Arild Aasmyr — Arild Aasmyr is the new Chief Executive Officer of Trident Aqua Services, a company formed by a merger between Aquaship, Intership, and FSV Group | Photo courtesy of Trident Aqua Services

July 9, 2025

Eduardo Carbajosa retiring from role as Acme CEO; Arild Aasmyr named CEO of Trident Aqua Services

Menhaden — The study of the 2024 season found that commercial harvesting of menhaden – also referred to as pogies – in the Southern state accounted for only 3.4 percent of the red drum removals | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

July 9, 2025

Louisiana commercial fishers welcome menhaden bycatch study

An image showcasing a heavy Dermo infection — Canadian oyster farmers and harvesters are grappling with the detection of Dermo in three more provinces besides Prince Edward Island – a first for the country | Image courtesy of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans

July 9, 2025

Canada’s oyster industry faces new pathogen detections in three provinces

Abirami Ramu Ganesan — NIBIO research scientist Abirami Ramu Ganesan and her team have so far found that their urchin-based biostimulant outperforms chemical biostimulants | Photo courtesy of Ava Ocean

July 9, 2025

Kelp-eating urchins may produce effective fertilizer alternative, Ava Ocean project reveals

A fish farm in the Faroe Islands — The report highlighted that with global trade disruptions showing no signs of abating, managing environmental risks has become even more crucial for aquaculture operations | Photo courtesy of Nowaczyk/Shutterstock

July 9, 2025

Trade volatility is increasingly dictating global seafood strategies, Rabobank finds

Environment & Sustainability

Zambian fishers on Lake Tanganyika — Zambian fishers on Lake Tanganyika | Photo courtesy of Tatsiana Hendzel/Shutterstock

East African countries unveil joint biodiversity conservation project on Lake Tanganyika

April 2, 2025

A Mexican law enforcement vessel loaded with seized gillnets — Mexican law enforcement removed roughly 6,000 meters of netting set to catch endangered totoaba | Photo courtesy of Conapesca

Mexico law enforcement remove illegal gillnets, rescue surviving totoaba

April 2, 2025

Louisiana blue crabs — Under Louisiana state law, commercial crabbers are allowed to keep some juvenile female crabs, but they cannot make up more than 5 percent of the total catch | Photo courtesy of KasiaXy/Shutterstock

Louisiana cites four for commercial crabbing violations

April 2, 2025

Mexican fishers apprehended by the U.S. Coast Guard — Including the latest incident, the U.S. Coast Guard has reported capturing 38 Mexican fishers illegally harvesting red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico so far this year | Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard

US Coast Guard apprehends more red snapper poachers from Mexico

April 2, 2025

A view of member states meeting during the 28th IOTC meeting in 2024 — The IOTC is preparing for its 29th meeting in April, and the ISSF is calling on the commission to enhance electronic monitoring | Photo courtesy of the Global Tuna Alliance

ISSF calls on IOTC to enhance monitoring, management during next annual meeting

April 2, 2025

Deep seabed mining involves collecting polymetallic nodules, ancient mineral-rich rocks, from the deep ocean floor — The controversial practice of deep seabed mining involves collecting polymetallic nodules, ancient mineral-rich rocks, from the deep ocean floor | Photo courtesy of V.Gordeev/Shutterstock

NGOs, International Seabed Authority condemn plan to begin undersea mining in defiance of UN regulations

April 1, 2025

A fishing vessel in McClellanville, South CArolina — Fishing vessels at a dock in McClellanville, South Carolina | Photo courtesy of Raymond B. Summers/Shutterstock

South Carolina commercial fisher found guilty of lying about catch

April 1, 2025

Leonardo DiCaprio — Leonardo DiCaprio, a vocal conservationist, shared his concern about Tasmania's Maugean skate with 60 million Instagram followers | Photo courtesy of DFree/Shutterstock

Leonardo DiCaprio joins ill-fated Maugean skate protection campaign

March 31, 2025

A chinook salmon — California has blamed the declining salmon runs on a host of environmental factors, including drought, severe wildfires, and ocean forage shifts | Photo courtesy of Karel Bock/Shutterstock

California reports progress on salmon recovery strategy

March 31, 2025

Harvested shrimp in a bucket — The state of Washington sets a daily harvest of 80 shrimp per person | Photo courtesy of WDFW

Washington court sentences man for overharvesting shrimp

March 28, 2025

Genoa National Fish Hatchery in Wisconsin — Invasive species have had a devastating impact on the Great Lakes’ fisheries, and governments rely on hatchery programs to restock the lakes and help native species recover. | Photo courtesy of Scenic Concepts/USFWS

Michigan legislators want to better track hatchery fish in the Great Lakes

March 28, 2025

A clam shell in British Columbia, Canada — On 25 May 2024, DFO officers found Delacruz and Allam with 262 Manila clams, 222 of which were under the legal size limit. | Photo courtesy of Chase Clausen/Shutterstock

Canada fines fishers for overharvesting clams and oysters

March 27, 2025

Chilean hake — Chilean hake | Photo courtesy of CeDePesca

CeDePesca makes advancements in Chilean hake, Mexican red snapper FIPs

March 26, 2025

Ventisqueros' southern Chilean farming center that runs fully on renewable energy — Ventisqueros' southern Chilean farming center that runs fully on renewable energy | Photo courtesy of Ventisqueros/LinkedIn

Ventisqueros gets Chilean salmon-farming center fully running on renewable energy

March 25, 2025

Silwanus, an Indonesian migrant fisher who lost two fingers in an accident aboard of Taiwanese tuna vessel, attended SENA to talk about how Wi-Fi would have protected him — Silwanus, an Indonesian migrant fisher who lost two fingers in an accident aboard a Taiwanese tuna vessel, attended SENA to talk about how Wi-Fi could have helped protect him or hold his captain accountable | Photo courtesy of Erin Spampinato

Workers’ rights campaign continues push for Wi-Fi on distant-water fishing vessels

March 25, 2025

The Turkish coastal town of Ocaklar covered in abandoned fishing nets — The Turkish coastal town of Ocaklar covered in abandoned fishing nets | Photo courtesy of CarrefourSA

Turkish retailer CarrefourSA creates “ghost town” to show impact abandoned gear has on small-scale fishing

March 25, 2025

A North Atlantic right whale — There are only roughly 370 North Atlantic right whales left, and according to NOAA Fisheries, the main threats to the species are vessel strikes and fishing gear entanglements | Photo courtesy of Jim Madigan/Shutterstock

Conservation groups aim to defend NOAA vessel speed limit in court

March 25, 2025

A horseshoe crab — Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.-based wildlife conservation nonprofit CBD sued Maryland to overturn data on how many horseshoe crabs are killed or injured by fishers annually | Photo courtesy of Jarous/Shutterstock

US circuit court orders Maryland to release horseshoe crab mortality data

March 24, 2025