While the federal government has the authority to grant leases in the EEZ off the coast of any state, including Alaska, where ...

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), ...

Developed in partnership with industry experts, the Multi-Function Trawl (MFT) net is engineered to combine two separate West ...

While this is the inaugural event for all five companies representing the catcher-processor sector of the Alaska Pollock ...

Myles Cockrell, above, of Little Wicomico Oyster Company LLC, is one of just a few oyster growers in Virginia who build their own boats for commercial use. Photo by Larry Chowning A successful ...

A Rhode Island lobsterman is suing the state in federal court after suffering serious injuries allegedly caused by a ...

Readers can learn more by attending a May 28 webinar on “Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: What Fishermen Need to Know”, hosted ...

U.S. Coast Guard crews interdicted four Mexican fishermen suspected of illegal fishing activity in federal waters off the ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik disapproved the New England Fishery Management Council’s proposed Amendment 25 to the ...

The total North American commercial salmon catch of 227,227 metric tons in 2024 (just under 500 million fish) was a decrease ...

Total estimated abundance for 2025 is the second lowest in the history of the survey, since it started in 1990. The lowest ...