The All-Russian Association of the Fishing Industry at its annual meeting on 5 December — The All-Russian Association of the Fishing Industry is calling for deep-sea crab quotas to be exempt from quota auctions – which would open over 6,000 metric tons of quota back up for fishing | Photo courtesy of the All-Russian Association of the Fishing Industry

December 9, 2024

VARPE calls for deep-sea crab quotas to be exempt from Russia’s quota auctions

Members of the WCPFC meet inside a gymnasium in Fiji — The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting, which ran from 28 November to 3 December, set new interim electronic monitoring standards for its fisheries | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

December 9, 2024

WCPFC establishes electronic monitoring, crew labor standards but fails again on transshipment

A lobster vessel in Canada — Under the new policy, license-holding fishers will be able to request a substitute to run their fishing business during a pregnancy or after the birth of a child, allowing them to continue making money while taking time with their family | Photo courtesy of David McIntosh/Shutterstock

December 9, 2024

Canada announces new maternity and parental leave policy for Atlantic fishers

A Hofseth BioCare employee working in one of the company's hydrolysis plants — Hofseth BioCare is building a new hydrolysis plant to extract nutrients from Atlantic salmon | Photo courtesy of Hofseth BioCare

December 9, 2024

Hofseth BioCare building second hydrolysis plant to extract nutrients from Atlantic salmon

A sign outside of a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City stating that the store accepts SNAP benefits — A sign for SNAP benefits outside of a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City | Photo courtesy of rblfmr/Shutterstock

December 9, 2024

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March 17, 2020

Maine lobster fishery not being shut down due to coronavirus

Christine Blank

Despite rumors to the contrary, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is not closing the state’s lobster fishery ...

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