Gulf shrimpers started 2020 on a good note. According to data from NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Fisheries Science Center Fishery Monitoring Branch, the total January harvest from commercial fishermen rose for the second consecutive year.
Fishermen in four states – Mississippi did not report data – harvested …
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday, 5 March, it will release 35,000 additional H-2B visas over two phases for the second half of the 2020 fiscal year.
The number is down slightly from the 45,000 H-2B visas The Wall Street Journal reported last week would be issued to address widespread labor shortages in the United States.
“This year’s supplemental allocation was determined after extensive consultation
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Omega Protein officially announced on Monday, 2 March, that it completed moving its corporate headquarters from Houston, Texas, U.S.A., to Reedville, Virginia.
The company, a division of Canadian-based Cooke Inc., has a history in the Chesapeake Bay community dating back more than 100 years. As part of the effort to move corporate operations to Reedville, Omega Protein invested USD 1.3 million (EUR 1.2 million) in restoring the 1930s-era
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A group of New Jersey fishermen have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block a ruling that would require them to pay to carry independent monitors on their vessels during their fishing trips.
The suit, filed on Wednesday, 19 February, in the District of Columbia, came after the U.S. Department of Commerce approved an amendment sought by the New England Fishery Management Council to improve clarity regarding landings data in the
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The U.S. seafood industry is on the verge of getting some good news as the Wall Street Journal has reported that the Department of Homeland Security plans to authorize an additional 45,000 H-2B visas.
H-2B visa allow non-agricultural businesses to fill seasonal jobs with immigrant labor. The program is vital for seafood processors, who claim they cannot find enough domestic workers to handle their needs.
The federal government had established a
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Atlantic Menhaden Management Board have accepted findings from a pair of studies that sought to assess the stock’s viability …
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State and federal officials in Kentucky traveled to the western part of the state on 17 February to see firsthand a pilot program designed to control the invasive Asian carp population.
Throughout February, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is working with several federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to remove the invasive species from Kentucky Lake, a large man-made resovoir, using an innovative
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Catfish sales in the United States rose by 5 percent in 2019. That’s according to figures released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
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NOAA Fisheries announced on Wednesday, 5 February, that changes to the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery Management Plan will take effect next month.
The main purpose of the amendment is to change the amount of red snapper bycatch for shrimpers. In 2005, limits were enacted after a stock assessment determined that shrimp fishing was a primary factor in affecting the red snapper’s viability.
“The Gulf red snapper stock is no longer
… Read More Preliminary records from NOAA Fisheries indicate that 2019 ranks as the worst year for U.S. shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico, although a trade organization has tempered its comments about what that may mean …
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