica — Fishers in Puntarenas, Costa Rica | Photo courtesy of Malgorzata Drewniak/Shutterstock

NGOs, industry, government reps hold workshop laying groundwork for electronic monitoring in Costa Rica

December 27, 2024

A rendering of the Lektrike’l Walipotl — A rendering of the Lektrike’l Walipotl | Photo courtesy of Allswater

Canada’s first electric lobster boat piloted by Membertou First Nation and industry partnership

December 27, 2024